NSW Environment Minister Penny Sharpe has visited Coffs Harbour as planning continues for the proposed Great Koala National Park, a major conservation project aimed at protecting one of Australia's most significant koala populations and more than 100 threatened species.
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) – More than 100,000 live cockroaches illegal to keep in Australia were confiscated from a single breeder in the country’s largest-ever seizure of exotic invertebrates, officials said Friday.
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) – An Australian state police force has worked to form a heavily armed rapid response team since gunmen killed 15 people and wounded three police officers armed only with handguns at a Sydney Hanukkah celebration in December, a government inquiry heard Wednesday.
Diesel prices across the United States have surged to a record average of $5.85 per gallon, according to the American Automobile Association (AAA), adding to mounting pressure on farmers, transport operators and consumers. The latest price represents an increase of more than $2 per gallon over the past year.
OpenAI has unveiled GPT-6 Astra, which it describes as its most capable artificial intelligence model to date, as concerns grow over whether increasingly powerful AI systems can remain under human control. The $852 billion AI company said GPT-6 Astra was the "world's most intelligent and aligned" AI model.
The US economy added 162,000 jobs in August, significantly exceeding market expectations and strengthening speculation that the Federal Reserve could raise interest rates at its upcoming policy meeting. The unemployment rate was unchanged, according to the latest monthly employment report.
The United States says it has struck three Iranian oil tankers after Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched ballistic missiles towards two US warships operating in regional waters, escalating tensions in the latest phase of the conflict.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has called for national unity as the United States intensifies economic pressure on Tehran, warning that sanctions and other measures are designed to fuel divisions and unrest inside the country.
Rescue teams in Nepal have pulled a Chinese hydropower worker and a 64-year-old Nepali woman alive from the devastation caused by catastrophic flooding, raising hopes that other people missing in the disaster may still be found.
US Republican Senator Thom Tillis has urged President Donald Trump to remove Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, accusing him of creating a "leadership void" across the US military as the war with Iran continues. Tillis, a Republican from North Carolina, launched a sharp attack on Hegseth in a social media post on Wednesday.























































































































































