Australian rescue workers are doing their utmost to save dozens of whales stranded on the west coast. It involves about 150 short-finned pilot whales, about half of whom are already dead.
Cambodia has to restore the largest opposition party, release an opposition leader immediately and ensure that the upcoming elections in July are fair and credible. A group of 45 countries urged the Asian country.
A wildfire has certainly destroyed 69 houses in the Australian coastal town of Tathra. Dozens of other homes were damaged, reports Australian media. Hundreds of residents fled the approaching sea of flames.
An Israeli was stabbed in the Old City of Jerusalem on Sunday and was badly wounded. The attacker was shot dead by a security officer. The incident happened at the entrance to the Temple Mount.
A natural fire drives residents of the Australian state of Victoria out of their homes. They are housed in stadiums and community centers.
Thieves have stolen the tooth of a megalodon in Australia, a huge shark species that died about 1.6 million years ago. The fossil disappeared from a national park, reports Australian media.
Most people would think twice before they would come close to a spider that is bigger than a male hand, which makes a whistling sound and has great poisonous teeth. But when a group of Australians saw such a huge spider dangling from a branch above a flood, they decided to save the animal.
The north of the Australian state of Queensland suffers from heavy flooding due to days of rainfall. In some parts more than 1000 milliliters of water has fallen in a week's time, Australian media reports. The authorities have declared the region a 'disaster area'.
BBC presenter Helen Skelton, who gained name and fame because of the spicy outfits in which she did her work, has been banned from the TV team for the coming Commonwealth Games. Note on the International Women's Day the British broadcaster announced that the blonde does not return to the tube. And that gives the British a lot of crooked faces.
A couple from Perth, Australia, found the oldest known bottle post during a beach walk on the west coast. The 132-year-old message was in a bottle from the Schiedam-based jeneverstoker Daniel Visser \u0026 amp; Sons.
The American police have arrested a student on Saturday who is suspected of murdering his parents. He would have shot his parents Friday in a student apartment on the Central Michigan University campus in Mount Pleasant.
Nearly three million cars with life-threatening airbags in Australia are being recalled. It is the largest recall action ever on the continent.
In Australia, we are ashamed to respond to an interview that the news program 60 Minutes broadcast on Sunday with New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. According to critics, the interview was extremely sexist and blunt, and more about the appearance of the prime minister and her pregnancy than about her policy.
Two drug runners and a porn star who, on a 51-day cruise from Southampton to Sydney, thought they could smuggle four suitcases full of cocaine inconspicuously.
The Australian Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce has announced his resignation. The leader of the conservative National Party was under fire after it became known that he had an extramarital affair with an employee who is pregnant with him. He also starts Monday as party leader.
Israel has thwarted an attack on a passenger aircraft in Australia last year. That is what the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said at a meeting in Jerusalem.
Wreckage pieces of a Sunday crashed Iranian plane have finally been traced in the inaccessible and snowy Zagros Mountains in southern Iran.
Because he had killed an ancient crocodile, an Australian farmer has to pay 6350 euros. The 31-year-old man from the town of Rockhampton on the east coast confessed that he shot the more than five meters long animal in a river.
In the already fragile government coalition in Australia, the bonje is now high. Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce refuses to resign after an affair with an employee. Instead of putting on the fines, Joyce mocked Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull because he sharply condemned his behavior. The Turnbull coalition has the majority with only one seat.
The possible leader of a global gang of cyber criminals has been arrested. The 31-year old Russian Sergey Medvedev was arrested in his home in the Thai capital Bangkok. He may be extradited to the United States. The arrest happened last Friday already, but is now confirmed by the Thai police against Thai media.
China prepares retaliatory actions after import duties on, among other things, its steel, solar panels and washing machines. American soy farmers can expect price increases for their exports.
The launch of the 'most powerful rocket on earth' by SpaceX has received a striking tail in Australia. The Tesla of Elon Musk, who was sent to space, was thrown by the Australian police for 'driving' too fast.
The United States has resolved a global cyber fraud case. The identity fraud has caused more than $ 530 million worth of damage to consumers, businesses and financial institutions, the US Department of Justice said Wednesday.
The \u0026 # x27; blue superblood moon \u0026 # x27; has attracted plenty of attention worldwide. Everywhere people went in search of the best place to marvel at the special natural phenomenon. The moon seems extra large because it is relatively close to the earth. She also gets a red glow because the earth stands between the sun and the moon and darkens it.
The Australian government has been seriously embarrassed by a blunder with secret documents. These so-called 'Cabinet Files' were, according to broadcaster ABC, in filing cabinets in a shop where old government furniture was sold.
North Korea has canceled a cultural event that would hold up in the north with South Korea this coming Sunday. The South Korean authorities have announced this on Monday, according to news agency Yonhap.
Nick Blanckaert (29) wanted to enjoy a techno party this weekend, but instead he was maltreated by two men, one of whom was biting his ear. 'Suddenly I felt his teeth. You heard the cartilage crack. '
Half a century after the mysterious disappearance of two sisters and their little brother in Australia, it seems that the case is solved.
Eleven countries around the Pacific will sign the new TPP free trade agreement in March without the United States. Washington stepped out of the treaty a year ago.
Several people were injured, probably after a volcano erupted at a ski resort in Japan. One skier was surprised by an avalanche after the eruption on Mount Kusatsu-Shirane, but he is now in safety, reports national broadcaster NHK.
