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Skydiver survives plane-tail dangling incident in Australia
AFP, Published on 11/12/2025
» SYDNEY - Heart-stopping video released on Thursday by Australian authorities showed the moment a skydiver was left dangling thousands of metres in the air after their parachute caught on the plane’s tail.
Rescue teams evacuate flood-ravaged Australian town
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» CAIRNS (AUSTRALIA) - Rescue teams on Tuesday evacuated a flood-ravaged town in northeastern Australia, racing to airlift hundreds of people to safety before they run out of food and water.
Rescue teams evacuate flood-ravaged Australian town
AFP, Published on 19/12/2023
» CAIRNS (AUSTRALIA) - Rescue teams on Tuesday evacuated a flood-ravaged town in northeastern Australia, racing to airlift hundreds of people to safety before they run out of food and water.
Thousands urged to higher ground as Australia battles floods
Reuters, Published on 17/12/2023
» SYDNEY: Australian authorities on Sunday urged thousands of people in north Queensland state to move to higher ground because of the danger of flooding from torrential rains.
Australian uses pocket knife to fight off crocodile
AFP, Published on 10/11/2021
» BRISBANE: A 60-year-old Australian man escaped the jaws of a large crocodile by stabbing it repeatedly in the head with his pocket knife as it dragged him into a river, local authorities said Wednesday.
Australians bristle as Biden calls PM 'that fellow Down Under'
AFP, Published on 16/09/2021
» SYDNEY: Australians squirmed Thursday as US President Joe Biden thanked their prime minister for joining a major new defence alliance -- but appeared to forget his name.
Britain shuts schools as Germany braces for extended shutdown
AFP, Published on 06/01/2021
» LONDON: Britain closed its schools on Tuesday ahead of a new national lockdown and Germany extended its shutdown of businesses and offices for another three weeks, as Europe battles surging coronavirus infections.
Waititi to direct new 'Star Wars' film
AFP, Published on 05/05/2020
» LOS ANGELES - New Zealand filmmaker Taika Waititi will write and direct a new "Star Wars" film, Disney announced Monday.
Killer Japanese fungus found in Australia
AFP, Published on 03/10/2019
» SYDNEY - One of the world's deadliest fungi has been discovered in Australia's far north for the first time -- thousands of miles from its native habitat in the mountains of Japan and Korea.
Croc-spotting drone patrol takes off Down Under
AFP, Published on 26/09/2019
» CAIRNS (AUSTRALIA) - Australia's rugged crocodile country could become safer thanks to world-first drones which were given a test flight Thursday.