Australia

Latest Stories

Cardinal George Pell sits in the back seat of a car as he leaves prison in Geelong, Australia Tuesday, April 7, 2020. Pope Francis' former finance minister Pell had been the most senior Catholic found guilty of sexually abusing children and has spent 13 months in high-security prisons before seven High Court judges unanimously dismissed his convictions. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)

Cardinal Pell welcomes court’s dismissal of abuse conviction

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Players from Richmond and Carlton play their Australian Rules Football league game at a empty Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Thursday, March 19, 2020, after bans on crowds of more than 500 assembling at outdoor venues amid the coronavirus pandemic. At the MCG less than two weeks ago, more than 86,000 people gathered to watch Australia beat India in the women's Twenty20 Cricket World Cup final. Sports are, evidently, a major part of life in Melbourne, where Aussie rules was invented. (Michael Dodge/AAP Image via AP)

Clash likely in Australia if football reaches cricket season

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

Australia criticizes China’s espionage case against writer

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Empty seats ring the field during a One Day International cricket match between Australia and New Zealand at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Friday, March 13, 2020. Cricket Australia announced that three one-day international matches between Australia and New Zealand would be played in empty stadiums because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic. The first of the three matches began at the 48,000-seat Sydney Cricket Ground, where television announcers spoke of the &quot;eerie&quot; silence in the stadium devoid of fans. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP)

Australia bans indoor gatherings of 100 as virus measure

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Kiwi teams move to Australia to avoid coronavirus fallout

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

Brown names Marini 1st female position coach in Division I

Associated Press

The cement inscription of actor Tom Hanks sits in the nearly empty forecourt of the TCL Chinese Theatre, Thursday, March 12, 2020, in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles. Hanks and his wife, actress-singer Rita Wilson, have tested positive for the coronavirus, the actor said in a statement Wednesday. For most people, the new coronavirus causes only mild or moderate symptoms. For some it can cause more severe illness. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Australian TV journalist who met with Rita Wilson has virus

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Rita Wilson is married to fellow actor Tom Hanks. Hanks is worth $350 million

Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson taking coronavirus ‘one day at a time’

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2020 file photo, Tom Hanks, left, and Rita Wilson arrive at the Oscars at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. The couple have tested positive for the coronavirus, the actor said in a statement Wednesday, March 11. The 63-year-old actor said they will be &quot;tested, observed and isolated for as long as public health and safety requires.&quot; (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Tom Hanks, Rita Wilson taking diagnoses ‘one day at a time’

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2020, file photo, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks in Sydney, at a state memorial service for the victims of recent wildfires. The Australian government on Wednesday, March 11, 2020, announced a $2.4 billion (US $1.6 billion) package to help tackle the virus outbreak that has infected nearly 120,000 people worldwide, rocked financial markets and disrupted travel.(Peter Parks/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Australia unveils $11.4 billion in virus outbreak stimulus

By TRISTAN LAVALETTE - Associated Press

Timeline of Cardinal George Pell’s career and accusations

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

New Zealand's Tone Ng Shiu, right, passes to Vilimoni Koroi left, while being tackled by South Africa's Angelo Davids, front right, and Werner Kok during a semifinal match at the Canada Sevens rugby tournament in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday, March 8, 2020. (Darryl Dyck/The Canadian Press via AP)

New Zealand edges Australia for Canada Sevens title

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 16, 2016, file photo, the United States team of Casey Patterson, left, and Jacob Gibb walk on the pitch during a men's beach volleyball match against Spain at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Since the spread of coronavirus, three beach volleyball events in China and Singapore have been postponed until after the Summer Games or canceled outright, and the five-star World Tour Finals is in Italy, another focus of the outbreak. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Virus cancellations send Olympic beach hopefuls scrambling

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press

FILE - This satellite image provided by NASA on Saturday, Jan. 4, 2020 shows wildfires in Victoria and New South Wales, Australia. Climate change raised the chances of Australia’s extreme fire season by at least 30%, according to a study released Wednesday, March 4, 2020, by climate scientists at the World Weather Attribution group. (NASA via AP)

Hotter climate upped risk of Australia’s record fires by 30%

By CHRISTINA LARSON - Associated Press

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, talks with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison during a meeting at Admiralty House in Sydney, Friday, Feb. 28, 2020. (Bianca De Marchi/Pool Photo via AP)

Ardern calls out Australia: Don’t deport ‘your problems’

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian campuses offer cash, discounts to China students

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australia spy says interference poses unprecedented threat

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

GM plans to pull out of Australia, New Zealand and Thailand

By Tom Krisher - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2020, file photo provided by the United States Department of Agriculture Forest Service, Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit Capt. Dave Soldavini holds a baby kangaroo that was rescued from a wildfire in Cobrunga, Australia. (Jeremy McMahon/USDAFS Bureau of Land Management via AP, File)

Tahoe firefighter’s photo with baby kangaroo melts hearts

By MARCELLA CORONA - Associated Press

A look at the week ahead in golf around the world

By The Associated Press - Associated Press