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May 14, 2019

Australian political leaders agree gays don't go to hell

The leaders of both of Australia's major political parties have agreed that gays don't go to hell because of their sexual orientation, as Christian beliefs have risen to extraordinary prominence in the final days of an election campaign.

May 14, 2019

Historic deep dive into Pacific's Mariana Trench yields 'obvious human contamination'

On the deepest dive ever executed into the Mariana Trench, an American investor-turned-explorer discovered what appeared to be plastic litter nearly seven miles below the surface of the Pacific Ocean.

May 13, 2019

UN leader visits New Zealand mosques where 51 were killed

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has visited the two New Zealand mosques where 51 worshippers were killed by a gunman in March.

May 12, 2019

UN leader arrives in New Zealand on climate change trip

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has arrived in New Zealand as part of a trip to the South Pacific to highlight the issue of climate change.

May 12, 2019

Australian prime minister bares self in campaign launch

Australia's prime minister has officially launched his conservative coalition's campaign less than a week before an election in an extraordinarily personal presentation.

May 11, 2019

Australian-Lebanese ordered released in Sydney bomb plot

The lawyer of an Australian-Lebanese dual citizen on trial for an alleged plot to bring down a passenger plane says her client has been ordered released on bail by a Lebanese military court.

May 9, 2019

Australia misspells ‘responsibility’ on 46M new $50 bank notes

Australia’s central bank is claiming mea culpa after an eagle-eyed radio listener noticed that there was a microscopic typo on the country’s new 50 Australian dollar ($35) banknote.

May 9, 2019

3 convicted of terrorism for arson of Australian mosque

Three Sunni Muslim men have been convicted of engaging in a terror act by burning down a Shiite mosque in the Australian city of Melbourne three years ago.

May 8, 2019

UN Chief says 'total disaster' if warming not stopped

The United Nations Secretary-General said the world must dramatically change the way it fuels factories, vehicles and homes to limit future warming to a level scientists call nearly impossible.

May 8, 2019

Australian political contender fights back tears over mother

Australian opposition leader Bill Shorten has fought back tears and won widespread public support as he attacked a newspaper that challenged his version of his mother's life story that inspired his political career.