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China’s ambassador to Australia has criticized Australian politicians who visit Taiwan, saying they are being utilized by separatists on the self-governing island.
Australian police charged a former childcare worker with multiple counts of abusing 91 girls in what officials call one of the worst cases in recent history.
What happens if teams finishing even on points cannot be separated by all of FIFA’s tournament tiebreakers following the completion of the group stage at the Women’s World Cup?
Linda Caicedo put Colombia on course for an upset and Manuela Vanegas clinched the 2-1 win in the seventh minute of stoppage time against two-time champion Germany at the Women’s World Cup.
Asian shares are mixed after the Bank of Japan adjusted its bond purchase policy but kept its negative benchmark interest rate unchanged.
Australia says it will buy 20 new C-130 Hercules planes from the United States in a $6.6 billion deal that will increase by two-thirds the number of the Australian air force’s second-largest heavy transport aircraft.
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Top Women’s World Cup contender France will be missing two starters in its opening match against Jamaica in Sydney on Sunday.
U.S. Navy Secretary Carlos Del Toro says the major multination military training exercise Talisman Sabre in Australia sends a message to China that America’s allies are cooperating to defend their security and democratic values.
Matildas supporters streamed toward Sydney’s Central Station chanting “Aussie Aussie Aussie, Oi Oi Oi!”
Captain Sam Kerr has missed Australia’s opening Women’s World Cup game against Ireland because of a calf injury that wasn’t revealed publicly until about an hour before kickoff.
Asian shares are mixed after Japan reported weaker than expected trade data for June, with imports falling nearly 13% from a year earlier.
Pro-democracy campaigner Chau Van Kham has thanked his supporters who helped secure his release from a Vietnamese prison four years into a 12-year sentence for terrorism offenses.
At least seven people on a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Honolulu to Sydney were injured when the plane hit severe turbulence last week.
SYDNEY (AP) — New Zealand-born rugby league player Corey Harawira-Naera has been released from Sydney’s Westmead Hospital after collapsing during a match Saturday in Australia’s National Rugby League.
Tina Turner’s death is being mourned around the world. But in Australia, many people felt a special connection to the singer.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has struck new agreements with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese on migration and green hydrogen.
About 20,000 cheering fans have welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi at a Sydney stadium during his second visit to Australia as India’s leader.
SYDNEY (AP) — The two finalists in this year’s A-League championship match come in with far different recent achievements, but Central Coast Mariners coach Nick Montgomery says his team should not be written off against the three-time defending champion Melbourne City.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has ruled out a Quad summit taking place in Sydney without President Joe Biden.
Australia’s prime minister has expressed frustration at the United States’ continuing efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange.
Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, internationally renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, a condescending snob whose evolving character has delighted audiences over seven decades, has died.
Tony Award-winning comedian Barry Humphries, renowned for his garish stage persona Dame Edna Everage, is in a Sydney hospital with complications following hip surgery.
SYDNEY (AP) — Two suspected Chinese spies gave a Sydney businessman envelopes of cash for information about subjects including a government deal with the United States and Britain to build a fleet of Australian nuclear-powered submarines, prosecutors told a court on Monday.
A lawyer says a former United States military pilot could have been lured from China to Australia as part of a U.S. plan to extradite him.
SYDNEY (AP) — Australia captain Pat Cummins will remain in Sydney and miss the fourth cricket test against India so he can be with his seriously ill mother.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The New South Wales Waratahs’ publicly expressed optimism for the new Super Rugby Pacific season already is being tested by a first-round loss to the ACT Brumbies and a serious injury to a key player.
An Australian has pleaded guilty to manslaughter in the death 35 years ago of an American who fell from a Sydney clifftop that was known as a gay meeting place.
SYDNEY (AP) — Quentin Delapierre steered the French team to three straight wins in gusty, shifting winds Saturday to take a six-point lead over Jimmy Spithill’s U.S. team before the weather conditions deteriorated on Day 1 of the Australia Sail Grand Prix.
Caster Semenya has won Olympic and world titles on the track over 800 meters but can’t run that distance competitively now so she’s taking on cross-country at a world championships course more synonymous with an iconic Australian auto race.
Tom Slingsby and Team Australia can count on two things when they sail their Flying Roo foiling catamaran on Sydney Harbor — raucous support from their home fans and a pretty good chance of a victory.