australia
Cardinal Pell victim says ‘hard to take comfort’ from sentencing
World
March 13, 2019
Cardinal Pell victim says ‘hard to take comfort’ from sentencing
The former choirboy molested by Australian Cardinal George Pell led the response to his sentencing Wednesday, saying it was “hard…
Top cardinal gets six years jail for ‘appalling’ choirboy abuse
World
March 13, 2019
Top cardinal gets six years jail for ‘appalling’ choirboy abuse
Disgraced Australian Cardinal George Pell was on Wednesday sentenced to six years in prison for the “brazen” sexual abuse of…
Australia, Singapore ban Boeing 737 MAX jets, more airlines ground plane
World
March 12, 2019
Australia, Singapore ban Boeing 737 MAX jets, more airlines ground plane
Australia and Singapore on Tuesday banned Boeing 737 MAX planes from their airspace and airlines around the world grounded the…
Convicted Australia cardinal sentence to be broadcast live
World
March 12, 2019
Convicted Australia cardinal sentence to be broadcast live
The sentencing of Australian Cardinal George Pell for child sex crimes will be broadcast live Wednesday in a rare move…
Convicted Cardinal – Pell’s name scraped from his Australian hometown
World
February 27, 2019
Convicted Cardinal – Pell’s name scraped from his Australian hometown
BALLARAT, Australia (Reuters) – On the day Cardinal George Pell, one of the highest ranking Vatican officials, was publicly revealed…
Egypt’s Immigration minister discusses “Roots Revival” initiative with Australian ambassador
Egypt
February 24, 2019
Egypt’s Immigration minister discusses “Roots Revival” initiative with Australian ambassador
Minister of Immigration and Egyptian Expatriate affairs Nabila Nakram met with Australia’s ambassador to Cairo Glenn Miles to discuss issues…
Egypt retrieves smuggled artifact from Australian museum
Archaeology
February 21, 2019
Egypt retrieves smuggled artifact from Australian museum
The Egyptian embassy in Canberra, Australia received the fourth and final part of the stone panel of “Sheshn Nefertem”, which…
Northern Red Sea coral reefs may survive a hot, grim future
Environment
February 20, 2019
Northern Red Sea coral reefs may survive a hot, grim future
EILAT, Israel (AP) — As the outlook for coral reefs across a warming planet grows grimmer, scientists in Israel have…
Aussie rodent becomes first ‘climate change extinction’
Environment
February 19, 2019
Aussie rodent becomes first ‘climate change extinction’
Australia officially declared a Great Barrier Reef rodent extinct on Tuesday, making it the first mammal believed to have been…
Fears flood water runoff could ‘smother’ Barrier Reef
Environment
February 16, 2019
Fears flood water runoff could ‘smother’ Barrier Reef
Runoff from recent floods in northern Australia is flowing onto parts of the Barrier Reef, scientists said Friday, starving coral…