Eight mountain climbers have died in three different accidents this weekend in the Austrian and Italian Alps. The Austrian Red Cross said five mountain climbers died Sunday in the Austrian Alps in Wildgerlostal on Mount Gabler, east of Innsbruck, and a sixth climber was severely ...
The Australian city of Melbourne was named the world's most livable city for a record seventh year in a row in a global survey that was released by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on Wednesday. Melbourne, the state capital of Victoria, received perfect scores for ...
Austria's foreign minister, Sebastian Kurz, called on Italy Thursday to stop migrants from reaching the mainland by halting the ferry services from the islands where they first land. Kurz said he had told his Italian counterpart, Angelino Alfano, that "rescue missions in the Mediterranean cannot ...
Austrians on Saturday celebrated the 300th anniversary of the birth of Maria Theresa, with plenty of concerts and Champagne to honor the only woman to have ruled the Hapsburg empire. The empress's 40-year rule starting in 1740, marked by administrative and educational advances while she ...
The psychedelic clouds in Edvard Munch's iconic "The Scream" have alternatively been interpreted as a metaphor for mental anguish or a literal depiction of volcanic fallout. On Monday, scientists hypothesized that the Norwegian painter's inspiration may in fact have been rare clouds that form in ...
Western leaders reacted cautiously, but with some concern, after Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's "Yes" campaign emerged as the winner of Sunday's referendum on expanding the powers of his office. Some capitals, such as London, were holding fire until hearing the opinion of the Organisation ...
Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz has expressed hope that Japan will join negotiations later this month on a treaty outlawing nuclear weapons. "Japan, as the world's sole atomic-bombed nation, has a moral voice and can give an invaluable opinion on the issue of nuclear disarmament," ...
One year before the start of the Pyeongchang Olympics, the Japan women's ice hockey team took a good first step toward being there. Smile Japan defeated Austria 6-1 on Thursday behind Hanae Kubo's hat trick to move to the top of its final Olympic qualifying ...
German police said Sunday they have arrested a man accused of having ties to a suspected Islamic extremist captured in Austria and thought to have been plotting an attack. A spokesman for state police in North Rhine-Westphalia said the man, 21, was taken into custody ...
Austrian voters roundly rejected on Sunday a candidate vying to become the first freely elected far-right head of state in Europe since World War II, halting at least temporarily the wave of populism sweeping Western democracies. The runoff vote was a litmus test, since it ...
Bird flu has been found in the carcasses of wild ducks near Austria's border with Germany and Switzerland, Austrian authorities said on Tuesday, adding there was no evidence the virus could be transmitted to humans. Five ducks with the H5N8 subtype of the virus were ...
Austria said on Monday it will meet with its Balkan neighbors to discuss what action they might take if a deal with Turkey aimed at restricting the flow of illegal migrants into the European Union collapses. Turkey has threatened to walk away from the deal ...
