If the sentence handed to the media mogul Jimmy Lai was meant to surprise, it would have been shorter.  Twenty years behind bars is not a burst of rage. It is a sentence designed to…

It was a bloody 24 hours. First, three Americans were killed and three wounded on Saturday by an ISIS terrorist in Syria’s security forces. Then two students were killed and nine injured in a shooting…

SYDNEY (AP) — A father and son are suspected by officials to have killed 15 people on a popular Australian beach, shocking a country where gun violence is rare. The government on Monday, a day…

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese welcomed a world-first social media ban for children younger than 16 that took effect Wednesday as families taking back power from tech giants but warned the implementation would be…

How does one make the transition from Australia’s Gold Coast to the small town of Iola? It starts with friendship.  Steve and Di Bowman took the leap of faith in moving to southeast Kansas in…

Instructors at Allen Community College are organizing a trip to New Zealand and Australia for those who have dreamed of visiting the “Land Down Under.”  The all-inclusive trip is open to anyone and will take…

PARIS (AP) — Breanna Stewart scored 16 points and the U.S. women advanced to their eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal game with a 85-64 victory over Australia on Friday. The Americans, who extended their Olympic…

LONDON (AP) — The wife of Julian Assange said Thursday her husband’s legal case “could be moving in the right direction” after President Joe Biden confirmed the U.S. may drop charges against the imprisoned WikiLeaks…

Most people associate retirement with taking life at a leisurely pace. Beverly Beech must have missed the memo. Fresh off the heels of a career as a surgical technician, the energetic Iolan took a six-week…

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) — It’s a frequent — and most often frantic — high-pitched yell when kids playing street hockey in North America know their game is about to be interrupted. “Car!” screams one of…