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Darel Christopher Jr completes Road World Championships in Australia
NEW SOUTH WALES, Australia- Virgin Islands’ professional cyclist Darel Christopher Jr has completed the 2022 UCI (Union Cyclist International) Road World Championships held in Wollongong, New South Wales, Australia from September 17 to 25, 2022.
Sunshine Girls to appeal visa denial
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Wayne Lewis, communication director of Netball Jamaica, has confirmed that the association has appealed the United States Embassy's decision to deny visas to three members of the Sunshine Girls team, which is preparing for the Fast5 World Netball Series in Melbourne, Australia.
Windies suffer 177 run defeat but earn back some lost pride
MELBOURNE, Australia- A battling West Indies lost the second Test against Australia by 177 runs on Tuesday December 29, 2015 but won over a lot of critics with a much more spirited display and almost took the game into the last day.
Australian sinkhole swallows up caravan, car & tents
BBC NEWS
Campers at Queensland's Rainbow Beach have had a lucky escape after a large sinkhole opened up overnight.
New Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull leads divided government
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, was sworn into power on Tuesday and took charge of a bitterly divided government. He will carry the weight of expectations that he can lift public opinion, reform a flagging economy and steer the nation on a more moderate course on issues from climate change to gay marriage.
Australian teenagers held over alleged Melbourne terror plot
BBC NEWS
Police in Australia say they have foiled an Islamic State-inspired plot to carry out an attack at a World War One centenary event.
Australia commandos end Sydney cafe siege
BBC NEWS
Two people have died, along with an Islamist gunman, after commandos stormed a cafe held under siege for 16 hours in Sydney, police say.
Missing Malaysia plane: Chinese territory searched
BBC NEWS
China says it has started searching its territory for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370, while Australia has narrowed its search area in the south.
Australia Withdraws From New Grenada Parliament House Project
By the Caribbean Journal staff
The government of Australia is withdrawing from its commitment to fund the construction of the new Parliament House in Grenada.
Schapelle Corby: Australian drug trafficker freed from Bali jail
BBC
Convicted Australian drug trafficker Schapelle Corby has been released on parole after nine years in prison in Bali, Indonesia.