Rod McGuirk, Associated Press

The UN estimates 670 villagers have died in the landslide, while Papua New Guinea’s government says more than 2,000 may have been buried.

Villagers said that the number of people killed could be much higher.

Biden spoke at a Pennsylvania war memorial last week about his Army Air Corps aviator uncle Ambrose Finnegan, who was shot down over Papua New Guinea.

The attacker’s father said his son, who suffered from schizophrenia, was frustrated he didn’t have a girlfriend.

Erin Patterson has also been charged with three counts of attempting to murder her former husband.

It was the larva of an Australian native roundworm, commonly found in carpet pythons and not previously known to be a human parasite.

Officials say all 20 survivors were flown from Melville Island 50 miles south to Darwin within hours of the Marine V-22 Osprey crashing on Sunday morning during a multinational training exercise.

Of the 25 people injured, one was in critical condition and others remained in hospitals, officials said.

The U.N. World Heritage Committee said in a draft report Monday that “there is no possible doubt” that the network of colorful corals off Australia’s northeast coast was “facing ascertained danger” from climate change.

JBS of Brazil notified the U.S. of a ransom demand from a criminal organization likely based in Russia, the White House confirmed.

Vast tracts of land in Australia’s New South Wales state are being threatened by a mouse plague that the state government describes as “absolutely unprecedented.”

A year ago, vast swaths of New South Wales had been charred by unprecedented wildfires following years of drought that gripped most of the state.

The news provided a bit of relief from concerns about the stalled Brexit negotiations.

Australia's beleaguered prime minister was ousted from power in an internal party ballot on Monday as the ruling conservative party attempts to win back a disenchanted public by replacing the nation's polarizing, gaffe-prone leader with his more moderate rival.

Restaurants around the world will soon use new DNA technology to assure patrons they are being served the genuine fish fillet or caviar they ordered, rather than inferior substitutes, an expert in genetic identification says.