412 articles tagged "abc"
It's the kind of rental agreement most people could only dream of: A gorgeous 30-room mansion available on a 75-year lease that costs the tenant the equivalent of $440 a week. For King Charles's younger brother Pri
A man has been arrested over the collision of a passenger and a freight train in central Greece that has killed at least 36 people and injured dozens, the government and police sources say. The 59-year-old station
Evacuations are under way in some areas of Vanuatu as Cyclone Judy crosses the country, bringing heavy rain and gale-force winds. The category three storm hit the capital Port Vila this morning (Wednesday), with re
The Chinese and Russian militaries have been excluded from this week's Avalon International Air Show, where emerging defence technologies, including a new Australian-designed lethal drone, will be publicly showcased.
Papua New Guinea Police say there is "unfinished business" in the country's highlands as they prepare to pursue the criminals who took an Australian professor and three local women hostage. After more than a week i
An Australian professor and his two Papua New Guinean colleagues have been released from captivity, more than a week after they were kidnapped in PNG's highlands. It comes three days after another woman who had als
Former Nauru president Baron Waqa — who famously clashed with a Chinese diplomat and accused Beijing of bullying smaller countries — will take the reins of the Pacific's peak regional body next year, after a special
Qantas has posted a billion-dollar half-year profit, dramatically turning around its fortunes from a $456 million loss for the same period a year earlier. The company's preferred underlying pre-tax profit measure r
Vanuatu has become one of the first Pacific countries to allow businesses to grow medicinal cannabis and hemp, after signing into law policies governing the import, cultivation and manufacture of the plant. It pav
Sarah Marsh is considering leaving her role as an early childhood educator after 10 years in the industry. Not because she doesn't love the job or her workplace, but because of the pay. "Once I've paid all the
US President Joe Biden has made an unannounced visit to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, days before the first anniversary of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. Air raid sirens blared across the Ukrainian
Abdulkader Sehaar's mother throws herself on top of the body of her dead son, as they approach the border crossing between Türkiye and Syria. The 39-year-old Syrian refugee and his family had been living in Türki
Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen has shut down one of the country's leading independent media outlets, Voice of Democracy (VOD), ahead of national elections in July. On Sunday night he ordered the Ministry of Info
A heatwave stretching across western and southern Australia is bringing the hottest weather in years and is likely to intensify further for southern states next week. The prolonged spell of hot weather is due to an
An Indonesian military commander in its restive Papua region said a "law enforcement operation" was being prepared to free a New Zealand pilot held hostage by separatists, but only as a last resort if negotiations faile
A new visa will allow up to 3,000 people from the Pacific region to migrate to Australia as permanent residents each year, under a scheme modelled on a New Zealand immigration program. The Pacific Engagement Visa h
It's a tale as old as time, but Fijian film-maker Vilsoni Hereniko's new twist on a Polynesian love story is proving a big hit with international audiences. His animated adaptation of Sina ma Tinirau is currently t
International efforts to help Türkiye and Syria are getting underway, as tens of thousands of people who lost their homes in Monday's catastrophic earthquake huddle around campfires in the bitter cold and clamour for f
New Zealand authorities have recovered 3.2 tonnes of cocaine worth $NZ500 million ($450 million) from the Pacific Ocean, which they believe was bound for Australia. New Zealand Police said in a statement it collect
Residents digging through a collapsed building in a north-west Syrian town have discovered a crying infant whose mother appears to have given birth to her while buried underneath the rubble from this week’s devastatin
