March 29, 2017 Cyclone rips off roofs, flings boats onto land in Australia Residents of Australia's cyclone-battered tropical northeast emerged from their homes on Wednesday to find roofs lying in their yards, boats flung onto rocks and roads blocked by tangles of fallen trees and power lines, as emergency officials tried to reach communities cut off by the powerful storm.
March 29, 2017 Australian probe yet to explain plane crash that killed 5 A cockpit voice recorder failed to capture audio of the doomed flight of a light plane that crashed into the roof of an Australian shopping mall last month killing a pilot and four American tourists, accident investigators said Wednesday.
March 28, 2017 Cyclone Debbie's full wrath is revealed in Australia Authorities are trying to get drinking water and food to areas devastated by Cyclone Debbie, as residents are told to expect more heavy rain and power shortages for days.
March 28, 2017 Powerful Cyclone Debbie slams into Australia's tropical northeast A powerful cyclone packing winds of up to 160 miles per hour roared across Australia's tropical northeast on Tuesday, uprooting trees, tearing down fences and knocking out power to thousands, officials said.
March 28, 2017 World's largest dinosaur footprint discovered in Australia Scientists have discovered the world’s largest footprint in a stretch of remote coastline known as “Australia’s Jurassic Park”.
March 28, 2017 Cyclone Debbie: 'Idiot' caught surfing in giant storm As Australian authorities appealed for people to stay indoors away from the fury of Cyclone Debbie, this man wanted to go surfing in the eye of it.
March 28, 2017 Australia shelves planned extradition treaty with China The Australian government has shelved a planned extradition treaty with China rather than allow the Senate reject it over human rights concerns.
March 27, 2017 Lufthansa, Cathay Pacific airlines sign code-sharing deal Lufthansa has announced a code-sharing deal with Cathay Pacific under which the German airline and its Swiss and Austrian Airlines units will offer new connections to Australia and New Zealand.
March 27, 2017 Recent developments surrounding the South China Sea A look at recent developments in the South China Sea, where China is pitted against smaller neighbors in multiple disputes over islands, coral reefs and lagoons in waters crucial for global commerce and rich in fish and potential oil and gas reserves: ___ EDITOR'S NOTE: This is a weekly look at the latest developments in the South China Sea, home to several territorial conflicts that have raised tensions in the region.
March 27, 2017 Australian residents begin evacuating ahead of cyclone Thousands of people began evacuating low-lying areas of Australia's tropical northeast on Monday as a powerful cyclone bore down on the coast.
