Australia

Australian wildlife authorities are investigating the deaths of the whales, which were discovered Monday on Tasmania's King Island, off the southeastern coast.

The 77-year-old man in a rural part of southwest Australia may have been keeping the wild kangaroo as a pet. It's reportedly the first fatal kangaroo attack in the country since 1936.

The sentence reduction means Umar Patek could be released on parole ahead of the 20th anniversary of the bombings in October.

The former prime minister defended his actions, saying they were a safeguard during the coronavirus pandemic and that he would have made the appointments public had he needed to use the powers.

While higher water temperatures led to a coral bleaching event in some areas in March, the temperatures did not climb high enough to kill the coral, according to the Australian government.

The wide-ranging report found the number of Australian species listed as threatened had increased since the 2016 report.

Days of torrential rain have caused dams to overflow and waterways to break their banks, bringing a fourth flood emergency in 16 months to parts of the city of 5 million people.

The new government may face pressure to set even more ambitious goals for a country that is one of the world's largest exporters of coal and liquified natural gas.

Australians awoke on Sunday to a new prime minister in Anthony Albanese, the center-left Labor Party leader, though it remains unclear whether his party can form a majority government.

The Labor Party appeared more likely than Prime Minister Scott Morrison's coalition to form a government after Australia's election on Saturday that could result in a rare hung parliament.