Sydney Harbour Bridge

A juvenile humpback whale was freed Friday after it was entangled in ropes and buoys in the harbour of Australia's largest city for 22 hours.

Climate change protesters marched in Sydney on Monday forcing police to close major roads in the city centre while morning traffic through the landmark Sydney Harbour Bridge was disrupted after a woman chained herself to her vehicle.

The Toyota Kluger was stolen minutes before the crash, and the driver is now being treated in a hospital under police's supervision.

From Sydney Harbour Bridge to the Acropolis to Copacabana beach, fireworks burst in skies above eerily deserted landmarks as the world ushered in the New Year with muted celebrations and said good riddance to a pandemic-ridden 2020.

Australia's largest city Sydney put on its biggest-ever fireworks display in a spectacular welcome to the New Year, kicking off a wave of celebrations for billions around the world.

Australia became the 26th nation to legalise same-sex marriage in December 2017, a watershed moment in a country where some states held homosexual activity to be illegal until twenty years ago.

A wallaby in Australia was found hopping at towards the Sydney Harbour Bridge early morning on January 16, surprising motorists and pedestrians alike.

Australia rang in the New Year Sunday with a spectacular display of rainbow-coloured fireworks cascading from Sydney Harbour Bridge, as revellers marked the nation's legalisation of gay marriage amid tight security.

From Beijing to Berlin, star gazers around the world admired the supermoon - the largest, brightest full moon in nearly seven decades - as it made its way across the skies on Sunday and Monday.

A man scaled the Sydney Harbour Bridge today, sparking traffic chaos, before being coaxed down by police negotiators and arrested.

Sydney will kick-start the global New Year's Eve party with its biggest fireworks display ever, but fear of jihadist attacks has cast a pall with Brussels scrapping celebrations and many cities tightening security.

Australia's biggest city Sydney was smashed by a tornado-like storm today, with hail as big as golf balls and winds gusting at 200 kilometres (124 miles) an hour causing havoc.

After a turbulent year marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks and a horrific series of airline disasters, many could be forgiven for saying good riddance to 2014 and gratefully ringing in a new year.

England's Matt Prior helped pull the man away from the edge of the bridge in Darling Harbour at Sydney and chatted to him along with fast bowler Stuart Broad for almost an hour before New South Wales police arrived on the scene.

Sydney kicked off New Year celebrations with a dazzling fireworks spectacular, the first in a wave of pyrotechnics to usher in 2014 from Hong Kong to world record-chasing Dubai.

A juvenile humpback whale was freed Friday after it was entangled in ropes and buoys in the harbour of Australia's largest city for 22 hours.

Climate change protesters marched in Sydney on Monday forcing police to close major roads in the city centre while morning traffic through the landmark Sydney Harbour Bridge was disrupted after a woman chained herself to her vehicle.

The Toyota Kluger was stolen minutes before the crash, and the driver is now being treated in a hospital under police's supervision.

From Sydney Harbour Bridge to the Acropolis to Copacabana beach, fireworks burst in skies above eerily deserted landmarks as the world ushered in the New Year with muted celebrations and said good riddance to a pandemic-ridden 2020.

Australia's largest city Sydney put on its biggest-ever fireworks display in a spectacular welcome to the New Year, kicking off a wave of celebrations for billions around the world.

Australia became the 26th nation to legalise same-sex marriage in December 2017, a watershed moment in a country where some states held homosexual activity to be illegal until twenty years ago.

A wallaby in Australia was found hopping at towards the Sydney Harbour Bridge early morning on January 16, surprising motorists and pedestrians alike.

Australia rang in the New Year Sunday with a spectacular display of rainbow-coloured fireworks cascading from Sydney Harbour Bridge, as revellers marked the nation's legalisation of gay marriage amid tight security.

From Beijing to Berlin, star gazers around the world admired the supermoon - the largest, brightest full moon in nearly seven decades - as it made its way across the skies on Sunday and Monday.

A man scaled the Sydney Harbour Bridge today, sparking traffic chaos, before being coaxed down by police negotiators and arrested.

Sydney will kick-start the global New Year's Eve party with its biggest fireworks display ever, but fear of jihadist attacks has cast a pall with Brussels scrapping celebrations and many cities tightening security.

Australia's biggest city Sydney was smashed by a tornado-like storm today, with hail as big as golf balls and winds gusting at 200 kilometres (124 miles) an hour causing havoc.

After a turbulent year marred by terror woes, Ebola outbreaks and a horrific series of airline disasters, many could be forgiven for saying good riddance to 2014 and gratefully ringing in a new year.

England's Matt Prior helped pull the man away from the edge of the bridge in Darling Harbour at Sydney and chatted to him along with fast bowler Stuart Broad for almost an hour before New South Wales police arrived on the scene.

Sydney kicked off New Year celebrations with a dazzling fireworks spectacular, the first in a wave of pyrotechnics to usher in 2014 from Hong Kong to world record-chasing Dubai.