Cyclone Ita weakens, moves down Australian coast
A cyclone packing winds of up to 230 kilometres an hour hit northern Australia before weakening to a category two…
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Australia ‘very confident’ signals from missing jet
PERTH, Australia: Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott said yesterday he is “very confident” that signals detected in the search for…
MH370 chills China-Malaysia ‘panda diplomacy’
China has postponed plans to send a pair of pandas to Malaysia next week, a minister said Friday, as bilateral…
US threatens new sanctions on Russia
Ukraine extends olive branch to pro-Russia separatists occupying eastern state building DONETSK, Ukraine: US President Barack Obama threatened fresh sanctions…
‘Cherry tree from space’ mystery baffles Japan
TOKYO: A cosmic mystery is uniting monks and scientists in Japan after a cherry tree grown from a seed that…
Woman throws shoe at Hillary Clinton
LOS ANGELES: A woman rushed past security and threw a shoe at Hillary Clinton in Las Vegas on Thursday, but…
Powerful cyclone bears down on Great Barrier Reef coast
SYDNEY: A cyclone packing winds of up to 300 kilometres an hour was set to smash into Australia’s Great Barrier…
7.1 quake hits off Papua New Guinea — USGS
SYDNEY, Australia: A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck off Papua New Guinea yesterday and was followed by a 6.7-magnitude tremor, US…