Australia said Monday it will spend hundreds of millions of dollars on a new icebreaker ship to bolster its claim over large areas of Antarctica and replace an ageing vessel. Environment Minister Greg Hunt said two Europe-based firms had been shortlisted…
Browsing: Australia
Ashley Giles has said he was “bitterly disappointed” to miss out on being appointed as the new head coach of England. Peter Moores was recalled for a second spell in charge after Andy Flower stood down following England’s 5-0 Ashes thrashing in Australia…
Australian journalist Peter Greste on Friday said his detention and that of his Al-Jazeera colleagues in an Egyptian jail had become a powerful symbol of press freedom worldwide. In a statement from his prison cell on the eve of World Press Freedom…
Australia’s Neil Robertson booked his place in the quarter-finals of this year’s World Championships with a 13-7 win over Mark Allen on Monday only to barely miss out on a notable landmark. The world number one was left stranded on 99 competitive century…
Heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko has dubbed Alex Leapai “Australia’s Rocky” ahead of Saturday’s world title bout when the challenger tries to complete his rags to riches tale. Leapai sat behind bars in the high-security wing of a north Brisbane…
Australian authorities said Friday they would widen the underwater hunt for missing flight MH370, as the deep-sea search for wreckage at the suspected crash site neared completion with no results. Mini-submarine Bluefin-21 has scanned 95 percent of…
Britain’s baby Prince George stepped out in public for the first time in Australia with his parents for a wildlife encounter at Sydney’s Taronga Zoo. George, eight months old and third in line to the throne after his father Prince William, stole the…
Australia midfielder Mile Jedinak scored the only goal of the game as Crystal Palace’s remarkable revival under manager Tony Pulis continued with a 1-0 win away to London rivals West Ham on Saturday. When Pulis was appointed in November after Ian Holloway…
Britain’s Prince William and his wife Kate got to grips with Australia’s beach and bush lifestyles on Friday, watching a life-saving display and a sheep-shearing demonstration as part of their tour Down Under with baby son George. The young royals have…
The mini-sub searching for missing flight MH370 has reached record depths well beyond its normal operating limits, officials said Friday as it dived on its fifth seabed mission. With no results to show since the Boeing 777 carrying 239 people disappeared…