Olympic BMX cycling hopeful Kai Sakakibara critically injured in crash
Australian Olympic BMX cycling hopeful Kai Sakakibara is in a medically-induced coma in Canberra Hospital after sustaining serious head injuries in a weekend racing accident. The 23-year-old rider underwent surgery on Sunday morning to relieve pressure on his brain following the Saturday crash. Described as ...
Australia's top court rules indigenous Aussies can't be deported, even if they're not citizens
Australia's highest court ruled Tuesday the government can't deport Aboriginal people as part of its policy of ridding the country of foreign criminals. The High Court ruled in a 4-3 decision that indigenous Australians cannot be deported even if they do not hold Australian citizenship. The ...
A wildfire that burned out an area eight times the size of Manhattan has been put out as torrential downpours across Australia's east coast brought relief to firefighters who have been battling blazes for several months. The number of fires still burning across New South ...
Universities cancel study-abroad programs amid China virus fears
As concerns about China's virus outbreak spread, universities are scrambling to assess the risks to their programs, and some are canceling study-abroad opportunities and prohibiting travel affecting hundreds of thousands of students. From Europe to Australia and the United States, universities in countries that host ...
After fires, Australian rains bring floods and threat of tropical cyclone
Many Australians were experiencing a bittersweet break from the threat of bush fires on Thursday, with flooding rains deluging some parts of the eastern states and a tropical cyclone forecast to hit the country's northwest over the weekend. The Bureau of Meteorology issued severe thunderstorm ...
Australia's prime minister on Thursday announced changes to his Cabinet after two ministers resigned this week following political turmoil. The new lineup of ministers was agreed by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Deputy Prime Minister Michael McCormack, leader of the minor coalition party, the Nationals. ...
Britain and the European Union set out clashing opening gambits Monday on striking a trade deal, making it clear that each side is willing to walk away without an agreement rather than compromise on key issues. U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson sent a bravado-filled salvo ...
Australian leader Scott Morrison to feel the political heat as parliament resumes
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison will on Tuesday front parliament for the first time in three months as he seeks to repair his standing with voters angry by his response to the country's bush fire crisis and a scandal over sports funding. Morrison secured re-election ...
Virus restrictions hit Asian Champions League fixtures in Australia
The Asian Champions League was thrown into further chaos Sunday with Australia announcing that fixtures due to be held in Perth and Sydney can no longer take place due to travel restrictions related to the deadly coronavirus. The news follows a Saturday announcement by Australia's ...
Temperatures in the Australian capital, Canberra, have set a new monthly record amid an advancing wildfire that has prompted a state of emergency declaration, weather service Meteo France said Sunday. The city declared its first state of emergency in nearly two decades last week in ...
Authorities in Canberra on Friday declared the first state of emergency in almost two decades as a bush fire bore down on the Australian capital. The chief minister of the Australian Capital Territory, Andrew Barr, said the measure was "effective now and will be in ...
Australia's government on Thursday defended its plan to send citizens evacuated from the epicenter of China's novel coronavirus emergency to a remote island used to banish asylum-seekers and convicted criminals, despite warnings that some Australians would prefer to stay in China. Australia is preparing to ...
