* 1.4 mln Chinese visit Australia in year to Feb, up 13 pct * Overall visitor numbers at record highs * Boom driving profits for airlines, hoteliers, travel agents * Chinese...
* Morton penned best-selling book about Princess Diana * Actress Meghan Markle to wed Diana's son Harry in May * New royal wants to be Meghan 1.0 not Diana 2.0 -Morton By...
By Angela Moore NEW YORK, April 17 (Reuters) - Fans of the British royals have been awash in glittering titillation over the upcoming nuptials of Prince Harry and American actress...
By Alan Baldwin LONDON, April 16 (Reuters) - It may be premature to call the end of an era of Mercedes domination but Daniel Ricciardo's thrilling win for Red Bull in Shanghai on...
By Colin Packham SYDNEY, April 12 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull acknowledged on Thursday that legislation aimed at preventing foreign interference in...
* Royal wedding to take place in small town outside London * Police have to balance security with discretion * Britain on second-highest security threat level By Michael...
LONDON, April 9 (Reuters) - Britain's Prince Harry and his fiancee Meghan Markle have asked that anyone who wants to send them a present to mark their wedding next month make a...
By Colin Packham SYDNEY, April 9 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's coalition government on Monday lost a 30th straight major opinion poll, a symbolic defeat...
MELBOURNE, April 8 (Reuters) - A Roman-style chariot, gold Rolex watch, leather jock strap and a 128-year-old violin that all belonged to Australian actor Russell Crowe have been...
MELBOURNE, April 7 (Reuters) - Australian voters want Malcolm Turnbull to remain prime minister, according to an opinion poll on Saturday, as questions about his leadership gain...
(Fixes Grenadine to Grenada in headline) By Ian Ransom GOLD COAST, Australia, April 7 (Reuters) - Commonwealth Games organisers have said they will put more staff on buses to...
* OFC president resigns after seven years in charge* Embroiled in infighting in PNG (Adds details)WELLINGTON, April 6 (Reuters) - David Chung has resigned as president of the...
By Abhishek Takle MANAMA, April 5 (Reuters) - Four-times world champion Lewis Hamilton says he is waiting for Formula One's owners to unveil their plans for the future before...
By Barbara Goldberg NEW FAIRFIELD, Conn., April 5 (Reuters) - What makes a grown woman cross an ocean and sleep for three nights on the street in a "pink princess tent" with her...
* More than 100 homes damaged or destroyed, 700 residents flee* Fires to burn for days yet, although conditions seen easing* No injuries or deaths reported (Adds prime...
SYDNEY, March 19 (Reuters) - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi arrived in Canberra on Monday to be met by a military honour guard and Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, who...
SYDNEY, March 19 (Reuters) - Australian authorities urged people to remain alert on Monday as wildfires that have destroyed homes, killed cattle and forced hundreds of residents to...
By Tom Westbrook SYDNEY, March 18 (Reuters) - Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi spoke at length about her country's troubled western state of Rakhine at a Sydney conference on...
* Indo-Pacific region resists protectionism - Australia PM * Multi-nation trade key to prosperity - Singapore PM * ASEAN backs sanctions on N. Korea, restraint in South China...
* North Korea threatens global security - ASEAN * ASEAN demands "complete, irreversible" denuclearisation * "Cautiously encouraged" by recent thawing - Singapore PM (Writes...
(Recasts) By Alison Bevege SYDNEY, March 18 (Reuters) - Bush and grass fires sweeping across Australia's southeast destroyed homes, killed cattle and forced hundreds to flee on...
By Alison Bevege SYDNEY, March 18 (Reuters) - About 25,000 homes were without power on Sunday in Australia's northern city of Darwin after a tropical cyclone felled trees,...
By Alison Bevege SYDNEY, March 18 (Reuters) - Fires forced residents to flee to basketball stadiums and community centres in the state of Victoria on Sunday as dry, hot and windy...
By Alison Bevege SYDNEY, March 17 (Reuters) - Australia's governing Liberal party has won a tight regional election in South Australia, a victory that could deal a blow to...
SYDNEY, March 17 (Reuters) - Flights to Australia's northern city of Darwin were cancelled on Saturday due to Tropical Cyclone Marcus and will not resume until midnight at the...
By Paulina Duran SYDNEY, March 16 (Reuters) - Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said she will raise human rights concerns with Myanmar and Cambodian leaders during a...
* S.African farmers face horrific violence, Australian says * Pretoria denies any threat to white South Africans * Rights group says white farmers particularly at risk By Ed...
* Finland topples Norway in annual happiness survey * Burundi comes last, U.S. drops four places * Happiness of immigrants included in survey for first time * Expat teacher says...
By Alan Baldwin LONDON, March 14 (Reuters) - Sebastian Vettel's task with Ferrari (NYSE:RACE) this season is as easy to say as it is hard to achieve; bring the Formula One world...
SYDNEY, March 13 (Reuters) - Australia's weather bureau said on Tuesday that a La Nina weather event that began in December has ended. La Nina events occur when sea surface...
(Fixes typo in headline)By Alana SchetzerMELBOURNE, March 11 (Reuters) - Receding floodwaters in the northern Australian state of Queensland have revealed a new danger -...
By Colin Packham SYDNEY, March 9 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Friday he is hopeful of securing an exemption from U.S. tariffs on steel and...
MELBOURNE, March 7 (Reuters) - The oldest known message in a bottle was found on an Australian beach 132 years after being thrown from a German ship in the Indian Ocean as part of...
By Kayon Raynor KINGSTON, March 6 (Reuters) - Olympic and world champion hurdler Omar McLeod will miss the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games,Jamaican athletics said on Tuesday. The...
MELBOURNE, March 7 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Wednesday ruled out an early election, as his popularity ratings slump following a sex scandal between...
