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Margaret Court

Ex-tennis great avoids Qantas over same-sex marriage edict

Former tennis great and now Christian pastor Margaret Court says she will stop using Qantas "where possible" in protest over ...

Scott Brown

Senate panel OKs ex-Sen. Scott Brown to be New Zealand envoy

The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has approved the nomination of former Sen. Scott Brown to be U.S. ambassador to New ...

New Zealand test rocket makes it to space but not to orbit

California-based company Rocket Lab said Thursday it had launched a test rocket into space from its New Zealand launch pad, ...

Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise reveals 'Top Gun 2' to start filming soon

The Danger Zone may have gotten old and dusty, but Tom Cruise says he's about to fly back in. The 54-year-old actor says the ...

Rebel Wilson

Rebel Wilson tells court Australian articles hurt her career

A tearful Rebel Wilson testified on Tuesday that a series of magazine articles published in Australia were a deliberate ...

Rebel Wilson

Rebel Wilson's defamation trial against publisher begins

Rebel Wilson was devastated by a series of magazine articles that she says painted her as a liar and subsequently cost her ...

Robert Lighthizer

Pacific ministers commit to move ahead with pact without US

Pacific Rim trade ministers meeting in Vietnam committed Sunday to move ahead with the Trans Pacific Partnership trade pact ...

2 US private equity firms bid for Australia newspaper empire

Australia's second-largest newspaper empire, Fairfax Media, announced Thursday that it has received rival takeover offers ...

Scott Brown

New Zealand envoy pick to seek more trade with island nation

The former senator President Donald Trump picked to be his ambassador to New Zealand pledged during a congressional hearing ...

New Zealand quake scientists discover surprise: Hot water

When researchers in New Zealand drilled deep into an earthquake fault, they stumbled upon a discovery they say could provide ...

Tiny uninhabited Pacific isle has 38 million pieces of trash

When researchers traveled to a tiny, uninhabited island in the middle of the Pacific Ocean, they were astonished to find an ...

H.R. McMaster, sean Spicer

The Latest: Mattis 'not worried' about Trump sharing intel

The Latest on the report that President Donald Trump shared classified information with Russian officials (all times EDT): ...

Guam residents cast wary eye at North Korea after launch

While most of the United States is still out of reach of a missile launched by North Korea, the U.S. territory of Guam, a key ...

The Latest: Security Council condemns NKorea missile test

The latest on North Korea's missile launch (all times local): 7:55 a.m. The U.N. Security Council is strongly condemning ...

The latest: Australia says China responsible for NKorea

The Latest on North Korea's missile launch (all times local): 12:30 p.m. Australia's prime minister has called on China to ...

Eminem

It's a rap: Eminem lawsuit against New Zealand party ends

Turn up the volume, the judge told the lawyers in a case involving an Eminem song: "I'm not shy of loud music." It was one ...

Australia's Fiona McFarlane wins Dylan Thomas literary prize

Australian writer Fiona McFarlane has won the Dylan Thomas Prize for young literary talents with her globe-trotting volume ...

New Zealand ratifies Pacific trade deal after US withdrawal

New Zealand on Thursday became the second nation after Japan to ratify a Pacific trade deal that will need changes to proceed ...

Qantas boss gets pie in face from gay marriage opponent

A man who squashed a lemon meringue pie into Qantas Airways chief executive Alan Joyce's face during a public address in ...

Australia treasurer promises fair budget that reins in debt

Australia's treasurer on Tuesday promised a budget for the next fiscal year that would be fair and rein in mounting debt.