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World War II Shipwreck Found After 80 Years

By Phil Mercer | VOA News on Apr 24, 2023   At Sea, Featured, National/World, World  

World War II Shipwreck Found After 80 Years

SYDNEY — The mystery of one of the world’s worst international maritime disasters has been solved off the coast of the Philippines. The wreck of the Montevideo Maru – a Japanese transport ship sunk 80 years ago by an American submarine during World War II – has finally been found. The Montevideo Maru was carrying 850 prisoners of war and […]

Australian War Crimes Report Shows Young Soldiers Were Encouraged to Shoot Afghanistan Prisoners to Get First Kill

By Phil Mercer | VOA News on Nov 19, 2020   Featured, National/World, World  

Australian War Crimes Report Shows Young Soldiers Were Encouraged to Shoot Afghanistan Prisoners to Get First Kill

SYDNEY – A four-year inquiry into Australian special forces in Afghanistan has found “credible evidence” of the “murder” of 39 prisoners, farmers or other civilians. Australian Defense Force Chief Angus Campbell released the final report Thursday. Nineteen Australian soldiers are suspected of executing 39 Afghan prisoners and civilians between 2005 and 2016. The war crimes […]

Australia, New Zealand Challenge Japan Over Whaling

By Phil Mercer | VOA News on Dec 1, 2015   At Sea, Featured, World  

Australia, New Zealand Challenge Japan Over Whaling

SYDNEY—Australia and New Zealand have condemned Japan’s move to send a whaling fleet to the Southern Ocean. It comes a year after an international court ruled that Tokyo’s whale hunt in the Southern Ocean should stop. Last year, the U.N.’s International Court of Justice (ICJ) found that Japan’s whaling program in the Southern Ocean was […]

Australian Researchers Use HIV to Prevent AIDS

By Phil Mercer | VOA News on Jan 18, 2013   Health  

SYDNEY — Australian scientists at the Queensland Institute of Medical Research say they have found a way to use the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, to prevent AIDS, describing the technique as "fighting fire with fire."

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