Oceania

The haze from bushfires obscures the sun setting above the Sydney Opera House in Sydney, Australia, December 6, 2019. REUTERS/John Mair Bushfires fanned by winds combined into a single giant …

Haze from the ongoing bushfires covers the Sydney Harbour Bridge in Sydney, Australia November 21, 2019. REUTERS/John Mair The Australian state of New South Wales was gasping under the worst …

More than 1,350 Australian women won a seven-year-old class action lawsuit on Thursday against Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for misleading patients and surgeons about the risks of the pharmaceutical giant’s …

An orange sky is seen as a dust storm blankets Mildura, Victoria, Australia November 21, 2019, in this still image obtained from a social media video. Courtesy of Kenny Fong/Social …

RFS volunteers and NSW Fire and Rescue officers protect a home on Wheelbarrow Ridge Road being impacted by the Gospers Mountain fire near Colo Heights south west of Sydney, Australia, …

An image taken on a smart phone from a plane window shows smoke haze blanketing Sydney, Australia, November 19, 2019. AAP Image/Neil Bennett/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS …

NSW Rural Fire Service crews burn a containment line around a property Rising temperatures, lightning strikes and erratic winds are set to fan wildfires in Australia in the week ahead, …

A pedestrian walks past the New Zealand parliament building known as the Beehive in central Wellington New Zealand lawmakers passed a bill on Wednesday that would legalise euthanasia, paving the …

A kookaburra perches on a burnt tree in the aftermath of a bushfire in Wallabi Point, New South Wales, Australia, November 12, 2019, in this image obtained from social media. …

A cluster of burnt out cars sit at a property at Rainbow Flat, Australia, November 11, 2019. AAP Image/Darren Pateman/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A …