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The World Health Organization said Tuesday a spike in swine flu cases in Australia may push it to finally announce the first flu pandemic in 41 years. It also expressed concern about an unusual rise in severe illness from the disease in Canada.

About 2,000 cruise ship passengers sequestered at sea for days by a swine flu outbreak among the crew were allowed to disembark Monday in Australia.

A doctor in rural Australia used a household drill to bore a hole into the skull of a boy with a severe head injury, saving his life.

A US man returns to Australia to face charges that he murdered his wife while scuba diving on their honeymoon.

Australia's army has started shooting 6,000 kangaroos to thin their population on an army training ground near the capital, an official said Friday, outraging conservationists.

Macquarie Group, Australia’s biggest investment bank, is bidding for an AIG fund unit with about $100bn under management, reports Bloomberg. AIG expects to sell the unit for as much as $500m. Macquarie is among several firms pursuing AIG Investments, a New York-based fund manager put up for sale in January,...

A Papau New Guinea man made a four-day trip to Cairns, Australia carrying a 6-year-old girl so badly injured her intestines were exposed.

More than 87 whales and five bottlenose dolphins beached early Monday in Hamelin Bay in the state of Western Australia.

J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek" will receive its world premiere before 1,600 guests at the Sydney Opera House's Concert Hall on April 7. Get your plane tickets now!

Josef Fritzl was sentenced to life in a psychiatric institution on Thursday for locking up and raping his daughter over 24 years, fathering seven children with her, and causing the death of an infant son.