Pets Join in Rio de Janeiro Carnival Celebration
Rio de Janeiro residents took their pets wearing colourful costumes to celebrate carnival on Copacabana beach on Sunday. (Feb. 19)
Rio de Janeiro residents took their pets wearing colourful costumes to celebrate carnival on Copacabana beach on Sunday. (Feb. 19)
Historic dumping and legacy contamination have been identified as the sources of asbestos found at 17 Melbourne parks and reserves.
India's polling officers are climbing hills and fording rivers to ensure voters across the country can take part in the world's largest general election.
The Central Coast Mariners' flights from Kyrgyzstan have been cancelled, giving them an arduous trip home for crunch A-League fixtures.
More than 11,000 people have been told to leave the area near Indonesia's erupting Ruang volcano, which forced an airport to close and a prompted tsunami alert.
Geelong have loaded up for their trip to the Gabba, while Fremantle have been bolstered by the return of Sean Darcy for the western derby.
A man accused of organising a failed cocaine import plot that resulted in bricks of the drug washing up on NSW beaches for weeks has appeared in court.
Australian pair Tyler Wright and Sally Fitzgibbons both managed late heat-winning waves with their WSL seasons on the line at the Margaret River Pro.
Collingwood have named an unchanged line-up for the AFL clash with Port Adelaide after Scott Pendlebury overcame fractured ribs and was passed fit to play.
The door is open in the Queensland forward pack for new applicants due to injury, and Maroons coach Billy Slater wants the contenders to announce themselves.
Injured Adelaide fullback Jordon Butts has been ruled out of the showdown with Essendon as doubt hovers over another Crow.
The injury-ravaged Dolphins have again gone outside their top 30 with Trai Fuller to wear No.1 against Parramatta, while coach Wayne Bennett may miss the match.
One of the most prominent figures in the far-right Alternative for Germany party is on trial on charges of using a Nazi slogan.
A government department failed to support the family of a 10-year-old Indigenous boy before he fatally self-harmed under state care, an advocate says.
Some hiccups were experienced in the Solomon Islands' largest-ever and most-closely-watched election, authorities say.
The Tasmania JackJumpers have signed South East Melbourne big man Gorjok Gak as Mojave King announces he will return to the NBL following two years in America.
Two German-Russian nationals have been arrested in Germany for allegedly plotting sabotage attacks designed to undermine military support for Ukraine
The bishop attacked at a western Sydney church in what has been declared an act of terror has extended forgiveness to the teenager who allegedly stabbed him.
Geelong coach Chris Scott says clubs have to turn to the "good character" clause to help their players at the AFL Tribunal after Charlie Cameron's success.
Australian cricket superstar Meg Lanning has opened up on the reasons she ended her international career aged just 31.
Powercor has pleaded guilty to more than 100 charges of failing to manage risks and hazards to its electricity network following a 2023 bushfire.