DENPASAR, Indonesia — Indonesian authorities arrested an Australian for allegedly smuggling cocaine on the tourist island of Bali, a charge that could carry the death penalty, officials said Monday. The Southeast Asian country has extremely strict drug laws, and convicted […]
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Record floodwaters on Australia’s east coast left two people dead and two others missing, officials said Thursday, as more heavy rain was forecast in the area. More than 500 people were rescued in the flooding emergency in
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia’s central bank on Tuesday reduced its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage for a second time this year, to 3.85% after inflation fell within a target range. The Reserve Bank of Australia reduced its cash
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WELLINGTON, New Zealand — Australia’s prime minister cautioned that the fallout from a vicious tropical storm over the weekend was “far from over” as parts of two states remained inundated with perilous floodwaters on Monday, even as the initial threat
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SYDNEY — A Sydney nurse has been charged with making threats after she appeared in an online video saying she would not treat Israeli patients. Sarah Abu Lebdeh, 26, was arrested Tuesday night and charged with the federal offenses of
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Australia warned international airlines flying between Australian airports and New Zealand to beware of Chinese warships conducting a live-fire exercise in the Tasman Sea, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Friday. Wong confirmed an Australian Broadcasting Corp. report
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NEWCASTLE, Australia — Former U.S. Marine Corps pilot Daniel Duggan will be extradited from Australia to the United States over allegations that he illegally trained Chinese aviators. Australia’s Attorney General Mark Dreyfus approved the extradition on Monday, ending the Boston-born
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MELBOURNE, Australia — MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Five Australians who spent almost 20 years in Indonesian prisons for heroin trafficking returned to Australia on Sunday under a deal struck between the two governments, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. The governments
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MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has been criticized for buying a multimillion-dollar waterfront home during a national housing crisis with federal elections just months away. Critics argue that the purchase of the 4.3 million Australian dollar ($2.9
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