Rod McGuirk

President Donald Trump and Democratic presidential ...

Foreign observers wary of “chaos,” “rancor” in first presidential debate

September 30, 2020 at 7:02 a.m.

“Chaos, interruptions, personal attacks and insults," one Chinese newspaper editor said of the U.S. presidential debate. An Australian counterpart said the debate was “swamped" by the “rancor engulfing America." Denmark's...

Beijing outbreak raises virus fears for rest of the world

June 17, 2020 at 7:50 a.m.

China raised its emergency warning to its second-highest level and canceled more than 60% of the flights to Beijing on Wednesday amid a new coronavirus outbreak in the capital. It...

In this screen grab from video issued by Britain's Oxford University, a volunteer is injected with either an experimental COVID-19 vaccine or a comparison shot as part of the first human trials in the U.K. to test a potential vaccine, led by Oxford University in England on April 25, 2020. About 100 research groups around the world are pursuing vaccines against the coronavirus, with nearly a dozen in early stages of human trials or poised to start.

U.S. company trials coronavirus vaccine candidate in Australia

May 26, 2020 at 7:26 a.m.

A U.S. biotechnology company began injecting a coronavirus vaccine candidate into people in Australia on Tuesday with hopes of releasing a proven vaccine this year.

Firefighting plane crashes in Australia, killing 3 Americans

January 23, 2020 at 9:29 a.m.

Three American crew members were killed Thursday when a C-130 Hercules aerial water tanker crashed while battling wildfires in southeastern Australia, officials said.

Firefighters save rare dinosaur trees as wildfires ravage Australia

January 16, 2020 at 9:43 a.m.

Specialist firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney, officials said Thursday.

WATCH: Kangaroo stops play during Australian women’s soccer match

June 25, 2018 at 7:54 p.m.

The Australian soccer team competing at the World Cup is called the Socceroos. But a different kind of soccer-roo has dominated a pitch for half an hour in Canberra during...

Police forensics investigate the death of ...

Family of 7 dead with gunshot wounds in rural Australia

May 12, 2018 at 6:39 p.m.

A family of seven including four children was found dead with gunshot wounds Friday at a rural property in southwest Australia in what could be the country's worst mass shooting...

Boxes of case files are stored in the offices of the Merit Systems Protection Board.

Australia probes sale of secret government papers in second-hand filing cabinets

January 31, 2018 at 7:40 a.m.

The Australian government on Wednesday launched an urgent investigation into the loss of thousands of classified documents that were sold with two second-hand filing cabinets.

Same-sex marriage campaigners and volunteers cheer ...

Australian prime minister rushes gay marriage into law

December 7, 2017 at 11:18 p.m.

Australia's prime minister rushed gay marriage into law on Friday by gaining a final signature on a bill hours after it was overwhelming endorsed by Parliament and as the nation...

Surfers enjoying the unseasonal warmth at ...

Novice surfer punches a shark in the nose to escape its jaws off the coast of Australia

November 13, 2017 at 6:36 p.m.

A novice surfer mastered a pro's move on the first try: He punched a shark on the nose to escape its jaws.

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