March 14, 2019 New Zealand's climate change minister punched in face while on his way to parliament A New Zealand government minister was punched in the face on Thursday while on his way to the Parliament.
March 14, 2019 Australia won't risk lives returning IS refugees from Syria Australia's prime minister says he won't put officials in danger by retrieving extremists from the Middle East after an Australian Islamic State group widow asked to bring her children home from a Syrian refugee camp.
March 13, 2019 FIA says F1 director Charlie Whiting has died in Australia The governing body for international auto racing says its Formula One director Charlie Whiting has died from a pulmonary embolism.
March 13, 2019 New Zealand politician punched in face while walking to work A New Zealand government minister said he was punched in the face Thursday while walking to work in an attack that's rare in a country where politicians often mingle with the public in stores, bars and sports arenas.
March 13, 2019 Countries and carriers around globe ground Boeing 737 Max A growing number of airlines and countries around the world have grounded Boeing 737 Max jets or banned them from their airspace following the crash of an Ethiopian Airlines plane that killed 157 people on Sunday, five months after a similar Indonesian Lion Air jet plunged into the ocean, killing 189.
March 12, 2019 AP PHOTOS: The most senior Catholic convicted of child abuse The conviction and sentencing of Cardinal George Pell represent a remarkable downfall for the man who was Pope Francis' former finance minister and third-highest ranking Catholic in the Vatican.
March 12, 2019 Timeline of Cardinal George Pell's career and accusations An Australian judge has sentenced Cardinal George Pell to 6 years in prison on convictions of sexually abusing two choirboys in a cathedral when he was archbishop of Australia's second-largest city more than 20 years ago.
March 12, 2019 Cardinal George Pell's crimes described in victim's words The trial of Cardinal George Pell was largely a case of his word against that of his sole accuser, a 34-year-old man who alleged that as a 13-year-old choirboy he and a friend were abused in one of Australia's grandest cathedrals more than 20 years ago as hundreds of worshippers were filing away after Mass.
March 12, 2019 Australian cardinal sentenced to prison for child sex abuse An Australian judge has sentenced the most senior Catholic to be convicted of child sex abuse to 6 years in prison for molesting two choirboys in a Melbourne cathedral more than 20 years ago.
March 11, 2019 Sex abuse convictions of Australia cardinal prove polarizing The most senior Catholic to be convicted of child sex abuse will be sentenced to prison on Wednesday in an Australia landmark case that has polarized observers.
