Tag: Australia

Kate shows off new royal style in Down Under tour

Sylvia Hui · April 24, 2014 12:33 pm

Britain's Prince William, center left, is accompanied by Prime Minister Tony Abbott, center right, as they arrive for a reception Thursday, April 24, 2014, at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia. (AP Photo/Alex Ellinghausen, Pool)

Britain’s Prince William bids Australia farewell

Washington Examiner · April 24, 2014 4:37 am

In this map provided on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, by the Joint Agency Coordination Centre, details are presented in the search for the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in the southern Indian Ocean. The hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet will likely soon deploy more powerful sonar equipment that can delve deeper as the current search of the most likely crash site in the Indian Ocean has failed to yield any clues, Australia's defense minister said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Joint Agency Coordination Centre) EDITORIAL USE ONLY

Material on Australian shore not from Malaysia jet

Rod McGuirk · April 24, 2014 12:23 am

Britain's Prince William and his wife, Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, pose for a photo at sunset in Uluru, Australia, Tuesday, April 22, 2014. William and Kate have received a traditional Aboriginal welcome during a visit to the tiny town of Yulara, near the bright red sandstone monolith Uluru, also known as Ayers Rock, in the Australian Outback. (AP Photo/William West, Pool)

Royals get Aboriginal gifts in Australian Outback

Washington Examiner · April 22, 2014 1:29 pm

FILE - In this April 7,2014 file photo, the chief coordinator of the Joint Agency Coordination Center retired Chief Air Marshall Angus Houston listens to a question from the media during a press conference about the ongoing search operations for missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 in Perth, Australia. Houston has become the global face of the massive monthlong search operation off Australia's west coast to find the missing Boeing 777, which is believed to be resting somewhere on the silt-covered bottom of the Indian Ocean in a patch the size of Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)

Australia’s Houston: Calm face of Flight 370 hunt

Margie Mason · April 18, 2014 9:08 am

Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge pose for a photo at Echo Point Lookout in Katoomba, Australia, Thursday, April 17, 2014. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on Thursday stopped in the Blue Mountains town of Winmalee to meet with firefighters and locals affected by last year's wildfires that destroyed more than 200 homes. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Royal couple enjoy sheep-shearing demo Down Under

Washington Examiner · April 18, 2014 3:21 am

Britain's Prince William holding his son Prince George and his wife Kate, Duchess of Cambridge, arrive in Sydney Wednesday, April 16, 2014. The royal couple are on a three-week tour of Australia and New Zealand, the first official trip overseas with their son, Prince George. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Royal couple visit wildfire-affected Aussie town

Washington Examiner · April 17, 2014 2:23 am

FILE - In this Aug. 19, 2013 file photo, Australia's opposition leader Tony Abbott, right, with New South Wales Premier Barry O'Farrell speaks to the media in St. Marys, an outer suburb of Sydney, Australia during his election campaign. O'Farrell, the leader of Australia's most populous state, quit as premier on Wednesday, April 16, 2014 in the face of mounting evidence that he failed to declare a 3,000 Australian dollar ($2,800) bottle of wine that arrived as a gift on his Sydney doorstep. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)

Australian state leader quits over $2,800 wine

Rod McGuirk · April 16, 2014 5:39 am

New Zealand, Australian men killed in Yemen strike

Nick Perry · April 16, 2014 5:38 am

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, center, reviews an honor guard during a welcome ceremony with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, at Akasaka State Guest House in Tokyo Monday, April 7, 2014. Abbott is on a four-day official visit. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Australia, Japan agree on free trade deal

Elaine Kurtenbach · April 7, 2014 11:08 am

Two Royal Australian Air Force F/A-18 Hornets participate in a midair refueling exercise on February 27, 2013 in Melbourne. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

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Did US defense cuts shorten your career? No worries, mate, Australia wants you

Lejla Sarcevic · April 2, 2014 4:00 am

FILE - This Tuesday, April, 3, 2012 file photo shows British celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal gesturing as he talks to the Associated Press in a mock up plane about his role in developing food for the London 2012 Olympic, in London. Innovative British chef Heston Blumenthal has announced Monday March 31, 2014 that he plans to pack up his Michelin-starred restaurant The Fat Duck and fly it to Australia for a six-month stay. The restaurant in the village of Bray, west of London, will close temporarily in January, and reopen in Melbourne's Crown Casino the following month. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Fat Duck restaurant flying Down Under for 6 months

Washington Examiner · March 31, 2014 11:42 am