Rocks, rip tides kill unwary Asian visitors on Australian beaches
SYDNEY – Notices in several languages emblazoned with the symbol of the skull and crossbones caution against the risk of being swept off the rocks at Maroubra Beach in Sydney’s…
Fire at Guatemala shelter kills 21 girls, police blame arson
SAN JOSE PINULA, Guatemala – A fire has torn through a home for abused teenagers and children in Guatemala, killing at least 21 girls, after some residents set mattresses ablaze…
Scarlett Johansson files for divorce, requests custody of daughter
American actress Scarlett Johansson has filed for divorce from French journalist Romain Dauriac in New York this week and has asked for full custody of the couple’s daughter, as her…
US judge allows Hawaii to challenge Trump’s new travel ban
The state of Hawaii can sue over President Donald Trump’s new executive order temporarily banning the entry of refugees and travelers from six Muslim-majority countries, a federal judge has ruled.…
Australia’s “extreme” summer a sign of things to come – researchers
Climate change was responsible for breaking more than 200 Australian weather records over the past three months, researchers said on Wednesday, a glimpse of conditions to come that will likely…
Thousands flee Myanmar army clashes with insurgents near China border, official says
YANGON – Thousands of people have fled clashes between the Myanmar military and ethnic rebels along the border with China, a Chinese official said, as fighting threatened leader Aung San…
Explosion, gunfire reported at hospital in Afghan capital
KABUL – Gunmen, including at least one dressed as a doctor, have attacked a military hospital in an area close to the US Embassy in the Afghan capital Kabuland were…
White rhino shot dead in French zoo, horn sawn off
PARIS – Poachers have broken into a French zoo, shot dead a rare white rhinoceros and sawed off its horn in what is believed to be the first time in…
North Korea warns of “actual war”, US calls it “pariah”
GENEVA – North Korea has faced a chorus of condemnation for its latest ballistic missile tests but declared that ongoing joint US-South Korea military exercises were aimed at conducting a…
Australia central bank sits on rates, sounds neutral
Australia’s central bank held rates steady on Tuesday, a widely expected decision given policymakers recently signalled a steady outlook for much of the year ahead. The central bank kept rates…
