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UN Accuses Australia of Breaching Refugee Deal
The UN accused Australia Monday of backtracking on a deal to relax its strong stance on asylum-seekers and resettle...
East Timor Set For New Coalition After Ruling Parties Win Poll
East Timor is set for another coalition after the two governing parties in Asia's youngest democracy clinched a...
Injured Hunt To Miss Wallabies’ Bledisloe Cup Opener
Inside back Karmichael Hunt has been ruled out for eight weeks following ankle surgery and will miss the Wallabies'...
The ‘Sharknado’ Phenomenon
With its airborne sharks, over-the-top gore and endless cheesy cameos from fading stars it ought to have flopped -- but...
India’s Raj Wants Women’s IPL After World Cup Heartbreak
India captain Mithali Raj said now was time to "create the base" of a female equivalent to the Indian Premier League...
USA Women Win 4x100m World Gold, Sjostrom Claims World Record
Katie Ledecky earned a second gold medal on Sunday at the world aquatics championships in Budapest by helping the...
Horton Sets Up Sun Showdown At World Swimming Championships
Olympic champion Mack Horton set up a showdown with Chinese superstar Sun Yang on Sunday after the Australian squeezed...
Two Biggest Parties Neck-and-Neck In East Timor Election
The two largest parties in East Timor's parliamentary election were neck-and-neck, according to preliminary results...
Shoot Drug Traffickers If Resist Arrest
Indonesia's President Joko Widodo has ordered the police to shoot drug traffickers who resist arrest in the latest...
Raj Urges India To ‘keep It Simple’ In Women’s World Cup Cricket Final
India captain Mithali Raj has urged her side to embrace the challenge of playing hosts England in the World Cup final...
Stevenson Try Seals ‘ugly’ Rugby Win For Chiefs
Shaun Stevenson scored a simple try four minutes from time to seal a 17-11 win for Waikato Chiefs of New Zealand over...
England’s Knight Aiming For ‘perfect’ Women’s World Cup Cricket Final
England captain Heather Knight hopes her side will have saved their best for last when they face India in the Women's...
Jason Day Shoots Up British Open Leaderboard With Third-Round 65
Australia's world number six Jason Day shot up the British Open leaderboard on Saturday after firing a fine 65 in the...
Fears Grow For Ashes Amid Reports Pay Talks Have Broken Down
Australia's cricketers have been warned this year's Ashes series could be scrapped, even if a new pay deal is reached...
East Timor Votes For Parliament Amid Huge Challenges
East Timor headed to the polls to elect a new parliament Saturday as Asia's youngest democracy battles economic...
Google Maps Adds the International Space Station
The International Space Station has become the first “off planet” addition to Google Maps’ Street View facility....
Bottle of Historic Aussie Red Sells For $41,000
A rare bottle of first vintage 1951 Penfolds Grange has been snapped up at auction for Aus$51,750 (US$40,825),...
Hyperloop Or Hyperbole? Musk Promises NY-DC Run In 29 Mins
US entrepreneur Elon Musk said Thursday he'd received tentative approval from the government to build a conceptual...
‘Killer Pitch’ and Food Poisoning Haunt Asia Football Tours
There was the infamous Hong Kong "killer pitch", an 11th-hour cancellation of a Manchester derby in Beijing and now...