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New Caledonia reopening its international airport and shortening curfew as unrest continues to ebb
PARIS (AP) — The French Pacific territory of New Caledonia is shortening its overnight curfew and reopening its international airport that was closed to commercial flights for more than a month because of deadly violence that wracked the archipelago where pro-independence Indigenous Kanaks want...
Boy accused of terrorist act in Sydney church faces new charges of stabbing bishop and priest
SYDNEY (AP) — A 16-year-old boy accused of committing a terrorist act by stabbing a bishop in a Sydney church in April faces two additional charges, a court was told on Friday. The boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, was arrested at the scene of the stabbing on April 15 in...
Ex-Australia rugby league star Jarryd Hayne wins an appeal against his rape conviction
SYDNEY (AP) — Ex-Australian rugby league international Jarryd Hayne had his rape conviction overturned on appeal Wednesday and was released from his year-long stay in jail. The New South Wales Court of Criminal Appeal ruled that a judge erred in not allowing the complainant to be...
Scholar opposites: A university lecturer and a high school student breaking new ground at Olympics
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — University lecturer Rachael “Raygun” Gunn chuckles when she recalls telling her students that she’s a breaker – you know, spinning on the ground and bustin’ moves to blaring hip-hop music. Some of her students didn’t seem to believe her. And...
Australian leader tells activists to 'turn the heat down' after US Consulate vandalized over Gaza
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese urged activists on both sides of the Israel-Palestinian debate to “turn the heat down” after the U.S. Consulate in Sydney was vandalized on Monday. Surveillance video showed a person wearing a dark hoodie using a small...
Australian online watchdog drops court case against X over stabbing video
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australia’s online safety watchdog said on Wednesday she had dropped her Federal Court case that attempted to force X Corp. to take down a video of a Sydney bishop being stabbed. But eSafety Commissioner Julie Inman Grant said she would continue her...
More players accused in Australian soccer match-fixing investigation
Two more players could be involved in the Australian soccer match-fixing case that has already resulted in three Macarthur FC players being charged. Midfielder Kearyn Baccus appeared in court Thursday to face charges relating to an illegal betting plot to receive yellow cards during...
Sydney judge says US ex-fighter pilot accused of training Chinese aviators can be extradited to US
SYDNEY (AP) — A Sydney judge on Friday ruled that former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan can be extradited to the United States on allegations that he illegally trained Chinese aviators, leaving the attorney-general as Duggan’s last hope of remaining in Australia. ...
Team captain and two other players arrested over alleged soccer match-fixing in Australia
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian professional soccer was rocked Friday by accusations that the captain of A-League club Macarthur FC paid two younger teammates up to 10,000 Australian dollars ($6,600) to deliberately receive yellow cards in a scheme set up by a South American gambling connection. ...
'Mad Max' has lived in George Miller's head for 45 years. He's not done dreaming yet
CANNES, France (AP) — Only recently has George Miller realized just how influential his medical education was to the world of “Mad Max.” Miller was briefly a doctor before finding filmmaking and his twin brother, whom he attended university with, remained one. As a resident at...
