Australian police say Sydney knife attacker may have targeted women
Sydney, Australia Reuters Australian police said on Monday the attacker who fatally stabbed six people at a busy shopping centre in Sydney’s beach suburb of Bondi may have targeted women, as the country mourned the victims and hundreds of people laid flowers near the scene. In the attack on Saturday at the Westfield Bondi Junction […]
Family mourns “beautiful mother” killed in Sydney mall stabbing
Sydney, Australia Reuters Young Sydney mother Ashlee Good, who cradled her nine-month old daughter Harriet, was one of the victims of a random shopping mall stabbing attack which killed six people, her family confirmed in a statement on Sunday. Five women and a male security guard were killed in the Saturday attack in the Sydney […]
Sydney stabbing that killed six was not an ideological attack, police say
Sydney, Australia Reuters Sydney police on Sunday ruled out terror or ideology as a motive after a man killed six people in a random stabbing attack on Saturday in one of the city’s busiest shopping centres. People run inside the Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre, as they evacuate the scene of an incident, in which […]
Sydney knife attacker shot dead after killing six in Bondi mall
Sydney, Australia Reuters An attacker who fatally knifed six people in a Sydney mall was shot dead by police in the beachside suburb of Bondi on Saturday, police said, as hundreds fled the scene. The assailant was shot by a police officer after he attacked shoppers in the busy Westfield Bondi Junction shopping centre, a […]
Wow!: Australian scientists help the homeless beat heatwaves with mobile cooling hubs
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Sydney school, supermarket tainted with asbestos amid widening crisis
Sydney, Australia Reuters Seven more public sites in Sydney, including a school, sports hub and supermarket, were exposed to asbestos, authorities said on Monday, as the contamination of the toxic material widened and officials rushed to remove it from public spaces. Traces of bonded asbestos in mulch have been found in 41 spots scattered across […]
Sydney Opera House celebrates 50th birthday with light show and free tours
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Sydney Opera House celebrated its 50th birthday on Friday, with a laser show planned to illuminate the iconic building. Officially opened by Queen Elizabeth II on 20 October 1973, the Opera House is widely regarded as one of the greatest architectural designs of the 20th century, with 10.9 million people visiting every year. […]
Australia swelters through “scorching” heat lifting bushfire risk
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia’s south-east on Sunday sweltered in a heat wave that raised the risk of bushfires and led authorities to issue fire bans for large swathes of New South Wales state. The nation’s weather forecaster said temperatures would be up to 12 degrees Celsius above average in some areas, with Sydney, the capital of […]
Australia, scarred by bushfires, on high alert for dangerous summer
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Australia on Tuesday declared an El Nino weather pattern was underway as the country’s south-east sweltered in an intense spring heat wave that raised the risks of bushfires and prompted authorities to issue a total fire ban for Sydney. Australia had held off declaring an El Nino but has been bracing for a […]
Australia swelters in spring heat wave, temperatures set to break records
Sydney, AustraliaReuters A spring heat wave across large parts of Australia’s south-east, including Sydney, will intensify on Monday, the weather bureau said, with temperatures expected to peak up to 16 degrees Celsius above the September average. Australia is baking through a rising heat wave which has been building in the country’s outback interior over the […]