World Jul 29 Blinken says Niger must restore ‘democratic order’ to avoid loss of U.S. economic aid Political instability in Niger resulting from a military takeover that deposed the president this week threatens the economic support provided by Washington to the African nation, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said Saturday.
Politics Jul 28 Defense Secretary Austin says U.S. stands with countries fighting China’s ‘bullying behavior’ United States Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says the U.S. stands with countries fighting Chinese "bullying behavior" as he starts bilateral talks in Australia aimed at countering Beijing's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region.
Arts Apr 22 Barry Humphries, award-winning Australian entertainer, dies at 89 Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending and imperfectly-veiled snob whose evolving character has delighted audiences over seven decades, has died.
World Apr 13 Northwest Australia braces for landfall of most powerful cyclone in 8 years Meteorologists say Tropical Cyclone Ilsa is forecast to be the most powerful storm to hit Australia in eight years, bringing wind gusts of up to 196 miles per hour as it crosses the northwest coast.
World Feb 13 Australia adds $300 million in funding for Indigenous pledge Fifteen years after the Australian Parliament's historic apology to its Indigenous people for past wrongs, the government is announcing roughly $300 million in new funding to improve the lives of Australia's original inhabitants.
World Feb 02 Australia to remove British monarchy from new bank notes Australia is removing the British monarchy from its bank notes. The nation's central bank said Thursday its new $5 bill would feature an Indigenous design rather than an image of King Charles III.
World Oct 18 Singapore and Australia agree to make their economies net-zero Australia has committed to reducing its emissions to net-zero by 2050 and Singapore is considering adopting the same target.
World Jul 05 Torrential rain floods Sydney, affecting 50,000 residents Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia's largest city in a flood emergency that was causing trouble for 50,000 people.
World May 22 Australia’s prime minister-elect molded by his humble beginnings Anthony Albanese's financially precarious upbringing in government-owned housing in suburban Camperdown fundamentally formed the politician who has lead the center-left Australian Labor Party into government for the first time since 2007.
World May 21 Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison concedes election defeat Opposition leader Anthony Albanese will be sworn in as prime minister after his Labor party clenched its first electoral win since 2007.