SYDNEY — British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen's new character has a thing for Australia's wonkish prime minister. Baron Cohen, once better known ...
AP | ROD McGUIRK | Posted 04.29.2009 | World
CANBERRA, Australia — Australia announced Wednesday it will increase by almost one half its troops in Afghanistan to about 1,550 as part of the ...
G20Voice | Posted 04.01.2009 | World
Gordon Brown repeatedly made the point that Thursday is part of a process of building a new economy; not an attempt to solve it all in one day.
The West Australian | Posted 03.24.2009 | World
US President Barack Obama and Prime Minister Kevin Rudd reaffirmed the close Australia-US alliance during a 70-minute meeting at the White House on Tu...
The Age | Posted 03.24.2009 | World
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has hinted Australia could expand its role training Afghan security forces, if the US wants us to make a greater contributio...
Russell James | Posted 02.12.2009 | World
One year ago tomorrow, Kevin Rudd, on his first day of office, officially apologized to the Indigenous people of Australia for 200 years of oppression. This speech was the impetus for this video.
AP | TANALEE SMITH | Posted 02.09.2009 | World
WHITTLESEA, Australia — Disaster teams found charred bodies on roadsides and in crashed cars _ grim signs of the futile attempt to flee raging w...
David Horton | Posted 12.16.2008 | Green
If you thought that electing Obama was going to lead to action on global warming you might take a look at this week's events in Australia.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess | Posted 12.11.2008 | World
This has been a tough year for China. Between the Sichuan earthquake, the Tibetan protests, and the frightening melamine poisonings of thousands of infants, the glories of the successful Beijing Games were muted. It has hardly been the triumphant year top officials hoped for.
Treehugger | Warren McLaren | Posted 11.11.2008 | Green
The ninth wind farm in South Australia just opened on the Barunga Ranges near Snowtown. Its 47 turbines, installed by Trust Power of New Zealand, (who...
AFP | Posted 09.29.2008 | Green
SYDNEY (AFP) - Australia's leading climate change scientists Monday pleaded with Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to override his top adviser on the issue an...
Jim Wallis | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics
One of the stories I first heard on my recent visit to Australia was about what helped swing the vote last November to Kevin Rudd, the new Labor prime...
Jim Wallis | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics
I encouraged the young prime minister of Australia not to underestimate the influence of middle-sized countries in providing global leadership on some of the most important issues of our time.
Jeffrey Wasserstrom and Kate Merkel-Hess | Posted 08.03.2008 | Media
In recognition of the limited time he has before departing for Beijing, we've put together a brief list of the best recent China writing on the Web.
David Weiner | Posted 06.26.2008 | Politics
According to a new poll, American public opinion about the Olympic Games, China, and the perceived actions of the host country has changed very little since the Sichuan earthquake.
Carl Pope | Posted 11.27.2007 | Home
San Francisco -- There are a lot of logical reasons for Australia -- along with Canada -- to resist joining the world effort to find solutions to glob...
Jim Wallis | Posted 11.26.2007 | Politics
Along with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, Australia's new prime minister Kevin Rudd is a new kind of political leader who seeks to practice moral politics.
Steve Clemons | Posted 11.24.2007 | Politics
Gordon Brown in the UK and now Kevin Rudd in Australia may be good predictors that the next U.S. president will be a Democrat.
AP | ROHAN SULLIVAN | Posted 11.24.2007 | Politics
Conservative Prime Minister John Howard suffered a humiliating defeat Saturday at the hands of the left-leaning opposition, whose leader has promised ...
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AP | Posted 06.29.2009 | Entertainment