May 14, 2018 Grandfather kills 6 family members, including grandkids, in Australia mass shooting, official says A grandfather suspected of shooting and killing six members of his family, including four of his grandchildren, before turning the gun on himself may have carried out Australia’s worst mass shooting in more than two decades because he was dealing with emotional turmoil that he was trying to “fix,” a family member said.
May 11, 2018 Family of seven found dead with gunshot wounds in Australia Four children, their mom and their grandparents were found dead in a rural property in southwest Australia early Friday in what authorities were calling the country’s worst mass murder in more than two decades.
May 3, 2018 Accused ISIS-inspired female terrorist carried out dry run of knife attack before stabbing man A 24-year-old exchange student from Bangladesh accused of stabbing an Australian homeowner in the name of the Islamic State carried out a dry run of the attack just days before.
May 2, 2018 French president calls Aussie PM’s wife ‘delicious.’ Wait, what's that supposed to mean? Was it a Freudian slip by Emmanuel Macron?
April 30, 2018 Cardinal Pell to face trial on criminal charges in Australia The most senior Vatican official to be charged in the Catholic Church sex abuse crisis will return to an Australian court on Tuesday to learn whether he must stand trial on charges that he sexually abused multiple victims decades ago.
April 30, 2018 Dolphin smacks into paddle boarder in Australia A paddle boarder in Australia ended up in the wrong place at the wrong time last week when riding a wave put him in the path of a jumping dolphin.
April 29, 2018 World's oldest spider has died after wasp attack The world’s oldest spider has died at the age of 43 after being subdued by a parasitic wasp in the Australian oubback, the Independent reports.
April 28, 2018 Olympian who stood with Americans in protest honored 50 years later Peter Norman, the Australian sprinter who stood on the podium alongside Tommie Smith and John Carlos when the two Americans gave their Black Power salutes at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, has been awarded Australia's highest Olympic award, 50 years after the event.
April 22, 2018 Deaf, partially blind dog helps rescue lost girl, 3, in bushland of Australia A dog in Australia proved its loyalty after sticking by a three-year-old girl for an entire night after she got lost in the bushlands of Australia on Friday.
April 18, 2018 Shark attacks force World Surf League to cancel major competition in Australia Two separate shark attacks on surfers over the last two days forced the World Surf League to cancel one of its major competitions in Western Australia, the organization announced Tuesday.
