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June 1, 2016

Aussie sentenced to life for drug trafficking in Vietnam

HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — A court in southern Vietnam has sentenced an Australian man to life in prison for drug trafficking.

May 31, 2016

Bleaching kills third of coral in Great Barrier Reef's north

Scientists say mass bleaching has killed more than a third of the coral in the northern and central parts of Australia's Great Barrier Reef, though corals to the south have escaped with little damage.

May 31, 2016

After decades, 32 Australians' remains return from Malaysia

The bodies of 32 Australian service personnel and their dependents, many of them killed during the Vietnam War, have been handed over by Malaysian soldiers to their Australian counterparts.

May 31, 2016

New Zealand plans to remove logos from cigarette packs

New Zealand on Tuesday announced it will push ahead with plans to force tobacco companies remove their logos from cigarette packs and enhance graphic health warnings.

May 31, 2016

Australia to sell bitcoins confiscated as proceeds of crime

About $13 million in bitcoins will be auctioned in Sydney in June after Australian police confiscated the digital currency as proceeds of crime, an official said Tuesday.

May 31, 2016

Surfer loses leg in shark attack off Australia

A shark tore a 29-year-old surfer's leg off Tuesday at an Australian west coast beach, officials said.

May 30, 2016

Woman fails to save friend in Australian crocodile attack

Police say a woman struggled in vain to drag her friend from a crocodile's jaws during a late night swim off a northeast Australian beach.

May 30, 2016

Woman fails to save friend in attack by crocodile on Australian beach

A woman struggled in vain to drag her friend from a crocodile's jaws off a northeast Australian beach, police said on Monday.

May 27, 2016

Australian party leader says some Trump views 'barking mad'

Australia's opposition leader has described some of the presumptive Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's views as "barking mad," breaking a longstanding Australian convention of avoiding taking sides in U.S. political contests.

May 26, 2016

Debris in Mozambique, Mauritius to be analyzed by MH370 team

Australian officials say three pieces of debris found washed ashore in Mozambique and the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius will be examined by investigators to see if they came from missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.