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No police charges for Taylor Swift's dad over paparazzi incident in Sydney

Mar. 28, 2024 00:23 AM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — Taylor Swift’s father will not be charged over a paparazzi photographer's claim that Scott Swift assaulted him on the Sydney waterfront hours after the pop star’s Australian tour ended last month. Photographer Ben McDonald had alleged that one of Swift’s...

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly decline after Wall Street drifts to a mixed close

Mar. 14, 2024 00:12 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly declined Thursday in lackluster trading after U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed finish. Japan's Nikkei 225 shed 0.2% in morning trading to 38,625.22. Nissan Motor Co. stock jumped 2.3% after an unconfirmed Japanese media report that the automaker...

Passenger describes people 'bounced off the roof' on plane that dropped during flight to New Zealand

Mar. 12, 2024 04:07 AM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — As officials investigate what caused a “strong shake” before a sudden plunge on a plane traveling between Australia and New Zealand, a passenger on Tuesday described a wild ride, with people without seatbelts thrown from their seats and some crashing into the plane's ceiling. ...

50 people are injured by a 'strong movement' on a plane traveling from Australia to New Zealand

Mar. 12, 2024 01:24 AM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — At least 50 people were injured Monday by what officials described as a “strong movement” on a Chilean plane traveling from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand. LATAM Airlines said in a statement that there was "a technical event during the flight which caused a...

Officials say 50 people were injured by a 'strong movement' on a Chilean plane traveling from Australia to New Zealand

Mar. 11, 2024 04:02 AM EDT
SYDNEY (AP) — Officials say 50 people were injured by a 'strong movement' on a Chilean plane traveling from Australia to New Zealand.

Stock market today: Asian shares rise after Wall Street sets another record

Mar. 07, 2024 21:43 PM EST

TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher Friday, after U.S. stocks climbed to records, with easier interest rates beckoning on the horizon. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 added 0.7% in morning trading to 39,874.68. Sydney's S&P/ASX 200 jumped 0.9% to 7,829.60. South Korea's...

Police will be allowed to march in Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardis Gras, but not in uniform

Feb. 28, 2024 04:41 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras organizers agreed Wednesday to relax their ban on police marching in their annual parade with a compromise condition that officers do not wear uniforms. The decision comes a day after Australian police found the bodies...

Australian police find bodies of couple after officer who was an ex-boyfriend admits to killing them

Feb. 27, 2024 09:34 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian police on Tuesday found the bodies of a couple shot and killed by an ex-boyfriend, who happened to be a police officer, hours after he admitted to killing and hiding them under rocks and debris on a rural property. The remains of former...

Photographer accuses Taylor Swift's dad of punching him in the face on Sydney waterfront

Feb. 27, 2024 04:17 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A photographer told police he was punched in the face by Taylor Swift’s father on the Sydney waterfront on Tuesday, hours after the pop star’s Australian tour ended. Ben McDonald said he provided police with a statement alleging that Scott Swift...

Divers search for bodies of Sydney couple allegedly shot dead by jilted police officer

Feb. 26, 2024 10:41 AM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Police divers were searching inland waterways Monday for the bodies of a couple allegedly shot dead in Sydney a week earlier by a jilted police officer lover with his service pistol. Police allege former television reporter Jesse Baird, 26, and his...