Australia and New Zealand

She won every race she ran, and her fame went beyond the insular world of horseracing.

By Yan Zhuang

Specimens of what appear to be the largest eurypterid species found in Australia could shed light on the sudden extinction of the massive arthropods.

By Rebecca Dzombak

The Paris prosecutor’s office said that the diplomat had been struck in the face with the butt of a pistol. The robbery took place in Paris’s affluent 7th arrondissement.

By Eve Sampson and Ségolène Le Stradic

The military alliance between Australia and the United States is growing ever closer. But how does the superpower value its smaller ally? Here are some clues.

By Julia Bergin

The United States, Australia and Britain are making it easier to share defense technology, hoping to spur the innovations needed to keep up with China.

By Damien Cave

Police were racing to recover the fake sweets, each of which contained up to 300 doses of methamphetamine. Three people sought medical attention.

By Yan Zhuang

The aquatic reptiles cannot resist eating invasive toads that are toxic, so scientists gave the crocodiles a dose of nonlethal food poisoning to adjust their behavior.

By Jack Tamisiea

An Australian start-up is hoping fungi can pull carbon dioxide from the air and stash it underground. It’s one of several ventures trying to deploy the superpowers of soil to slow global warming.

By Somini Sengupta and Matthew Abbott

He endured skepticism but won a Nobel Prize for his work upending the conventional wisdom that stress, diet or alcohol caused the painful condition.

By Michael S. Rosenwald

The cheese scone is so essential to the New Zealand diet that it is almost impossible to find a cafe without a plate of them on the counter.

By Pete McKenzie