Australia

"They were punching us. They were kicking us," the victim recounted. "We were both down on the ground. We weren't able to defend ourselves."

Melania Trump also selected Clinton china for the first state dinner she hosted last year for French President Emmanuel Macron.

"I hope you enjoy your moment of glory," wrote one commenter, "and I hope for your sake karma doesn't come bite you hard the next time your out fishing for sharks."

"We simply believe that human life must be prioritised over the lives of sharks," head of the state government of Queensland, Australia, said.

"I slid about 20 foot, cartwheeled then slammed into the rock then landed in the creek at the bottom," the hiker said,

"I have seen numerous sharks at Werri using drones, but this is the first time I have been able to warn anyone with the speaker system," said operator Christopher Joye, who released the footage online.

While Kurdish-Iranian refugee Behrouz Boochani said the appointments represented a "great achievement," they do not erase the pain of having "lost six years of my life."

The ninth edition of the Rugby World Cup gets underway in Japan on Friday, with New Zealand still the team to beat.

How should parents deal with those who labor so joyously to create a world in which a large portion of humanity will perish?

The unnamed man in Sydney Australia swerved to avoid the bird which becomes aggressive during spring.

Research at an Australian "body farm" could have implications for future crime scene investigations.

It is clear that despite management efforts at local, regional and national levels, a significant number of threats to the reef are getting worse.

Letetia Ware, who has been sentenced to 11 months in jail, also stepped down as chair of the Australian Garlic Industry Association.

Short-faced kangaroos are an entirely extinct group of marsupial herbivores that arose during the Miocene Epoch—around 23 to 5.3 million years ago—and diversified prolifically during Australia's Ice Age.

"I was about 75 per cent sure I wasn't going to make it back to the boat," the fisherman said.

The announcement of a religious-freedom bill comes three months after rugby player Israel Folau was fired for claiming "Hell awaits" gay people.

This type of mating behavior, where a generation of males die off in their first season, is very rare in the animal kingdom.

The by-law comes after Australia vowed to kill 2 million cats by 2020.

Daniel Thomas, 36, and an accomplice dressed up as police to steal drugs, beating a victim so badly the real cops arriving on the scene thought he was dead.

Cilla Carden also complained about her neighbors smoking, using too much light in their patio and allowing their kids to play basketball in the back yard.

U.S. scientists found the iron meteorite—first discovered in the 1950s—contained a mineral that normally forms through the smelting of iron.

"The tourism industry, desperate to maintain tourist numbers, is looking beyond the natural beauty of the reef because it's not quite what it was," said dive operator Tony Fontes.

Max Sylvester from Western Australia was on his first flying lesson in the light aircraft when his instructor collapsed beside him.

"This case demonstrates that even relatively small domestic animals may be able to inflict lethal injuries," an expert said.

"They are not owed protection by our country," Australia's Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton said.

It is illegal to interfere with the animals in Australia.

Karla Condon, 30, had a "toxic" relationship with the unnamed victim, a court in Australia's Gold Coast heard.

"The presence of corals in these extreme mangrove habitats challenges our understanding of the conditions some corals are capable of living in," researcher Emma Camp said.

Ambitious reef-wide health check could provide valuable information to save the largest barrier reef.

The couple and their dog suffered serious injuries after a goanna "suddenly turned on them" in Australia.