February 23, 2016 French president: Pacific nuclear tests impacted environment French President Francois Hollande has acknowledged that nuclear weapons tests carried out in French territories in the South Pacific had consequences for the environment and the health of residents.
February 23, 2016 Qantas reports half-year profit trebled to $497 million Qantas Airways Ltd. says its latest half-year profit has more than trebled to a record 688 million Australian dollars ($497 million) on the back of low fuel prices and a falling Australian dollar.
February 23, 2016 Fiji cyclone death toll reaches 29 after island 'flattened' Officials say an island in Fiji took a direct hit from a deadly cyclone as the death toll climbed to 29.
February 23, 2016 New Zealand city marks 5 years since quake which killed 185 Hundreds of people in Christchurch gathered Monday to commemorate the fifth anniversary of an earthquake which killed 185 people.
February 22, 2016 Mining giant BHP Billiton posts $5.7 billion half year loss Mining giant BHP Billiton has reported a half year net loss of $5.67 billion and warned that the current period of weak commodity prices will be prolonged.
February 22, 2016 Child sex abuse victims to hear cardinal's testimony in Rome Victims of clergy abuse won permission on Monday to be present next week when Pope Francis's finance minister testifies from Rome to an Australian inquiry into child sex offenses within the Roman Catholic Church.
February 22, 2016 Death toll from ferocious Fiji cyclone rises to 3 Officials in Fiji scrambled to assess damage Sunday in the wake of a ferocious cyclone that tore through the Pacific island chain, leaving at least three dead and collapsing hundreds of homes as people were sheltering from winds of up to 285 kilometers (177 miles) per hour.
February 21, 2016 Cyclone Winston leaves 18 dead, thousands without power in Fiji The death toll from a ferocious cyclone which tore through Fiji over the weekend has risen to 18 as authorities on Monday began to get a grasp on the scale of the disaster and deploy aid to hard-hit outer islands.
February 21, 2016 Ferocious cyclone strikes Pacific island nation of Fiji Residents of Fiji hunkered down Saturday as a ferocious cyclone tore through the Pacific island chain, prompting authorities to impose a nationwide curfew and declare a monthlong state of disaster.