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An Australian state government will ban the sale of machetes after a violent gang fight in a suburban shopping mall.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has condemned anti-Indigenous rights protesters who disrupted two Anzac Day dawn services as hundreds of thousands gathered across the nation to commemorate their war dead.
A USPS worker was arrested earlier this month in Melbourne after she drank alcohol at a house party on her route and was later caught driving the wrong way in traffic, according to a probable cause affidavit.
Australians will go to the polls on May 3 with high costs of living and a shortage of housing key issues likely weighing against the government.
Red Bull has dropped Liam Lawson as the teammate of Formula 1 champion Max Verstappen just two rounds into the season and replaced him with Yuki Tsunoda.
Lewis Hamilton’s relationship with his new Ferrari team was pressure tested in Australia, where he finished a disappointing 10th on debut, and was frustrated by a bad strategy that cost him a potential victory, and constant radio chatter throughout the difficult race won by McLaren’s Lando Norris.
McLaren’s Lando Norris has won a chaotic rain-affected Australian Grand Prix, his first victory at Albert Park, with the British driver just managing to stay ahead of Red Bull’s Max Verstappen following a third safety car late in the race.
Lewis Hamilton’s Ferrari odyssey got off to a tough start after the British driver qualified in eighth for Sunday’s Australian Grand Prix.
Emma Raducanu says she “couldn’t see the ball through tears” and struggled to breathe after spotting a man who was “fixated” on her during a match.
Dubai police detained a man who caused Emma Raducanu distress by exhibiting “fixated behavior” toward the British star at a tennis tournament.
Marine experts have given up hope of rescuing more than 150 false killer whales that stranded on a remote beach on Australia’s island state of Tasmania.
Amnesty International is urging French lawmakers to reject a bill this week that would ban headscarves in all sporting competitions.
Australia’s central bank has reduced its benchmark interest rate for the first time since October 2020 as the nation’s inflation cools.
Top-ranked Jannik Sinner accepting a three-month doping ban deal was slammed by his fellow tennis professionals on Saturday.
An Australian hospital is examining its patient records after a nurse claimed online to have killed Israelis.
Moments after Alexander Zverev’s loss in the Australian Open final, a person in the stadium yelled out the names of two of the tennis star's ex-girlfriends who have accused him of physical abuse in the past, saying “Australia believes” them.
Australians are celebrating and protesting across the country as Australia Day draws attention to political differences over Indigenous rights months out from a federal election.
Novak Djokovic has posted a scan of his injured left hamstring on social media more than 24 hours after being booed at the Australian Open when he quit playing one set into his semifinal because of what he said was a torn muscle.
Australian Open champion Madison Keys credits therapy with helping her understand herself, and that helped her become a better tennis player.
American player Ben Shelton has criticized some of the questions and comments made by post-match TV interviewers at the Australian Open after reaching the semifinals at the Grand Slam tennis tournament.
A Maine coon cat named Mittens accidentally flew three times between New Zealand and Australia this month after her cage was mistakenly left in the plane’s cargo hold.
Australian detectives are investigating whether foreign actors are paying criminals to commit antisemitic attacks in the country.
Iga Swiatek's latest lopsided win at the Australian Open has come in the quarterfinals against Emma Navarro.
Aryna Sabalenka’s bid for a third consecutive Australian Open championship will continue after she got past Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova 2-6, 6-2, 6-3 in a surprisingly difficult quarterfinal.
The screw holding the net in place at the Australian Open’s main stadium has been jarred loose during defending champion Jannik Sinner’s fourth-round victory over Holger Rune.
Elina Svitolina has rallied from two breaks down in the first set and taken 11 of the next 12 games in a 6-4, 6-1 victory over Veronika Kudermetova to reach the Australian Open quarterfinals for the third time.
Carlos Alcaraz and Novak Djokovic have set up a quarterfinal showdown at the Australian Open.
Alexander Zverev has reached the Australian Open quarterfinals for the fourth time and will face Tommy Paul next.
Coco Gauff dropped a set but came back to beat Belinda Bencic and reach the Australian Open quarterfinals.
Defending champion Jannik Sinner has defeated 46th-ranked Marcos Giron of the U.S. 6-3, 6-4, 6-2 at the Australian Open.
Gael Monfils has joined Roger Federer as the only men to reach the Australian Open’s fourth round at age 38 or older since the tournament field expanded to 128 players in 1988.
Iga Swiatek has described her performance as perfect after a 6-1, 6-0 victory over Emma Raducanu at the Australian Open.
Danielle Collins has gotten into a back-and-forth with a booing crowd at the Australian Open after eliminating a local player.
Novak Djokovic has added yet another record to his lengthy list of tennis accomplishments.
Naomi Osaka is back in the third round of a Grand Slam tournament for the first time since 2022 and she got there with wins at the Australian Open over two women who blocked her path last year.
Daniil Medvedev has used his racket to smash a tiny camera attached to the net at the Australian Open while he was trailing in his first-round match in the main stadium.
American tennis player Jenson Brooksby has made his return to professional tennis after an eventful two years away.
The 38-year-old Gael Monfils has held off fellow Frenchman Giovanni Mpetshi Perricard in five sets to advance to the second round of the Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic’s first match with former rival Andy Murray as his coach turned into a first-round victory at the Australian Open.
Aryna Sabalenka has started her bid to become the first woman in a quarter-century to win three consecutive Australian Open titles with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over 2017 U.S. Open champion Sloane Stephens.
Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen made the most of the indoor conditions under a roof at Rod Laver Arena to advance to the second round of the Australian Open in straight sets while it poured with rain outside.
Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner will go to sport’s highest court in April for the World Anti-Doping Agency’s appeal that seeks to ban him from the sport for at least one year.
Defending champion Jannik Sinner and 10-time Australian Open winner Novak Djokovic have landed in opposite sides of the draw for the season’s first major, ruling out a replay of last year’s semifinal encounter.
The world population increased by more than 71 million people in 2024 and will be 8.09 billion people on New Year’s Day.
An Australian state government has proposed new restrictions on protesters in response to rising antisemitism, including a ban on demonstrations outside places of worship.
Australian law enforcement authorities have declared an arson attack on a synagogue last week a terrorist act in a decision that increases resources available to the investigation.
Arsonists have extensively damaged a Melbourne synagogue in what Australia’s prime minister has condemned as an antisemitic attack on Australian values.
Unheralded American Ryggs Johnston has won his first professional title by claiming the Australian Open by three stokes, while South Korea’s Jiyai Shin claimed her second Women’s Australian Open which was played concurrently at two courses on the famed Melbourne sand belt.
Australia’s highest court has ruled that migrants can’t be forced by law to wear electronic tracking bracelets or to comply with curfews.
A huge king penguin chick named Pesto, who weighs as much as both his parents combined, has become a social media celebrity and a star attraction at an Australian aquarium.
Australia's Defense Minister Richard Marles says several serving and former military commanders have been stripped of medals over allegations of war crimes committed during the Afghanistan war.
Naomi Osaka is at the U.S. Open to compete for the first time in two years, and she says returning to the site of two of her four Grand Slam titles gives her a boost — but not because she focuses on her past success there.
A passenger has been arrested at an Australian airport after he left a stationary airliner through an emergency exit, walked along a wing and then climbed down a jet engine to the tarmac.
Police said Tuesday human remains were found inside a large crocodile suspected of killing a tourist in Australia’s second fatal attack in about a month.
Papua New Guinea’s prime minister has visited the site of a major landslide that is estimated to have buried hundreds of villagers in the South Pacific island nation’s mountainous interior a week ago.
Australian mining giant BHP Group has pledged to invest in South Africa's economy as it seeks support for a 38.6 billion pound ($49.3 billion) bid to acquire Anglo American, which was founded in the country more than a century ago and remains one of its biggest employers.
A French player at the French Open has been allowed to continue his first-round match without being penalized after hitting a ball angrily and accidentally striking a spectator in the stands at one of the event’s smaller courts.
The International Organization for Migration has increased its estimate of the death toll from a massive landslide in Papua New Guinea to more than 670.
A beloved sea turtle named "Scooby" is finally on the mend, after marine scientists at The Turtle Hospital in Marathon help save her.
An Australian judge says it would be unreasonable for the country’s internet safety watchdog to require social platform X to hide video of a bishop being stabbed in a Sydney church from all of its users around the world.
Shares in U.K.-based mining giant Anglo American have surged after it received a 31 billion-pound ($39 billion) takeover bid from rival BHP Billiton.
The country in which China has gained most influence in the South Pacific, Solomon Islands, goes to the polls on Wednesday in an election that could shape the region’s future.
Top-ranked Novak Djokovic has split with his coach Goran Ivanisevic to end an association that began in 2018 and included 12 Grand Slams for the Serbian tennis player.
Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz ended Red Bull’s Formula 1 winning streak when the Spaniard took advantage of Max Verstappen’s early exit to win the Australian Grand Prix just two weeks after missing the previous race in Saudi Arabia due to an emergency appendectomy.
An angry Max Verstappen was an early retirement from the Formula 1 Australian Grand Prix, with the Red Bull driver sustaining a fiery mechanical failure on the fourth lap of the race, experiencing his first race retirement since Albert Park in 2022.
Singapore’s prime minister says Southeast Asian countries’ quest to reach agreement with China on a code of conduct in the contested South China Sea will take time, with difficult issues yet to be resolved despite recent efforts to accelerate the process.
An increasingly assertive China and a humanitarian crisis in Myanmar are likely to be high on the agenda when Southeast Asian leaders meet in Australia for a rare summit this week.
Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has told Australia’s Parliament that the strategic partnership between the two nations is more important than ever with the rule of law and peace in the region under threat from China.
Lottery officials are urging people to check their Fantasy 5 tickets after six winning tickets were sold in Florida on Presidents Day.
It might be tempting to see some tidy symbolism and greater significance in Novak Djokovic’s loss to Jannik Sinner in the Australian Open semifinals.
Novak Djokovic has held off Taylor Fritz 7-6, 4-6, 6-2, 6-3 in 3 3/4 hours to reach the Australian Open semifinals for the 11th time.
A protester threw papers onto an Australian Open court and briefly disrupted the fourth-round match between Olympic champion Alexander Zverev and Cameron Norrie of Britain.
A Ukrainian player refusing to shake the hand of a Russian or Belarusian at the net has become a common sight on the tennis tours over the past two years.
Danielle Collins has announced this season will be her last on the elite women's tour.
Pro tennis players have been wondering aloud whether arm injuries in their sport are related to the week-to-week changing of the tennis balls used by tournaments.
The extra-day experiment for the first round finished on time on the Australian Open’s two main courts with Jessica Pegula converting her second match point just before midnight.
Naomi Osaka’s comeback to Grand Slam tennis after a 15-month break has ended in a 6-4, 7-6 (2) loss to 16th-seeded Caroline Garcia in the first round at the Australian Open.
Novak Djokovic says his injured right wrist is OK and “it's all looking good” as he bids for a record-extending 11th Australian Open title.
Authorities released surveillance video Friday showing the horrifying moments a Brightline train collided with an SUV trying to beat a crossing in Melbourne on Wednesday afternoon.
The first ever 15-day Australian Open ended with Jannik Sinner winning his first Grand Slam title with a comeback from two sets down to beat Daniil Medvedev for the championship on the third Sunday of the tournament.
Top-ranked Iga Swiatek will face 2020 champion Sofia Kenin in the first round and potentially 2016 winner Angelique Kerber or Danielle Collins in the second in a tough start to her bid for a first Australian Open title.
The women’s and men’s professional tennis tours have introduced new scheduling guidelines to prevent matches from starting after 11 p.m. except with approval and recommending a 6:30 p.m. start for night sessions at tournaments.
Rafael Nadal says he will return to playing at the Brisbane International in Australia in January.
Australia’s Foreign Minister Penny Wong is crediting improved relations with China for the return home this week of an Australian journalist whose three-year detention in China had strained ties.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says a Chinese Australian journalist who was jailed for three years in China on a murky espionage conviction has returned to Australia.
