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Commuter traffic stops for whales on Australia’s humpback highway

Sydney’s harbor becomes a humpback highway in winter as the whales migrate from feeding grounds in Antarctica to breeding areas off Australia’s coast.

 

Photos: Gold is swiftly transformed from ore to bars in Australia after weeks of record prices

The lustrous, metallic allure of gold has long fueled intrigue and in recent months its market fortunes have also reflected global geopolitical and economic tumult.

 

Australian police arrest 7 alleged teen extremists linked to stabbing of a bishop in a Sydney church

Australian police say they have arrested seven teenagers accused of following a violent extremist ideology in raids around Sydney to protect the community from a potential attack.

 

Staff and shoppers return to ‘somber’ Sydney shopping mall 6 days after mass stabbings

Shoppers and workers have returned to a “really quiet” Sydney mall, where six days earlier an assailant stabbed six people to death in an attack that police believe targeted women.

 

Teenager is charged with terrorism offenses in stabbings of bishop and priest at Sydney church

A 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics during a Sydney church service has been charged by police with terrorism offenses.

 

Sydney teen accused of stabbing 2 clerics showed no signs of radicalization, Muslim leader says

A Muslim community leader says a 16-year-old boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics during a Sydney church service might have “anger management and behavioral issues” and a “short fuse” but had shown no signs of being radicalized.

 

French hero gains Australian residency for confronting killer in deadly Sydney shopping mall attack

French construction worker Damien Guerot has spoken of his mixed emotions at being made an Australian permanent resident as reward for his heroism during a knife attack in a Sydney shopping mall that left six victims dead and a dozen wounded.

 

Father of boy accused of stabbing 2 Sydney clerics saw no signs of extremism, Muslim leader says

A Muslim community leader in Australia says the father of a boy accused of stabbing two Christian clerics saw no signs of his son’s extremism.

 

Tensions rise in Australia after a bishop and priest are wounded in a knife attack in a church

A teenager has been accused of wounding a Christian bishop and priest during a church service in a second high-profile knife attack to rock Sydney in recent days, leaving communities on edge, leaders calling for calm and a besieged church urging against retaliation.

 

A knife attack in Australia against a bishop and a priest is being treated as terrorism, police say

Australian police say a knife attack in Sydney that wounded a bishop and a priest during a church service as horrified worshippers watched online and in person was an act of terrorism.

 

Decorated Australian war veteran unlawfully killed prisoners in Afghanistan, judge says

A judge in a civil case says a decorated Australian veteran unlawfully killed prisoners and committed other war crimes in Afghanistan.

 

Homes of 85,000 people at risk, but rain eases around Sydney

Floodwaters have inundated or are threatening the homes of 85,000 people around Sydney. Rivers are starting to recede, but several remained at major flood levels Wednesday.

 

Sydney floods burden 50,000 around Australia’s largest city

Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia’s largest city in a flood emergency that was causing trouble for 50,000 people.

 

Judge says Djokovic can stay in Australia but saga not over

Novak Djokovic has returned to the tennis court for training, having won a legal battle to stay in Australia and play in the Australian Open after his exemption from strict coronavirus vaccine rules was questioned.

 

Bad food, slivers of sun: Life in Sydney’s hotel quarantine

Australia-based Associated Press photographer Mark Baker is spending 14 days in mandatory hotel quarantine after returning home to Sydney after covering the Tokyo Olympics.

 

New Zealand recovers 6 bodies days after volcanic eruption

Military specialists have recovered six bodies from a small New Zealand island days after a volcanic eruption claimed at least eight other lives and left behind a toxic and volatile landscape.