CANBERRA (Reuters Life!) - Six wedding dresses, a didgeridoo, a toupee and a massage table are among thousands of items lost in Australia's ...
A US company said it would consider making its innovative flu vaccine abroad after a panel of experts advising the US drug regulator ...
Australian firefighters battled dozens of bush blazes on Friday as record-breaking hot weather sparked "catastrophic" warnings in two states, just months after the country's worst ever wildfire disaster. Major lightning storms set off about 100 blazes in South Australia alone, most of ...
In a landmark decision, Israel's supreme court has thrown out a law allowing privately-run prisons, arguing that running jails for profit would be a "grave" violation of inmates' human rights. "We have reached the conclusion that the very transfer of the powers ...
Some 25,000 lightning strikes set off about 100 blazes in South Australia state alone, most of which had since burned out. Meanwhile emergency crews were battling 34 fires in New South Wales, some on the outskirts of Sydney, the Rural Fire Service ...
Australia's government on Friday refused to rule out snap elections if emissions trading laws are rejected for a second time, giving it the power to dissolve parliament. Trade Minister Simon Crean said "all options" were open as the government bids to pass ...
Thai exports in October fell 2.98 percent year-on-year as the sector picks up after being hit hard by the global economic downturn, the commerce ministry said Friday. The figure was a big improvement on the 8.53 percent year-on-year fall in September, and ...
A second Bangladeshi twin is waking "slowly" and should be conscious later, three days after being separated from her conjoined sister in Australia, a hospital official said Friday. Krishna was said to be in good condition but is expected to make a ...
A second Bangladeshi twin began returning to consciousness on Friday, three days after being separated from her conjoined sister in a landmark operation in Australia, the hospital said. Krishna was opening her eyes and slowly becoming more alert as she came out ...
Australia has recruited successful German consultant Andreas Abold to orchestrate its bid for the 2018 and 2022 World Cup, reports said on Friday. Abold, who leads a Munich-based events management team, was behind the successful World Cup bids from Germany (2006) and ...
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - NOVEMBER 20: Haydar Khalil, a Praham market trader spits a cherry pip out of his mouth as he takes part in a cherry pip spitting competition at the launch of the 2009 Victorian Cherry Season at Prahran Market on ...
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's government demanded on Thursday that conservative rivals stop opposing carbon trade laws, citing a heatwave searing the country's biggest cities as evidence of Australia's vulnerability to climate change. With Australia on bushfire alert, the government said record temperatures ...
