Vietnam releases dengue-blocking mosquito
By MARGIE MASON In this photo taken on Sept. 1, 2013, scientist Simon Kutcher, project manager of the Eliminate Dengue Vietnam research program, blood feeds a cage of mosquitoes in…
Australia
Indonesia summons Aussie ambassador over spy claim
By KRISTEN GELINEAU Security officers stand guard at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, Indonesia, Jakarta, Indonesia, Friday, Nov. 1, 2013. Australia’s ambassador met with Indonesian government officials who summoned him…
China, other Asians angry over embassy spy reports
By KRISTEN GELINEAU In this photo taken Monday, Dec. 29, 2008, a man digs a trench near a mushroom shaped heating exhaust shaft near the newly constructed US embassy in…
AUSTRALIAN POLICE SEIZE $190 MILLION WORTH OF METH
In this undated photo provided by the Australian Federal Police, packages containing methamphetamine are stacked in a warehouse in Melbourne, Australia. Australian police seized around 200 million Australian dollars ($190…
AUSTRALIA’S FIRST WOMAN LEADER SURPRISED BY SEXISM
By ROD McGUIRK Journalist Anne Summers, left, gestures while she chats with former Prime Minister of Australia Julia Gillard prior to an interview at the Opera House in Sydney, Australia,…
AUSTRALIA’S NEW PM MAKES MAIDEN TRIP TO INDONESIA
By ALI KOTARUMALOS Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, left, speaks to Indonesia’s President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, right, after a joint press conference after their meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta,…
AUSTRALIA’S NEW GOV’T VOWS TO SCRAP CARBON TAX
By ROD McGUIRK Australian Prime Minister-elect Tony Abbott meets with Treasury Secretary Martin Parkinson, in Sydney Sunday, Sept. 8, 2013. A new government prepared to take control of Australia on…
CONSERVATIVES SWEEP TO AUSTRALIA ELECTION VICTORY
By ROD McGUIRK Opposition leader Tony Abbott smiles as he makes a speech to party supporter in Sydney, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013, following his party’s win in Australia’s national election.…