Pacific March 22, 2017 Australia close to resettling 12,000 Syrian refugees Australia is close to resettling the 12,000 refugees from the war in Syria and Iraq it promised to urgently take over a year ago.
Pacific March 21, 2017 Court gives 2 Indian rivers same rights as a human A court in northern India has granted the same legal rights as a human to the Ganges and Yamuna rivers, considered sacred by nearly a billion Indians.
Pacific March 21, 2017 Australia says Facebook and Google are paying more local tax Australia's treasurer says Facebook, Google and other multinational companies are paying tax in Australia on their Australian profits instead of shifting income to low-tax countries since the government cracked down on tax avoidance.
Pacific March 21, 2017 China: Australia should look beyond the nations' differences A senior Chinese official says China hopes Australia will continue to look beyond the countries' ideological differences and focus on bilateral business ties and other forms of cooperation.
Pacific March 21, 2017 US surgeon pleads guilty after New Zealand crash kills 2 A 63-year-old Wisconsin heart surgeon who was on vacation in New Zealand with his wife has pleaded guilty to careless driving charges after police say he caused an accident while attempting a U-turn on a coastal highway last month, killing two people and injuring four others.
Pacific March 20, 2017 Sydney airline grounds 5 planes after propeller drops off Five Regional Express Airlines passenger planes had been grounded as a precaution after a near disaster in which a propeller fell off an airliner as it approached Sydney Airport, the Australian airline said on Monday.
Pacific March 20, 2017 New Zealand reportedly expels US diplomat over unspecified incident New Zealand reportedly expelled a U.S. diplomat after the embassy refused to waive diplomatic immunity during a police investigation.
Pacific March 17, 2017 Plane lands safely in Australia after propeller falls off A passenger plane has landed safely after one of its two propellers fell off in an extraordinary emergency as it approached Sydney's main airport.
Pacific March 17, 2017 New Zealand police fatally shoot airport security dog New Zealand police shot and killed a young security dog at the Auckland Airport after it escaped its handler and ran loose for more than three hours on the tarmac, disrupting at least 16 flights.
Pacific March 17, 2017 Airport security dog shot, killed after running loose on tarmac A young security dog at the Auckland Airport in New Zealand was shot and killed after it escaped its handler and ran loose for more than three hours on the tarmac, disrupting at least 16 flights.
Pacific March 17, 2017 Study: Stopping global warming only way to save coral reefs Reducing pollution and curbing overfishing won't prevent the severe bleaching that is killing coral at catastrophic rates, according to a study of Australia's Great Barrier Reef.