MELBOURNE, Australia -- Flash floods swamped hundreds of homes in southeastern Australia Friday with waterlogged residents now facing a "nerve-wracking" wait to assess the damage. Emergency workers patrol a flooded area as they evacuate residents in the Maribyrnong suburb of Melbourne on October...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Australian scientists are trying to grow plants on the Moon by 2025 in a new mission unveiled Friday that they said could help pave the way for a future colony. Plant biologist Brett Williams, from the Queensland University of Technology, said seeds would be carried by the...
CANBERRA, Australia -- Australia's national science agency has announced it will create a DNA library of every known native species as "a game-changer" to improve environmental monitoring. Photo from the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) website The National...
Department of National Defense (DND) Officer in Charge Jose Faustino Jr. met the defense ministers of Japan and Australia in Hawaii last week to discuss how to further deepen the Philippines' respective bilateral relations with the friendly nations. Department of National Defense (DND) Officer in...
HONOLULU, United States -- The defense ministers of the United States, Australia and Japan agreed Saturday to boost military cooperation in the face of China's growing ambitions "to shape the world around it". Chinese military helicopters fly past Pingtan island, one of mainland China's closest...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Australian police on Saturday located the body of a five-year-old boy trapped in floods west of Sydney, the latest death from a prolonged period of heavy rainfall. The boy and four other people had been travelling in a car that was swept into floodwaters late Friday. Police...
SYDNEY, Australia -- A pod of 230 pilot whales was found stranded on the rugged west coast of Tasmania Wednesday, with Australian officials saying only half appeared to be alive. This handout photo taken on September 20, 2022 and received on September 21 from the Department of Natural Resources and...
One of 14 dead sperm whales lies washed up on a beach at King Island, north of Tasmania, Australia. (Photo by Department of Natural Resources) SYDNEY, Australia – Australian wildlife investigators were on Wednesday trying to piece together why more than a dozen young male sperm whales died...
Couple Edz and Joed Bullo, both from Iloilo, are farmers that are currently working in Australia. Joed is an agriculture graduate who majored in animal science at Northern Iloilo Polytechnic State College-Batad Campus. He became an agriculture professor after completing his bachelor’s and...
For the first time, the Philippine Air Force (PAF) has deployed air battle managers in the biennial Exercise Pitch Black 2022 (PBK22) which is being hosted by the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in Darwin, Australia. Philippine Air Force (PAF) delegation with other Canadian participants discuss...
Ayala-led ACEN Corporation has secured 100 million Australian dollars (roughly $69 million in US dollars) green loan from the DBS Bank of Australia to partly bankroll its renewable energy (RE) ventures in that market. “The loan will provide capital financing for ACEN’s eligible green assets in...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Covid-19 vaccine maker Moderna announced Monday that it will open an mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in the Australian city of Melbourne, a first for the southern hemisphere. The project will be based at one of Australia's largest universities, Monash, and will produce 100...
