Heightened precautions are being taken in China and elsewhere as governments strive to control the outbreak of a novel coronavirus that threatens to grow during the Lunar New Year travel rush.
A fourth person has died in an outbreak of a new coronavirus in China which has infected more than 200 people, authorities said.
Two trained spaniels have found seven koalas alive in an Australian forest that was affected by wildfires.
England Women have announced their squad for the ICC Twenty20 World Cup and new head coach Lisa Keightley is excited about the group she will work with in Australia.
New England Women’s head coach Lisa Keightley has challenged her players to reach the final of the ICC Twenty20 World Cup in Australia next month.
Specialist firefighters have saved the world’s last remaining wild stand of a prehistoric tree from wildfires that razed forests west of Sydney, officials said on Thursday.
Online trolls targeting a British backpacker who died falling from a cliff edge in Australia have been branded as “heartless” by her mother.
Crews battling Australia’s wildfires have said that they have been able to turn from defence to offence for the first time in weeks thanks to a break in the weather.
Police have offered one million Australian dollars for information about the abduction and suspected murder of a British toddler who vanished from an Australian beach 50 years ago.
Two wildfires have merged to form a massive inferno in south-eastern Australia and a man suffered serious burns protecting a home during a night of treacherous conditions during the nation’s unprecedented fire crisis.
Enthusiastic knitters hoping to help injured Australian animals have been told not to send any more koala mittens because they cannot be used and will likely be thrown away.