VIDEO: Rare Giant Squid Spotted in Australia
File photo. (Reinhard Dirscherl/WaterFrame/Getty Images)(SYDNEY) — A rare giant squid being eaten by an 8-foot shark off the Australian coast has been caught on video and spread around the Web.The squid, measuring nearly 10 feet, is filmed floating al…
Neil Armstrong Recalls Apollo Moon Landing in Rare Interview
Astronaut Neil Armstrong, commander of Apollo 11, in the Lunar Module Eagle after finishing mankind’s first walk on the moon, July 21, 1969. (NASA/Newsmakers)(MELBOURNE, Australia) — Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon 43 years ago, has …
KFC Must Pay $8.3M to Family of Brain-Damaged Girl
KFC/Hemera/Thinkstock(SYDNEY) — The family of a girl who was left brain-damaged after eating a chicken wrap at a KFC restaurant was awarded $8.35 million ($8 million Australian) Friday by an Australian court.Monika Samaan, then 7, and her family becam…
US, Japan Reach Deal on Moving Marines Out of Okinawa
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(TOKYO) — The U.S. and Japan have reached an agreement to move 9,000 Marines off the southern island of Okinawa.The proposal, which is part of the Obama administration’s larger push to beef up security in Asia, was announced by b…
Thieves Steal Penguin, Swim With Dolphins at Seaworld
ABC News (QUEENSLAND, Australia) — The weekend may have been hazy for two Brits and an Aussie, but the trio woke up to a displaced penguin, a bad hangover and serious legal troubles.The three drunk friends allegedly made a Queensland, Australia SeaWor…
Texting Pilot Nearly Caused Jet to Crash
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(SYDNEY) — An airplane captain distracted by incoming text messages on his cell phone was the reason a flight from Australia to Singapore had to abort a touch-down just 500 feet from the tarmac, an investigation has found. …
Texting Pilot Nearly Caused Jet to Crash
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(SYDNEY) — An airplane captain distracted by incoming text messages on his cell phone was the reason a flight from Australia to Singapore had to abort a touch-down just 500 feet from the tarmac, an investigation has found. …
Australia’s Military Leaving Afghanistan Ahead of Schedule
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(KABUL, Afghanistan) — Coalition troops are heading home from Afghanistan one year earlier than scheduled but they won’t be American soldiers.Australia, one of Washington’s most dependable allies in the war, has announced that it…
Marines Land in Australia to Help Counter China’s Influence
Greg Wood-Pool/Getty Images(DARWIN, Australia) — Two hundred U.S. Marines arrived in northern Australia Wednesday, the first deployment of an estimated 2,500 troops the Pentagon has promised to bolster American presence in the region.President Obama m…
Swimsuit Model Accused of Heading International Drug Ring Captured
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(SYDNEY) — The international swimsuit model accused of being the mastermind of a worldwide drug ring run out of a Hollywood apartment has been arrested in Australia after skipping out on bail over a month ago. Simone Farrow, who wa…
Investment Banker Pleads Guilty in Fake ‘Collar Bomb’ Extortion Plot
Comstock/Thinkstock(SYDNEY) — An investment banker pled guilty Thursday to charges he broke into a Sydney, Australia, mansion and strapped a fake “collar bomb” around an 18-year-old girl’s neck in a failed extortion attempt.Paul Douglas Peters, 51, ap…
Runaway Goat Causes Chaos in Australia
Photodisc/Thinkstock(MELBOURNE, Australia) — The mystery surrounding a runaway goat that snarled traffic and shocked onlookers in Melbourne, Australia, Monday remains even after the goat’s capture.Drivers and passersby first spotted the billy goat out…
Australian PM Rescued from Angry Group
Offiice of the Prime Minister/Australia(CANBERRA, Australia) — Police rescued Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard from a crowd of angry activists on Thursday.Gillard was literally dragged off her feet by riot police when she was confronted by abou…
Beer Cooler, Beacon Save Shipwrecked Fishing Group
Jeffrey Coolidge/Getty Images(SYDNEY) — When friends Scott Smiles and Rick Matthews set out on a fishing trip with their 11-year-old sons off the coast of Sydney, Australia, on Thursday, they had no idea the cooler used to carry their drinks, along wi…
Kangaroo Attack: 7-Year-Old Girl Barely Escapes with Her Life
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia) — A seven-year-old girl suffered cuts and bruises on her face, arms and back after she was attacked by a kangaroo while playing near a picnic area in New South Wales, Australia.Makayla McEvoy was play…
Hybrid Sharks Found off Australia
Mirko Zanni/Getty Images(QUEENSLAND, Australia) — In the waters off the eastern coast of Australia, marine scientists report a first: 57 cases in which two species of shark are interbreeding. The local Australian black-tip shark is mating with its glo…
Time Travel: Samoa and Tokelau to Move a Day Ahead
iStockphoto/Thinkstock(APIA, Samoa) — Samoa and Tokelau have decided to take the day off, but not in the traditional sense. The tiny Pacific nations will be moving to the other side of the international dateline at midnight Thursday night, jumping 24 …
Cameraman Falls Off Segway in Front of Thousands of Fans
WILLIAM WEST/AFP/Getty Images(MELBOURNE, Australia) — An Australian cameraman unwittingly became the center of attention and put himself in front of the camera Monday when he fell off a Segway scooter while filming a cricket match in his home country….