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Olympic officials move to support 2032 Brisbane Games after bumpy ride for stadium projects

Mar. 27, 2024 14:13 PM EDT

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — After weeks of uncertainty about billion-dollar stadium projects for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics, the IOC and local organizers moved Wednesday to present the games more positively. Plans for a $2 billion rebuild of the storied Gabba cricket stadium as an...

Brisbane Olympics organizers scrap plans for their 2032 centerpiece and reject new stadium idea

Mar. 18, 2024 04:16 AM EDT

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Brisbane Olympics organizers have scrapped plans to demolish and rebuild an iconic cricket ground as the centerpiece of the 2032 Games while also rejecting a review panel's recommendation for a new stadium in city parklands. Queensland state's Premier...

A family is shaken in Peacock's 'Apples Never Fall,' starring Annette Bening

Mar. 13, 2024 12:28 PM EDT

There's a scene in the new Peacock drama “ Apples Never Fall ” in which Annette Bening 's character weeps after having too much to drink at a family party. “Nobody can break your heart like your own children," she laments. Bening, a mother of four with husband Warren Beatty,...

Century-old Brisbane stadium no longer favored by 2032 Olympics organizers

Feb. 08, 2024 05:49 AM EST

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The Australian Olympic Committee apparently doesn't like the idea of rebuilding an aging stadium as one of its centerpiece venues for the 2032 Games. Australian Olympic Committee president Ian Chesterman said in a statement Thursday that there are more...

Toddler gets stuck after climbing into a claw machine looking for a toy in Australian shopping mall

Feb. 02, 2024 00:24 AM EST

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Australian police came to the aid of a 3-year-old boy after he became trapped inside a claw machine at a suburban shopping mall. Video of the unusual rescue Saturday was shared on social media by Queensland Police on Thursday. It showed the toddler...

Storm hits Australia with strong winds and power outages, but weakens from cyclone to tropical storm

Jan. 26, 2024 02:11 AM EST

SYDNEY (AP) — Strong winds hit Australia’s northeast coast Friday, leaving thousands without power, but the area was spared heavy damage as Tropical Cyclone Kirrily weakened into a tropical storm. Wind gusts of up to 170 kilometers an hour (105.6 miles per hour) battered coastal...

Residents of northern Australia batten down homes, businesses ahead of Tropical Cyclone Kirrily

Jan. 24, 2024 21:38 PM EST

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — Residents have begun battening down homes and businesses with Tropical Cyclone Kirrily forecast to cross the Australian northeast coast on Thursday, bringing destructive winds and flooding rain. Authorities said the storm system was still tracking west...

Tropical low off northeast Australia reaches cyclone strength

Jan. 24, 2024 03:12 AM EST

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A tropical low slowly moving toward northeast Australia reached cyclone strength on Wednesday and will bring flooding into Queensland state into the weekend. Tropical Cyclone Kirrily was moving west at 5 mph and forecast to make landfall overnight...

More flooding forecast for Australia's northeast as storm in Coral Sea nears cyclone strength

Jan. 23, 2024 01:16 AM EST

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — A tropical low strengthening over the Coral Sea on Tuesday is forecast to be the second cyclone in as many months to bring destructive winds and flooding to Australia's northeast coast. The system expected to be named Tropical Cyclone Kirrily later...

Second tropical cyclone in 2 months expected to hit northern Australia coast

Jan. 22, 2024 02:14 AM EST

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — The Australian state of Queensland is preparing for a severe tropical cyclone that could make landfall in its far north as soon as Wednesday. Officials believe the storm, set to be named Cyclone Kirrily, could be more destructive than the one that hit...