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In this aerial image made from video, a dingo walks on beach on K'gari, formerly known as Fraser Island, Australia, Monday, July 17, 2023. A pack of dingoes drove a woman who was jogging into the surf and attacked her in the latest clash between native dogs and humans on a popular Australian island, sparking new warnings Tuesday to visitors venturing out. (AuBC/CHANNEL 7/CHANNEL 9 via AP)

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Dingoes attack a woman jogging on Australian island beach and leave her hospitalized
By ROD MCGUIRK - Associated Press
Tue,07/18/23-1:15AM , 952 Reads
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A pack of dingoes drove a woman who was jogging into the surf and attacked her in the latest clash between native dogs and humans on a popular Australian island, sparking new warnings Tuesday to visitors venturing out.
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Prosecutor Kristy McDonald addresses a court in Auckland, New Zealand, on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, on the first day of a trial after a volcano eruption at a popular tourist island destination killed 22 people in December 2019. The island's owners, brothers Andrew, James and Peter Buttle, their company Whakaari Management Ltd. and tour operators I.D. Tours NZ Ltd. and Tauranga Tourism Services Ltd. went on trial in Auckland District Court for allegedly failing to adequately protect tourists and staff. (Lawrence Smith/Pool Photo via AP)

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Tourists received no safety warnings before New Zealand volcano eruption killed 22, prosecutor says
By ROD MCGUIRK - Associated Press
Mon,07/10/23-8:15PM , 296 Reads
Tourists received no health and safety warnings before they landed on New Zealand’s most active volcano ahead of a 2019 eruption that killed 22 people, a prosecutor said Tuesday.
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A man sits in a van with Russian diplomatic number plates outside the site of the former Russian embassy site in Canberra, Australia, Monday, June 26, 2023. Australia's highest court dismissed Russia's application for an injunction that would have prevented Moscow's embassy being evicted from a site in the national capital. A man who had been occupying the site in a portable cabin for more than a week in an apparent act of Russian defiance left soon after. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

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Australia’s High Court dismisses Russia’s bid for injunction to halt its embassy’s eviction
By ROD MCGUIRK - Associated Press
Sun,06/25/23-9:14PM , 209 Reads
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia’s highest court on Monday dismissed Russia’s request for an injunction that would have halted the eviction of its embassy from a site in the capital, Canberra. A man who had been occupying the block in a portable cabin for more than a week in an apparent act of Russian defiance left soon after.
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THIS CORRECTS THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S NAME TO MCGUIRK - The Australian flag flies on Parliament House, seen behind an unoccupied building on the grounds of a proposed new Russian embassy near the Australian Parliament in Canberra, Feb. 28, 2023. Australia's House of Representatives passed legislation Thursday, June 15, 2023, to prevent Russia from building a new embassy near Parliament House on security grounds. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

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Australia creates law to stop Russia from building new embassy near Parliament for security reasons
By ROD MCGUIRK - Associated Press
Wed,06/14/23-6:29PM , 487 Reads
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's Parliament passed legislation on Thursday to prevent Russia from building a new embassy near Parliament House citing threats of espionage and political interference, as tensions grow between Moscow and a major supporter of the Ukraine war effort.
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