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Police: Australian likely killed by Takata air bag inflator

A man who died this month in a traffic crash near Sydney likely is the 18th person killed by a faulty Takata air bag ...

Australia disappointed by delay in US refugee resettlement

Australia was disappointed that hundreds of its rejected refugees would not begin resettling in the United States this month ...

John Roberts

Chief Justice Roberts says criticism won't stop judges

U.S. Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts, once dubbed "disgraceful" by President Donald Trump, said on Thursday that ...

Liu Xiaobo supporters mark his death amid concerns for widow

From a waterfront concert in a Hong Kong park to a quiet candlelit prayer in a Melbourne alley, Liu Xiaobo's supporters ...

Australians see woman's shooting by police as US nightmare

Half a world from where an Australian woman was shot dead by a Minneapolis police officer, a front-page headline in her ...

Bryce Dallas Howard says N. Zealand like 'some other planet'

Actress Bryce Dallas Howard says her enthusiasm for New Zealand hasn't dimmed since she first visited at age 5 and was so ...

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Slain Australian Woman's Father Demands Justice

The father of an Australian woman who was fatally shot by Minneapolis police is demanding justice for his daughter's death.

Relatives demand answers in fatal Minnesota police shooting

Relatives and neighbors of an Australian woman fatally shot by Minneapolis police over the weekend demanded answers Monday ...

Scott Ludlum

Australia senator's 3 election wins officially didn't happen

The deputy leader of an Australian political party announced Friday that he was ending his nine-year career in Parliament ...

Australia plans law to force tech giants to decrypt messages

The Australian government on Friday proposed a new cybersecurity law to force global technology companies such as Facebook ...

Scott Brown

AP Interview: Scott Brown, US ambassador to New Zealand

Scott Brown, a former U.S. senator from Massachusetts, took up a new post as ambassador to New Zealand two weeks ago, ...

Jeff Horn, Jo Horn

Horn feels 'relief' after judging review, welcomes rematch

Jeff Horn already felt confident he had won his bout with Manny Pacquiao, no matter what Filipino government officials or U.S

Question raised about timeline of Amelia Earhart documentary

A Japanese military history buff has apparently undermined a new theory that Amelia Earhart survived a crash-landing in the ...

Manny Pacquiao, Jeff Horn

Independent review confirms decision for Horn over Pacquiao

An independent review of the scoring in Manny Pacquiao's contentious WBO welterweight world title loss to Jeff Horn has ...

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Vatican Cleric To Stand Trial For Sexual Assault

The most senior Vatican cleric to ever be charged in the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal returned to Australia on ...

Asian stocks higher following Wall Street gains

Most Asian stock markets advanced Monday following Wall Street's gains ahead of quarterly earnings and testimony to the U.S.

US bombers join jets from Japan, SKorea for training mission

Two U.S. bombers flew to the Korean Peninsula to join fighter jets from South Korea and Japan for a practice bombing run as ...

Elon Musk

Tesla to build giant battery in Australia amid energy crisis

Tesla announced on Friday it will build the world's largest lithium-ion battery in southern Australia, part of a bid to solve ...

Finder of potential game-changing Earhart pix tells story

The retired federal agent who discovered what he believes is the first photographic evidence of Amelia Earhart alive and well ...

Manny Pacquiao, Jeff Horn

Pacquiao backs call for WBO review of his loss to Horn

Manny Pacquiao asked the WBO to act on a request by Philippine sports officials for a review of his welterweight world title ...