An Australian man who died in a Sydney car crash may be the 18th death linked to faulty Takata airbags, after police said he was killed when hit in the neck by shrapnel from an airbag.

Police in Australia say a faulty Takata air bag likely killed a man in a car crash near Sydney.

For many Australians, the controversy surrounding police shootings in the US is a familiar topic - it often features in the news. But the shooting of a local woman as she sought assistance in her pyjamas brings home an extra emotional reality, according to Dr David Smith, a US studies expert at the University of Sydney. "Australians are well aware that police shootings happen in the United States and...

SYDNEY - The painstaking search for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 has uncovered a previously unknown undersea world of volcanoes, deep valleys and soaring ridges, according to detailed maps released by Australia. Although no trace of the plane was found during the search in the southern Indian Ocean - the most expensive ever of its kind - large volumes of data showing a detailed picture of the sea floor had to be collected to guide...

July 21, 2017 5:00 AM
SYDNEY • Hundreds of refugees being held at a Papua New Guinea detention camp will be moved by October despite uncertainty over a resettlement deal with the US, Australia's Immigration Minister said yesterday.

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A group of 48 Australian firefighters left Sydney for Canada on Wednesday to battle the wildfires in British Columbia.

Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is demanding answers about why US police shot dead Sydney woman Justine Damond, calling her death inexplicable and shocking.

July 19, 2017 5:00 AM
SYDNEY • Australians have reacted with shock and outrage following the fatal shooting of an unarmed Australian woman by a Minneapolis police officer in an alley behind her home.