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Australian police infiltrate encrypted messaging app Ghost and arrest dozens
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian police said Wednesday they have infiltrated Ghost, an encrypted global communications app developed for criminals, leading to dozens of arrests. The app's alleged administrator, Jay Je Yoon Jung, 32, appeared in a Sydney court Wednesday on...
Australian breaker Raygun says she felt 'panic' after public reaction to her Olympic performance
BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — For Australian breaker Rachael Gunn, first came her polarizing performance at the Olympics, followed by her panic when she was chased through the streets of Paris. The 37-year-old university lecturer from Sydney — her birthday was on Monday —...
2 people are rescued from a disabled yacht off the Australian coast
SYDNEY (AP) — Two people were rescued unharmed Tuesday after spending a night aboard a disabled yacht in heavy seas off the Australian coast. The 60-year-old man and a 48-year-old woman were rescued at 7:30 a.m. from their 19-meter (62-foot) yacht, which was abandoned 300...
Young humpback whale freed from fishing tackle that had entangled its tail in Sydney Harbor
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A young humpback whale was freed from fishing tackle that had entangled its tail during an almost 24-hour rescue operation in Sydney Harbor. The juvenile whale immediately began swimming toward the Sydney Heads and the open Pacific Ocean after government...
Australian penguin Sphen, one half of famed same-sex couple, dies at 11 years old
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Sphen, the elder partner in a world famous same-sex penguin couple celebrated in Australian schoolbooks and an annual gay rights parade, has died at 11 years old, a Sydney aquarium said on Thursday. Sphen and his male gentoo penguin partner Magic, now...
Man opens plane's door and walks on wing at Australian airport before he's arrested
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A passenger was arrested at an Australian airport after he left a stationary airliner through an emergency exit, walked along a wing, and then climbed down a jet engine to the tarmac on Thursday, officials said. Jetstar Flight JQ507 had arrived at...
Australian breaker Rachael Gunn says ridicule of her Olympic performance has been 'devastating'
SYDNEY (AP) — Australian breaker Rachael Gunn said the backlash to her much-ridiculed Olympic performance has been “devastating,” adding Thursday that she took the competition seriously and gave her best effort. The 36-year-old b-girl known as Raygun said in a video posted to...
Cringy moves and a white b-girl's durag prompt questions about Olympic breaking's authenticity
PARIS (AP) — From the Australian b-girl with the meme-worthy “kangaroo” dance move to the silver-medal winning Lithuanian in a durag, breaking's Olympic debut had a few moments that raised questions from viewers about whether the essence of the hip-hop art form was captured at the Paris...
Women's boxing fights its way to parity with the men's game, just 12 years after its Olympic debut
PUEBLO, Colo. (AP) — Charley Davison's husband and their three young children were already in bed back home on the east coast of England before she pulled on her headgear and stepped into the World Boxing ring in southern Colorado earlier this year. The 30-year-old Davison was able...
Papua New Guinea's sidelined minister to fight domestic violence charge in Sydney court next year
SYDNEY (AP) — Papua New Guinea’s sidelined Petroleum Minister Jimmy Maladina will appear in an Australian court in March next year to fight a charge of assaulting a woman during a domestic dispute. The 58-year-old appeared in the Downing Centre Local Court on Wednesday to have a...
