Новости по теме Australia

Australia rules out swathe of ocean as MH370 crash zone Australia on Thursday ruled out a large swathe of Indian Ocean as Flight MH370's final resting place after a lengthy underwater hunt, as a US Navy official queried whether the missing plane ever went there.

29 May 2014

Starbucks comes under 7-Eleven control in Australia The owners of the 7-Eleven chain in Australia have taken control of coffee giant Starbucks' struggling local operations in a bid to turn around its fortunes, the company said.

29 May 2014

Release of "The Evil Within" video game delayed Video game publisher Bethesda Softworks on Tuesday delayed release of eagerly awaited horror action title "The Evil Within" to October.

29 May 2014

Australian paper shows Kate's bare bottom One of Rupert Murdoch's Australian newspapers on Wednesday published a picture showing the bare bottom of Prince William's wife Kate, refusing to follow a "ridiculous" ban imposed by the British media.

28 May 2014

Australian arrested in Indonesia for drug possession An Australian man faces up to 20 years in an Indonesian prison after being arrested with a stash of drugs in his possession, police said.

28 May 2014

Rare Australian conjoined twins die Australian conjoined twins Hope and Faith, who shared a body and skull but had separate brains and identical faces, have died almost three weeks after they were born in Sydney, medical officials said.

27 May 2014

Mining giants slam Australia's 'high' taxes, costs and currency Three of the world's biggest miners have warned that government taxes, high costs and a strong currency are putting pressure on their Australian operations, reports said Monday, as they battle falling commodity prices owing to a supply glut.

26 May 2014

Driver with 'device' strapped on his head held in Australia A truck driver caused traffic chaos in Melbourne Thursday by speeding the wrong way down a freeway with what was feared to be an explosive device strapped to his head, police said.

22 May 2014

Australian tycoon sells racing empire to Mideast group Australian coal tycoon Nathan Tinkler on Wednesday said his thoroughbred breeding and racing empire had been bought by a consortium of local and Middle Eastern parties for an undisclosed sum.

21 May 2014

Australia's Treasury Wines rejects $2.85 bn takeover offer Australia's Treasury Wine Estates on Tuesday revealed it received a Aus$3.05 billion (US$2.85 billion) takeover bid from US private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts (KKR) and rejected it as too low.

21 May 2014

Golovkin requests WBA to pospone Fletcher fight to take on Geale Gennady Golovkin’ s promoter Tom Loeffler requested WBA to postpone the defense of the title against Australian boxer Jarrod Fletcher to fight another Australian boxer Daniel Geale.

19 May 2014

Massive PNG gas project loads first shipment Australian energy firm Santos said Friday the first exports from its huge US$19 billion gas project in Papua New Guinea will soon depart for Japan, four years after the joint venture was given the go-ahead.

16 May 2014

Golovkin is ready to fight Fletcher: Abel Sanchez Gennady Golovkin’s coach Abel Sanchez thinks GGG is ready to defend his WBA belt for 11th time against the Australian boxer Jarrod Fletcher.

15 May 2014

Golovkin obliged to defend his WBA champion title against Jarrod Fletcher World Boxing Association (WBA) ordered Kazakhstan's Gennady 'GGG' Golovkin to defend his middleweight title against Australian Jarrod 'Left Jab' Fletcher.

15 May 2014

World's oldest sperm found in Australia The world's oldest and best-preserved sperm, dating back 17 million years, has been unearthed in Australia, scientists said.

15 May 2014

Unusual new penguin flu found in Antarctica A new kind of bird flu has been detected for the first time in Adelie penguins in Antarctica, though the virus does not seem to make them sick, researchers said.

07 May 2014

Claims 220 Australian child sailors raped, brutalised Allegations that 220 child sailors at an Australian navy training base were raped or brutalised in the 1980s are so serious they will be raised in a paper to parliament, a report said.

05 May 2014

Plane lands safely in Australia after engine fire A passenger plane carrying 93 people landed safely at Perth Airport on Tuesday despite an engine fire that erupted shortly after take-off, officials said.

29 April 2014

Bali hijack alert passenger 'mistook cockpit for toilet' An Australian passenger who sparked a hijack alert on a flight to Bali has denied being drunk and claimed he banged on the door of the cockpit after mistaking it for the toilet, Indonesian police said.

26 April 2014

Drunk passenger on Virgin plane sparks Bali hijacking alert A drunk passenger sparked a hijacking alert on a Virgin Australia flight heading for the Indonesian resort island of Bali Friday when he attempted to break into the cockpit, officials said.

25 April 2014

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