CANBERRA (Reuters) - The global economic crisis must not be used as an excuse to unwind human rights for the millions of people ...
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's koalas have suffered a sharp population decline because of development, bushfires and global warming, and could vanish within decades, ...
CANBERRA (Reuters Life!) - Two Australian designers have invented a fold-up flip-flop for women that can easily fit into a small handbag to give stiletto-shod feet a break, Australian media reported Wednesday. The two plan to launch the portable footwear, known as ...
CANBERRA (Reuters) - An influx of refugee boats poses a new threat to Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and could divide Australians a year from elections and reignite an immigration row that carried conservatives to victory in 2001. Two rickety boats carrying ...
An Australian psychologist had to be rescued from her office after a "frantic" kangaroo crashed through the window and leapt around the room, toppling furniture, a colleague said Thursday. Suzanne Habib jumped screaming atop her desk in the Queensland town of Atherton ...
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 06: Brian Lopes of the USA in action in the elite men's downhill race during the 2009 Mountain Bike & World Trials World Championship held at Mt Stromlo on September 6, 2009 in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Stefan ...
Lene Byberg, Norway, left, second placed, Irina Kalentiva, from Russia, winner, and US American Willow Koerber, right, celebrate after the mountainbike world championships, Saturday Sept. 5, 2009 in Canberra, Australia. (AP Photo/Keystone, Martin Platter) Copyright 2009 AP News
CANBERRA (Reuters) - China will be asked by the United States and Australia to join military exercises to repair ties after a diplomatic row between Canberra and Beijing, a top U.S. military official said on Thursday. Following a meeting between Australia's military ...
CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 01: Wattle blooms are seen on the first day of spring, September 1, 2009 in Canberra, Australia. In the Southern Hemisphere, Spring runs from September to November. (Photo by Mark Kolbe/Getty Images) Copyright 2009 Getty Images
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia tried to halt a slide in ties with China on Thursday by denying support for autonomy for the restive Chinese region of Xinjiang as Beijing media accused the country of leading an "anti-China chorus". Relations have soured over ...
Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd described relations with China as challenging Thursday, after a series of bruising rows strained diplomatic ties between the major trading partners. Rudd played down media reports that Australia's ambassador to China, Geoff Raby, had been called back ...
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's government challenged conservative rivals on Thursday to support deadlocked emissions trade laws after both sides reached agreement on a new national target to sharply lift the use of renewable energy. The center-left government said it was talking to ...
