Former Australian Idol contestant Kate Cook has died. Cook, who appeared on the singing competition show in 2009, was found dead by authorities in a wooded area near her home in Lowood, Queensland ...

Brisbane is not a city to give England some much-needed Ashes optimism. After defeat by Australia in the first Test, the tourists must stir themselves for a trip to the Gabba, a ground where England ...

SYDNEY >> A statue in Sydney of British explorer James Cook, captain of the first Western ship to reach the east coast of Australia, was sprayed with red paint and damaged two days before Australia’s ...

An often vandalised monument to renowned British explorer James Cook in Melbourne, Australia, will not be repaired due to the growing cost of doing so, however, authorities reject accusations that the ...

More than two centuries ago, the British Royal Navy purchased a 4-year-old merchant ship with a flat-bottomed hull that was ideal for transporting cargo. The year was 1768. To the west, across the ...

The Australian city of Melbourne will not replace a damaged monument to British explorer James Cook, a local mayor has said, for fear it will inevitably be vandalised again. The granite-and-bronze ...

Four Aboriginal spears taken by British explorer James Cook in 1770, thought to be some of the oldest surviving artifacts collected by any European from Australia, will be repatriated to the La ...

Tokyo Olympic gold medallist Zac Stubblety-Cook OAM has been named on a five-strong Australian Swim Team Athlete Leadership Group set to guide the Dolphins through to the Paris Olympic Games. The ...

Cook Medical, with three global locations including a facility in Parks Township, announced last week plans to sell their reproductive health devices division to CooperCompanies, headquartered in San ...

A 16th-century maritime map shows that Portuguese adventurers, not the British or the Dutch, were the first Europeans to find Australia, according to a new book that details the story of the secret ...

One year has passed since the Olympic Games, delayed by a year due to COVID-19, unfolded in Tokyo. To celebrate what went down in the Japanese capital, Swimming World is revisiting the championship ...

MELBOURNE - The Australian city of Melbourne will not replace a damaged monument to British explorer James Cook, the mayor said, for fear it will inevitably be vandalised again. The granite-and-bronze ...