A conference on booting trade and investment between the Arab World and Australia was opened here today.
The Saudi delegation to the meeting included Shoura Council member Dr. Osamah Alkurdi, Saudi diplomats and a number of Saudi students in (...)
Melbourne Rebels fullback Mark Gerrard has been ruled out for four weeks with a shoulder injury.
Gerrard hurt his shoulder in a tackle in the narrow 34-32 loss to the Sharks on Friday and had a scan on Saturday.
Melbourne coach Rod Macqueen (...)
Australia says the floods that have devastated its eastern states are costing the country at least $3 billion in lost farming and coal exports, as AP reported.
Rivers surged to record heights and put rural towns and an already waterlogged city on (...)
The river that submerged vast swaths of Australia's third-largest city last week surged again Friday and began flooding some Brisbane suburbs, as rivers in Australia's southeast soared to record heights, according to AP.
The weekslong crisis has (...)
A 15-month-old boy escaped with just a few cuts and bruises today after a train struck his stroller, which rolled onto the tracks when his grandmother looked away for just a moment, according to AP.
The dramatic escape came just seven months after (...)
Three teenage girls crossing a bridge in central Florida were killed by a freight train as they desperately tried to get out of its way and their helpless friend on the other side could only watch, police said Sunday.
The girls and the fourth (...)
A Qantas flight bound for the
Philippines was forced to turn back to Sydney on Saturday after
the pilot discovered a hydraulic fluid leak, just eight days
after a major emergency involving another of the carrier's
aircraft.
The Boeing 767-300 (...)