Statewide blackout plunges Australia into renewable energy debate
An unprecedented power outage across South Australia state has stopped production at major miners BHP Billiton and OZ Minerals and left one steelmaker struggling to prevent molten steel from hardening…
Philippines says 2017 joint military exercise with US to go ahead, later plans to be reviewed
HANOI – Filipino officials say the country will go ahead with joint military exercises in 2017 with its treaty ally, the United States, but adds the holding of war games from 2018 onward would…
Thailand cracks down on migrant workers as anti-immigration feelings rise
BANGKOK – Thailand is cracking down on migrant workers from neighbouring countries, saying they are “stealing jobs from Thais”, amid fears that anti-immigrant sentiment is rising as Southeast Asia’s second-largest…
Malaysian flight MH17 downed by Russian-made missile – prosecutors
NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands – Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 was shot down by a missile fired from a launcher brought into Ukraine from Russia and located in a village held by pro-Russian…
Djokovic pulls out of China Open with elbow injury
World number one Novak Djokovic has been forced to withdraw from next week’s China Open in Beijing because of an elbow injury. Serb Djokovic, a six-times winner of the tournament…
No more trade in endangered pangolins, U.N. meeting decides
The United Nations has banned global trade in highly endangered pangolins, a scaly animal with the dubious distinction of being the world’s most poached mammal. Member states of the U.N.’s Convention…
UK royal Kate’s sister Pippa wins court ban on hacked photos
LONDON – Pippa Middleton, younger sister of Britain’s Duchess of Cambridge, has won a court injunction banning publication of 3,000 photos allegedly hacked from her iCloud account. No details of…
Indonesia evacuates hundreds of tourists after volcano erupts
JAKARTA – Indonesian rescuers have evacuated hundreds of tourists from a volcano that erupted a day earlier and were searching for as many as 50 climbers. Authorities closed the gates…
Investigators to pinpoint rocket launch that downed airliner over Ukraine
International prosecutors investigating the downing of a Malaysian airliner over eastern Ukraine in 2014 will report their findings on Wednesday, but stop short of naming any culprits. A surface-to-air missile hit…
Lightning storms knock out power to entire Australian state
Severe storms and thousands of lightning strikes have knocked out power to the entire state of South Australia, energy authorities said. South Australia is the country’s fifth most populous state,…
