MELBOURNE, Australia — After three years as a prisoner in Beijing, Cheng Lei is busy rebuilding her life. She’s written a ...

Six passengers from a cruise ship hit by a hantavirus outbreak arrived Friday in Australia for a quarantine expected to last ...

Unlike in 2024, China sees an opportunity to influence Australia. That has led Beijing to refrain from criticism.

May 4 (UPI) --Police in central Australia have arrested or charged at least 19 people in connection with last week's riot in Alice Springs, including another 13 charged Monday. The Northern Territory ...

The police in Alice Springs fired rubber bullets and tear gas to disperse an angry crowd demanding justice. By Laura Chung Reporting from Sydney, Australia Violence erupted across a rural town in ...

Former FBI Director James Comey surrendered Wednesday to law enforcement at federal court in the Eastern District of Virginia, according to a person familiar. Authorities arrested Comey ahead of his ...

FBI Director Kash Patel says a trip to Italy that raised questions earlier in 2026 helped set the stage for the arrest of a Chinese national accused of hacking U.S. COVID-19 research. Xu Zewei is now ...

Dr. David M. Morens, a former top adviser to Dr. Anthony Fauci, was arrested and charged Tuesday with conspiracy and destruction of federal records in one of the first cases to allege a cover-up in ...

Prosecutors accused Dr. David Morens, a former adviser to Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, of hiding records related to the onset of the pandemic. By Benjamin Mueller Dr. David Morens, a former senior adviser to ...

Two 18-year-olds in Ocala were arrested Saturday after a video captured them driving a lawn mower into a Target store, damaging the doors. MINUTES. YOU SEE IT RIGHT THERE. IT WAS ALL CAUGHT ON CAMERA.

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Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Milenko Faria, whose wife, Dr. Rubeliz Bolivar, is ...