Rio 2016: Australia’s Skinner wins gold in women’s trap
RIO DE JANEIRO – First-time Olympian Catherine Skinner of Australia has battled to the end of a tense final in women’s trap shooting to win the gold medal, edging out…
Chinese pour scorn on Australian swimmer Mack Horton after “drug cheats” remarks
RIO DE JANEIRO – Chinese web-users have unleashed their fury on the social media accounts of Australian Olympic gold medallist Mack Horton, demanding he apologise for calling swimming rival Sun…
Rio 2016: Campbells power Australia to record and relay gold in swimming
RIO DE JANEIRO – Australia’s women, powered by sisters Bronte and Cate Campbell, has beat the United States and Canada to win the Olympic 4×100 metres freestyle relay in world…
Vic man charged with planning terror attack following raids
MELBOURNE – A 31-year-old man has appeared in Melbourne Magistrates’ Court on Sunday charged with planning a terror attack, following a series of counter-terrorism police raids. Phillip Galea was charged…
Rio 2016: Australia’s Horton wins men’s 400m freestyle
RIO DE JANEIRO – Australian Mack Horton has won the men’s Olympic 400 metres freestyle, edging out defending champion Sun Yang of China as Australia set out to erase the…
Rio 2016: Hoang secures Vietnam’s first Olympic gold medal
RIO DE JANEIRO – Xuan Vinh Hoang has secured Vietnam’s first Olympic gold medal in any sport, winning the men’s 10-metre air pistol event after holding off crowd favourite Felipe…
Cambodia’s ‘jungle woman’ claimed by Vietnamese family
PHNOM PENH – A Vietnamese man has claimed he is the real father of a woman who Cambodians have dubbed “jungle girl” after she supposedly spent 18 years in the…
Two Australians among five injured in London knife attack
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade has confirmed two Australian tourists were among those injured in a stabbing attack in central London that left a 64-year-old US woman dead.…
Australia suspends World Vision aid over Hamas funding accusations
SYDNEY – Australia says its suspending funding for relief group World Vision’s operations in the Palestinian Territories after allegations its Gaza representative funnelled millions of dollars to Islamist militant group,…
City of Yarra officially recognises Yellow Flag
MELBOURNE – The City of Yarra has decided to formally recognise the Vietnamese Yellow Flag – also known as ‘Co Vang’ – as symbolic of the identity and contributions of…
