CANBERRA, Jan. 16 (Xinhua/APP): Australia's bushfire crisis has cost the nation's tourism industry one billion Australian dollars (690.7 million U.S. dollars). According to data from the Australian Tourism Industry Council
SYDNEY, Jan. 16 (Xinhua/APP): Firefighters in Australia have succeeded in protecting an extremely rare grove of ancient trees from destruction, with specialist teams going to extreme measures as bushfires closed
Melbourne, Jan 15 (AFP/APP): Qualifying rounds for the Australian Open were delayed Wednesday as toxic smoke from widespread bushfires continued to choke Melbourne, throwing the Grand Slam's schedule into chaos.
Melbourne, Jan 14 (AFP/APP): The Australian Open tennis Grand Slam starts next week in the midst of a bushfire crisis that has left at least 27 people dead and destroyed
Sydney, Jan 14 (AFP/APP): Forecasts of heavy rain offered hope Tuesday in the months-long battle to contain Australia's unprecedented bushfires, but smoke lifted pollution levels in the nation's second biggest
Melbourne, Jan 13 (AFP/APP): Roger Federer said he would donate to the Australia bushfires appeal on Monday after tennis players pledged hundreds of thousands of dollars to the disaster relief
Wellington, Jan 13 (AFP/APP): Thousands of people have signed a petition for koalas to be introduced to New Zealand to escape Australia's devastating bush fires, but the proposal has been
Sydney, Jan 13 (AFP/APP): Exhausted firefighters said they had finally brought Australia's largest "megablaze" under control Monday, as wet weather promised to deliver much-needed respite for countryside ravaged by bushfires.
Wellington, Jan 12 (AFP/APP): An emotional Serena Williams donated her US$43,000 winner's cheque from the WTA Auckland Classic to the Australian bushfire relief fund on Sunday. It was the 38-year-old
Sydney, Jan 12 (AFP/APP): An Australian firefighter has become the latest victim of the months-long bushfire crisis, with authorities saying Sunday that the 60-year-old man died fighting a blaze in