Australia

SYDNEY, Australia - After years of climate change doubts and attacks on politicians advocating corrective action, Rupert Murdoch's media in his native Australia are planning an editorial campaign for a climate neutral future next…

The United Nations has recommended that the Great Barrier Reef be placed on a list of World Heritage sites that are “in danger,” prompting a fierce reaction from the Australian government, which defended its management of one of the…

TOTTENHAM, Australia — The stench hits you first, pungent, musty and rotting. Then you hear them: a sound like ocean waves, or pouring rain hitting concrete. And the occasional squeak.The horror lurking in the darkness is a throng of…

Children and staff at Mount Cotton State School, an elementary school near a rainforest in Queensland, Australia, have spotted wallabies, koalas and snakes over the years.Recently, builders adding new classrooms to the school made a…

In the Australian outback, certain grasses grow in eerie rings, with dust-green walls at the edge of broad circles of bare red dirt. Often referred to as "fairy circles", these rings made from Spinifex grass resemble structures first…

He has treated over a thousand patients in Australia and overseas for the disease. Many of those in Australia are older, others are young teachers, workers and even children.He carefully measures her lesions with a ruler and marks them to…

Prepared syringes at the Brussels Expo Covid-19 vaccination center in Brussels, Belgium, on Friday March 5, 2021.Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesLONDON - Europe's launch of coronavirus vaccines has once again been in the spotlight…

SHEPPARTON, Australia - Peter Hall ran a hand over the gala apples in a wooden box in his orchard in southeast Australia, lamenting the yellow sheen of fruit that would ideally be crisp red and green.With the borders closed to the…

Facebook boss Mark ZuckerbergDrew Angerer | Getty ImagesFacebook has reached an agreement with the Australian government and will restore news pages in the state days after being restricted.The decision follows negotiations between the…

SAN FRANCISCO - Facebook announced Monday that it had signed a contract with the Australian government that would allow users and publishers in the country to re-share and display links to news articles on the social network. Facebook…