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Jasa Veremalua, Lewis Ormond, Declan O'Donnell

New knockout format at RWC 7s will up pressure on big guns

The path to the Rugby World Cup Sevens title is the shortest ever. Then again, the path out of contention is the shortest ...

Lawyer: Turkey rejects extradition of Australian IS suspect

A lawyer says a Turkish court has rejected Australia's request for the extradition of an Islamic State suspect. Lawyer Mehmet ...

FIBA bans players, coaches for basketball brawl in Manila

Thirteen basketball players and two coaches were suspended and fined Thursday, and sanctions were imposed on the national ...

Malcolm Turnbull

Australian prime minister calls on pope to fire archbishop

Australia's prime minister on Thursday called on Pope Francis to fire an Australian archbishop who is the most senior Roman ...

Australia succeeds in stopping migrants but many in limbo

When Abdul Aziz reached Australia's Christmas Island aboard a smuggler's boat in 2013, he had no idea that weeks earlier his ...

Usain Bolt to make run at pro soccer in Australia

Usain Bolt is making a run at professional soccer in Australia. The Olympic sprint great has long expressed his love of the ...

Killian, top-ranked Price top fleet for 52nd Governor's Cup

Defending champion Christophe Killian of the host Balboa Yacht Club and former champion Harry Price of Australia, the new No.

Oleg Deripaska

Lobbying firm sought envoys help to salvage Russian company

A U.S. lobbying firm sought to recruit the ambassadors of France, Germany and several other countries to demonstrate ...

Australian police chief apologizes to indigenous people

An Australian state police chief on Thursday made an historic apology to indigenous people who are overrepresented in prisons ...

Rebel Wilson

Rebel Wilson back in Australian courts in defamation appeal

Rebel Wilson has applied to Australia's highest court to increase the comic actress's payout from a defamation case against ...

Brazilian police move Australia slaying suspect to prison

A Brazilian man who has been charged with killing his Brazilian ex-girlfriend in Australia was transferred from a police ...

The Latest: Australia to push ahead with free trade talks

The Latest on Brexit (all times local): 12:10 a.m. Australia's foreign minister says her government is determined to push ...

A capsule look at the France-Belgium World Cup semifinal

A capsule look at Tuesday's World Cup semifinal between France and Belgium in St. Petersburg, Russia (2 p.m. EDT, 9 p.m.

Fake gynecologist and sex offender sent to Australian prison

A fake gynecologist who never attended medical school but passed himself off as an infertility expert in Australia for a ...

Australia bishop appeals conviction for protecting pedophile

The most senior Roman Catholic cleric to be convicted of covering up child sex abuse said Wednesday that he would appeal the ...

China releases Australian mining exec Stern Hu from prison

An Australian citizen and former executive of the mining giant Rio Tinto was released from prison in Shanghai on Wednesday ...

Watchdog: New Zealand spied for years on Pacific neighbors

A watchdog office said Wednesday that New Zealand spied for years on its South Pacific neighbors and passed collected ...

Philip Wilson

Australian bishop sentenced to year's detention for cover-up

The most senior Roman Catholic cleric to be convicted of covering up child sex abuse was sentenced to 12 months in detention ...

New Zealander completes first solo kayak across Tasman Sea

A New Zealand man on Monday became the first person to kayak solo across the daunting stretch of water that separates New ...

Tour OKs ATP World Team Cup for 24 teams, $15M in 2020

The men's tennis tour says its board has approved the return of the ATP World Team Cup in 2020. The ATP said Sunday it still ...