The 2015 Australian Open has officially reached the quarterfinals. Only the very best tennis players in the world remain in contention for a chance to win the first grand slam of the tennis year. Uruguay's Pablo Cuevas and Brazil's Marcelo Melo have a very good chance at doing just that.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott chose the country's national holiday to announce a knighthood for Prince Philip, but the decision by the head of government seems not to have been particularly well received by his fellow citizens.
Eight children, ranging between the ages of 18 months and 15 years old, were found murdered in their home in the northern Australian city of Cairns on Friday. Returning from the store, the children's 20-year-old brother discovered his siblings along with his mother, who had also been attacked but was the only one alive.
The hostage situation at a cafe in central Sydney has ended with two people dead, including the gunman, and an unknown number of wounded. The standoff lasted for a whole day, ending in the early hours of Tuesday, local time.
Actress Angelina Jolie showed another side of herself at the debut of her second film as director, "Unbroken," which had its premiere in Sydney, Australia on Nov. 17.
Honduras, under new head coach Hernán Medford, travels to Toyota, Japan Friday to take on the Japanese national soccer team, who is preparing for their upcoming defense of the Asian Cup.
Brody Jenner was recently spotted exiting an airport in Sydney Australia with fans flocking to his side while he was filmed by paparazzi.At first, Jenner appears pleasant in the video until a photographer asks him a question about his sister, Kim Kardashian’s experience in Australia.
Officials announce they are sending fighter jets to help the fight Australia said Friday it will soon launch six fighter jets that will conduct airstrikes against Islamic State militants in northern Iraq, joining the U.
The men planned gruesome attacks involving public beheadings in Australia's largest city, Sydney. The arrest involved around 800 law enforcement officers.
"What an amazing Australian tour! It's frustrating that something so awesome could be clouded by lies in the media. Kanye never asked anyone in a wheel chair to stand up & the audience videos show that. He asked for everyone to stand up & dance UNLESS they were in a wheel chair. #JustWantedEveryoneToHaveAFunNight #TheMediaTwistsThings"
Paramount Pictures was a bit shell-shocked by internet outrage before removing images from its Twitter and Facebook pages Tuesday that promoted the Australian release of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles film due to an inadvertent September 11 reference.
the AIDS conference in Australia is giving the world a view at many new achievements but one of the exciting ones is targeting sleeper cells of HIV in order to allow Tcells to attack them.
Australia is the second-highest contributor to greenhouse gas emissions because of its reliance on coal in the list of developing countries. But it was the first to repeal a carbon tax that aimed to curb the effects of global warming.
Ricky Martin is being credited with helping Ian Thorpe with coming out. Ian Thorpe announced he was gay recently, and if Australian tabloids are right, then Ricky Martin played a role in it.
Apple users in Australia were hit by a massive late-night hack that took control of their iPhones, iPads, and even some Mac computers, demanding ransom to unlock the devices again. The "digital kidnapping" seems to be taking advantage of Apple's Find My iPhone feature, turning the security software against its owners.
Recent reports have shown that the American middle class has been bested, and they are no longer the wealthiest among their global peers. The report documents the plummet of the American middle class, large pay disparities, and unbalanced distribution of wealth. The after-tax middle class income in Canada is higher than American wages. In addition, European low-income residents earn more than American low-income residents.
