A spring heat wave is gripping large parts of Australia's southeast, including Sydney, and as per predictions, is only expected to intensify. Australia's Bureau of Meteorology, as per Reuters, has predicted that on Monday temperatures may rise by up to 16 degrees Celsius (60 Fahrenheit) above the September average.

Australia faces 'uncommon' heatwave, temperatures predicted to rise 16 degrees above normal

As a severe heatwave pushes temperatures in several regions including Sydney, Australian officials on Tuesday warned of a soaring risk of bushfires. Temperatures, as per Reuters, are rising to reach their highest levels in two years.

Australia faces bush fire threat as temperatures reach two-year high of 40°C

A recent report from London said that now, for the first time since census began, Christians make up less than half of the population in the United Kingdom. That Christians no longer account for a majority of the UK’s population is attributed to the remarkable rise of the non-religious population.

WION Spotlight | Faith Accompli: Australian way of being inclusive

As wildfire groups warn that human activities are leading to a depletion of the nation's habitats and that many of Australia's species are just clinging to existence, Australia has now listed 15 new species as threatened.

Australia launches zero-extinction plan; wallaby, snake among threatened species

A landmark ruling stating that Australia's environment minister had a duty to protect children from climate change was overturned by an Australian court on Tuesday.

Children and climate change: Australian court strikes down landmark ruling protecting minors

There is a new album in the top five of the Aria charts in Australia. Incredibly, it is made up entirely of endangered Australian bird squawks and tweets. Titled 'Songs of Disappearance', the album has eclipsed the likes of The Weeknd and Abba, as well as holiday favourites Michael Bublé and Mariah Carey.

'Songs of Disappearance': Spreading awareness, birdsong album overtakes music stars in Australia

As India and Australia increase engagement under Indo-Pacific vision, Canberra on Monday announced Rs 81.2 million grant under the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative (IPOI).

Australia announces Rs 81.2 million grant for Indo-Pacific Ocean Initiative

After days of heated exchange of talks with the social media platform, Facebook, the Australian government has announced that Facebook is all set to restore news pages on its platform.

Facebook to restore news pages in Australia soon, government claims

Following the fallout between the Australian government and social media platform, Facebook, the country's health department has decided to no longer advertise on the platform.

Australia health ministry freezes ads on Facebook ahead of vaccine rollout

After several days of talks between the Australian government and the social media platform Facebook, Scott Morrison's government has declared that it will not change proposed media laws.

Australia won't change media law despite Facebook's protest, says FM

More than 60,000 koalas were killed, injured or displaced in Australian bushfires last summer, the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has estimated, in what it called a deeply disturbing number for a species already in trouble.

Australia's bushfires killed or harmed more than 60,000 Koalas: Report

Australia has closed the national park home to its revered indigenous site of Uluru after some in the community blocked an access route for fear that visitors could carry in coronavirus infections.

Indigenous Australian group blocks Uluru access route over pandemic fears

It was feared that the Australian bushfires had killed at least 350 koalas. Turns out, it was a gross underestimation. At least 5000 koalas died during the recent Australian bushfires.

Thing of the past? Experts fear Australia's iconic koala could go extinct by 2050

A star-studded charity game to aid Australian bushfire relief was on Thursday moved from the Sydney Cricket Ground to Melbourne due to forecast torrential rain, forcing some players to drop out.

Rain hits cricket's star-studded Australia bushfire fundraiser

Joining the ever-growing list of celebrities who have donated for the relief efforts of Australia wildfire, makeup mogul and reality TV star Kylie Jenner revealed that she donated $1 million for the cause.

Kylie Jenner donates $1million to Australia wildfire relief efforts

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday he wants greater federal powers during natural disasters, as authorities warned bushfires ravaging the country for months were sweeping through a national park near the capital.

Australian PM seeks greater federal powers to protect the nation from threatening bushfires

As bushfires engulf parts of southeastern Australia, indigenous Australians say their traditional land burning methods could help contain out-of-control blazes that have led to the worst wildfire season on record.

Indigenous Australians say traditional land burning could help counter bushfires

By Darren Evans The sheer scale and intensity of the Australian bushfire crisis have led to apocalyptic scenes making the front pages of newspapers the world over.

Bushfires: Can ecosystems recover from such dramatic losses of biodiversity?

The first cruise ship returned to bushfire-ravaged Kangaroo Island in Australia on Sunday (January 19), bringing tourists and a much-needed economic boost for locals.

First tourists on cruise ship return to bushfire-hit Kangaroo Island

An unlikely hero of his country's bushfire relief efforts, Nick Kyrgios enters the Australian Open on a rare surge of goodwill from a sports-loving public long infuriated by his failure to convert talent into trophies.

Melbourne Park ready to embrace the Kyrgios that cares

A founding member of popular Australian children's music group ''The Wiggles'' was recovering in a Sydney hospital after suffering a cardiac arrest while performing at a bushfire relief concert on Friday, the band said.

'The Wiggles' singer Greg Page suffers cardiac arrest at Sydney bushfire relief concert

Fears of more disruption to the Australian Open from bushfire smoke receded on Saturday as hundreds of children flooded the Melbourne Park precinct under sunny skies on Kid's Day at the year's first Grand Slam.

Smoke threat recedes as Australian Open approaches

The east coast of Australia, especially Victoria and New South Wales (NSW) experienced heavy rain and thunderstorms on Thursday. Australians are hopeful that the bushfires would be extinguished after the rains or at least the intensity fires will reduce.

After bushfire, Australian east coast experiences heavy rain and thunderstorms

Japan's Naomi Osaka trolled 23-times grand slam winner Serena Williams. Also read- Australian Open: Nadal, Federer pledge A$250,000 towards bushfire relief World number 3 was alongside Williams for the fund-raiser match ahead of Australian Open, where she tweeted a photo of her and Williams captioning it "me and my mom lol.

Tennis: Naomi Osaka tweets picture of Serena Williams, calls her 'mom'