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Melbourne Zoo investigating sudden death of gorilla

SYDNEY, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Vets at the Melbourne Zoo have commenced an investigation into the sudden death of a 20-year-old female gorilla.

Man hospitalized after Melbourne shooting

SYDNEY, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- Police in Melbourne are searching for two people after a man was seriously injured in a shooting in the city\'s southeast.

Report reveals 9.6-bln-USD annual cost of saving Australian species from extinction

SYDNEY, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Saving Australia's priority species from extinction would cost almost 10 billion U.S. dollars annually for 30 years, a new report has found.

Driver hospitalized after bus crashes into Sydney home

SYDNEY, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Multiple passengers have been treated for minor injuries and a driver has been hospitalized after a bus crashed into a house in western Sydney on Tuesday.

17-year-old girl killed in shark attack at Australian beach

SYDNEY, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- A 17-year-old girl died on Monday after being attacked by a shark at a beach on Bribie Island off the coast of Queensland, about 50 km north of Brisbane.

Residents warned of ongoing flood threat in northeastern Australia

SYDNEY, Feb. 4 (Xinhua) -- Heavy rainfall has eased, but evacuated residents of northeastern Australia have been told it is not yet safe to return home amid widespread flooding.

Roundup: Keys stuns Sabalenka to lift Australian Open women's title, Patten/Heliovaara clinch men's doubles

MELBOURNE, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Underdog Madison Keys denied top seed Aryna Sabalenka's place in history after winning a nerve-jangling women's final at the Australian Open on Saturday, while Henry Patten and Harri Heliovaara claimed the men's doubles title.

Feature: A win-win story between a small Australian town and China

PORT HEDLAND, Australia, Oct. 29 (Xinhua) -- "Nihao, China!" the Year 4 children cheered enthusiastically as Xinhua reporters were filming them in their classroom.

Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, May 28

VIENTIANE -- Shohrat Zakir, vice chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC), led a delegation to visit Laos from May 24 to 28, at the invitation of Laos' National Assembly (NA).

Xinhua Asia-Pacific news summary at 1600 GMT, Jan. 15

HONG KONG -- Hong Kong Customs has seized about 444 kg of suspected liquid cocaine with an estimated market value of about 490 million Hong Kong dollars (about 63 million U.S. dollars), representing a record seizure of liquid cocaine, the customs said Monday.

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