a weather pattern. Storms began at the Queensland town of Gympie on Feb.... In the past week, it

A 60-year-old woman was found dead in a submerged car and 10 others are feared missing after heavy rains and flash floods caused havoc across Australia’s eastern coast. The body of the woman was found early Wednesday in Queensland, the premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told parliament.... She called the incident a “ tragedy.” Some areas in the country have received up to 400mm of rainfall within 24 hours, local reports said.... New South Wales, where parts of Sydney briefly submerged Tuesday, also

Facebook Inc will provide money for an" innovation fund" for 170 regional Australian newspapers as part of a planned licensing deal, the parties said on Friday, calling the move a show of co-operation between the social media giant and local publishers. The move brings a grassroots element to a string of deals announced by Facebook in Australia since the country legislated to make it and Alphabet Inc's Google negotiate content payments to media outlets or risk government arbitration. Since the l

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