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Gisèle Pelicot's Australian supporters are moved that their French heroine wore an Aboriginal scarf

Dec. 20, 2024 17:44 PM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A group of Gisèle Pelicot’s Australian admirers said Friday they're moved that the victim in France’s notorious drugging-and-rape case has acknowledged her distant supporters Down Under by wearing a scarf adorned with Aboriginal art. The 72-year-old...

Vandals burn a car and spray graffiti in latest antisemitic attack in Australia

Dec. 10, 2024 23:46 PM EST

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Vandals torched a car and sprayed graffiti with anti-Israel slogans including an apparently misspelled “Kill Israiel" on Wednesday in a Sydney suburb that is home to Australia's largest Jewish community. Officials condemned the attack as antisemitic. ...

An Australia police officer who shocked a 95-year-old woman with a Taser is guilty of manslaughter

Nov. 27, 2024 21:40 PM EST

SYDNEY (AP) — A police officer who shocked a 95-year-old nursing home resident with a Taser was found guilty of manslaughter in an Australian court Wednesday. A jury found Kristian James Samuel White guilty in the trial in Sydney after 20 hours of deliberation. White, who is on...

3 dead after light planes collided in Australia

Oct. 26, 2024 03:27 AM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — Three men died after two light planes collided midair and crashed into a forested area southwest of Sydney on Saturday. Australian police, fire and ambulance crews reached the two wreckage sites, located in a semirural bushland area about 55 miles southwest of Sydney,...