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‘One of world’s oldest bird species discovered’

1:16 pm September 18, 2019

Melbourne: Scientists have discovered fossils of one of the world’s oldest bird species in New Zealand that lived about 62 million years ago, soon after the dinosaurs died. Bony-toothed birds (Pelagornithids), an ancient family of huge seafaring birds, were thought to have evolved in the Northern Hemisphere — but that theory has been upended by […]

Australia concerned for 3 held in Iran on spying charges

9:42 am September 18, 2019

Canberra : An Australian government minister on Wednesday expressed concern for three Australians arrested in Iran on suspicion of spying and separated their plight from a tense standoff in the Middle East over the weekend attack on Saudi Arabian oil facilities. Trade Minister Simon Birmingham was responding after Iran on Tuesday acknowledged for the first […]

Australian man found dead at Jaisalmer guest house

7:13 pm September 15, 2019

Jaipur: A 45-year-old Australian citizen was found dead at a guest house in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district, police said on Sunday. The guest house staff found Nocolas’s body on Saturday and informed police. The body was then taken to a hospital, said Kiran Kang, Jaisalmer’s Superintendent of Police. He had checked into the guest house on […]

Australian couple detained in Iran named as travel bloggers

9:18 am September 12, 2019

Sydney: Two Australians detained in Iran were named on Thursday as a travel-blogging couple who were arrested while making an overland trip from their home country to Britain. Perth-based Jolie King and Mark Firkin had been documenting their journey on social media for the past two years but went silent after posting updates from Kyrgyzstan […]

Australia moves Tamil toddlers to remote island detention centre

7:14 pm August 31, 2019

Melbourne: A Tamil family of four — including two Australian-born toddlers — have been moved to a remote island off the coast of Indonesia, despite a court order blocking deportation, their lawyer said Saturday. The family — who are fighting to remain in Australia because they fear persecution in Sri Lanka — were moved to […]