National

Australian State Mine Plan Risks Sacred Sites, Species

SYDNEY — Dozens of sacred Indigenous sites and threatened species could be at risk if coal exploration in a pocket of land northwest of Sydney is approved, a report commissioned by an anti-mining lobby group has […]

National

Australia Needs More Than ‘Functional WTO’

CANBERRA, Australia — Better access to India and waking up old alliances on agriculture are next for Australia as it sharpens its trade diplomacy. Since World War II, Australia is tackling the most complex Indo-Pacific environment, […]

National

More Industrial Action For Australian State Paramedics

SYDNEY — Paramedics in the south-eastern Australian state of New South Wales will continue industrial action over pay and work conditions despite facing the consequences of unauthorized strikes last week. On June 10, paramedics across the […]

Education

After Decades, Congress Votes To Make Juneteenth A Federal Holiday

After it languished for months in Congress, lawmakers have passed the Juneteenth National Independence Act to officially establish a federal holiday on June 19, the day which in 1865 slavery finally ended as Union soldiers […]

Entertainment

Actor Russel Crowe Backing Australian State Film Studio

COFFS HARBOUR, Australia — Actor Russell Crowe is the latest to cash in on the country’s film boom, announcing he will build a major film studio in the south-eastern Australian state of New South Wales’s Coffs Harbour on […]

Entertainment

Chippendales: An Indian Immigrant’s Crime Diary Gets Showbiz Spin

NEW DELHI — For a man who took the Los Angeles nightclub scene by storm in the 1980s with a troupe of male striptease dancers performing for women, Indian immigrant Steve “Somen” Banerjee didn’t exactly have […]

Entertainment

Netflix Movie’s Skate Park Set Now Training Ground For Indian Village Kids

NEW DELHI — After assisting filmmakers Christopher Nolan, Patty Jenkins, and Vishal Bhardwaj and making three short films, Los Angeles-based Manjari Makijany landed in India to build her debut feature film “Skater Girl”. Skateboarding entered the […]