At least fifteen people were injured in Australia in a train accident. The accident took place at station Richmond northwest of Sydney, where the route ends. A train refused to brake and there it hit the tapping block at the end of the rails.
His novels and travel stories from Provence made him world famous: the British bestselling author Peter Mayle is dead. Mayle died on Thursday at the age of 78 after a brief illness in a Southern French hospital, publisher Alfred A. Knopf reported on Twitter.
The Australian government commends 1.3 million euros for the rescue of the coral in the Great Barrier Reef. 'This is an open invitation to our best scientists,' environmental minister Josh Frydenberg said Tuesday.
In Australia, a photo of a koala nailed to a pole was shocked. The authorities are investigating how the animal has died.
A population of sea turtles in Australia is threatening to become fully feminine due to the warming of the temperature of the seawater. According to scientists, climate change is a serious threat to the animals, the sex of which is determined by the temperature the egg experiences.
The heat in Australia is currently so great that bats fall dead from the trees. Certainly hundreds and possibly thousands of bats succumbed to heat stroke. 'They literally cook.
The United States braces itself for another cold wave. The American weather services have predicted an icy weekend with dangerously low temperatures up to-29 degrees. Ice-cold air from the North Pole then enters the country.
While the United States is suffering from extremely low temperatures, Australia is dealing with a large heat wave. This causes forest fires, in which several buildings fell prey on the outskirts of Melbourne. On one of the highways in the state of Victoria, the asphalt was melted by the heat of more than 40 degrees.
An American company is preparing to resume the search for missing aircraft MH370 from Malaysia Airlines, which disappeared in 2014 with 239 people on board. Ocean Infinity said on Wednesday to send a ship to the possible search area.
CEO Richard Cousins of the British Compass Group, the world's largest caterer, was killed by a plane crash in Australia. His two sons, his girlfriend and her daughter and the pilot of the seaplane were killed in the crash, according to Australian media on Monday.
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In Australia, a seaplane with six people on board was crashed into a river. The rescue services are searching with man and power for survivors. It is suspected that the device has sunk.
People who want to climb Mount Everest and other high mountains in Nepal are no longer allowed to go up on their own. Nepal has decided to reduce the number of accidents among mountaineers. Since 1920, at least two hundred people have died on Mount Everest.
A shocked couple from the Australian Maitland found another present under the Christmas tree, but they had not asked for it at Christmas: a black adder had squeezed himself between the presents.
Israel has arrested three Turkish tourists in East Jerusalem. Two of them also have Belgian nationality. The Belgian Consulate General in East Jerusalem has announced this to the Flemish broadcaster VRT Nieuws on Saturday.
Australia stops the air strikes over Iraq and Syria. The Australian Secretary of Defense Marise Payne announced on Friday that the six Australian fighter planes were in action.
Vandals have partially destroyed a 115 million-year-old footprint of a dinosaur in a national park in Australia.
The Australian police arrested a 59-year-old man who attempted to sell rocket parts from North Korea.
The United States has given the green light for the arrival of a group of about 200 migrants who were detained on the islands of Manus and Nauru in Papua New Guinea. The movement is part of a previously made agreement with Australia, which has established detention centers on the islands.
A new law in Australia stipulates that pedophiles can not simply leave the country. A convicted pedophile who wanted to take the plane at Sydney Airport on Wednesday was stopped first.
The husband of Karen Ristevski (47) who disappeared in June last year, is officially accused of murder, reports the BBC. The case around Ristevski kept the mood in Australia busy.
The Australian parliament has approved gay marriage after a long and fierce national debate. As a result, the people's representation follows the Australian population, who recently appeared to support homosexual marriages by a large majority in a national survey.
With several users of the iPhone, the alarm clock probably did not go off this morning. The iPhone user also got a black screen with a rotating wheel every so often. Reason: a date bounce in operating system iOS11.
The Melbourne police think they have prevented a terrorist attack on New Year's Eve due to the arrest of a 20-year-old man. According to the Australian media, this was arrested Monday afternoon in his house Werribee, a suburb southwest of the metropolis in the state of Victoria. The investigation continues but no further arrests are expected.
The police of Papua New Guinea proceeded Thursday with the evacuation of a refugee camp refused by Australia on the island of Manus. Of the almost four hundred remaining asylum seekers, dozens of them were transported in buses, Australian media reported. The messages are about how exactly that goes.
Flanders wants to introduce a smoking ban in cars with children. 'It would be irresponsible to wait longer. I am absolutely in favor of the ban ', said Minister Joke Schauvliege (Environment) Wednesday in the Flemish Parliament.
A severe earthquake occurred near the New Caledonia archipelago east of Australia. The quake had a force of 7.0 and took place at a depth of about 10 kilometers. As far as we know, there are no reports of damage.
A major earthquake occurred near the New Caledonia archipelago east of the Australian coast. The quake had a force of 7.0 and took place at a depth of about 10 kilometers.
Scientists have found new skeletons on the west coast of Australia of the Batavia shipwreckers.
A majority of the Australian population supports the introduction of homosexuality. A survey by the Australian Statistical Office (ABS) voted 61.6 percent of voters for introduction, 38.4 percent opposed.
