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February 28, 2020

New Zealand’s Jacinda Ardern takes Australian prime minister to task over deportations

New Zealand’s prime minister lashed out at her Australian counterpart on Friday, accusing him of “testing” the friendship between the two nations and accusing his country of deporting “your people and your problems.”

February 25, 2020

Sudden storm creates 'absolute bedlam' in Australia as Perth hit with high winds, flash flooding

A strong storm created havoc in the Western Australian city of Perth on Tuesday as lighting, heavy rain and flash flooding damaged buildings and caused traffic chaos. 

February 25, 2020

Male baboon escapes Australia medical facility with ‘two wives’ before vasectomy, health official says

A male baboon and his “two wives” ran wild in Australia on Tuesday after escaping from a medical facility where he was set to undergo a vasectomy, a health official said.

February 22, 2020

Australian family claims son's headstone was removed without knowledge over 'offensive' picture: report

A family in Australia says they were “devastated” when they learned that their son’s headstone was removed from a local cemetery without their knowledge because of some called an “offensive” photo, according to a report. 

February 20, 2020

Fitness influencer reveals 'loose skin' on Instagram, gets called out by fans: 'Where?'

This “real” body got some real criticism.

February 19, 2020

Former rugby player, wife, children die in apparent murder-suicide: reports

A former New Zealand rugby player, his wife and three children were reportedly killed in an apparent murder-suicide in Australia on Wednesday.

February 19, 2020

Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 pilot suspected by 'top levels' of mass murder-suicide, ex-Aussie PM says

The "top levels" of the Malaysian government have long suspected that the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 nearly six years ago was an act of mass murder-suicide by the pilot, Australia's former prime minister said in an explosive interview that aired Wednesday.

February 19, 2020

Australia firefighters thank 'brave' American, local volunteers with billboard in NYC's Times Square 

After months of battling wildfires that scorched thousands of homes and created mass evacuations in eastern Australia, the world's largest fire service has thanked those who traveled to help fight the blazes with an ad in the crossroad of the world.

February 13, 2020

Australia wildfires 'contained' in New South Wales for first time in 'exhausting' fire season

After months of battling wildfires that scorched thousands of homes and created mass evacuations in eastern Australia, officials announced Thursday that all the blazes in the New South Wales state are considered contained. 

February 12, 2020

Flood rescue in Australia results in helicopter landing on houseboat in 'unusual experience'

A flood rescue in Australia on Monday took a dramatic turn when a helicopter had to land on the roof of a houseboat in distress.