The seller, who paid £150 to buy an ancient globe at a Welsh antique fair, was left stunned and dumbstruck when it was sold for a whopping price, fetching six figures at an auction on Thursday (December 16).

Ancient globe, bought for £150 at Welsh antique fair, fetches £116,000 at auction. Know what makes it valuable

As climate change makes its presence felt across the world, there are some who are trying to fight its impact away from the limelight by creating a solar village and living off the grid for 40 years more in this next detailed report.

Living off the grid for 40 years, meet the creators of solar village in Australia

The COVID-19 pandemic has severely affected the buffalo farmers in Australia. For months, they had to sustain themselves with very little profits from milk and meat products. So how have the buffalo farmers of Australia managed to survive this downturn?

Australian buffalo farmers reducing carbon footprint to survive COVID-19 pandemic

Koalas, which are already at worryingly low numbers are particularly vulnerable and in the Sydney region, they also face many other dangers, including habitat loss and disease. WION tells you how Australia is preparing to protect Koalas.

Australia prepares to protect Koalas from bushfires

At least five school children were killed and some were badly injured in an accident in Australia as their jumping castle was thrown into the air after a gust of wind picked it up.

'Horrific tragedy': Five children die after jumping castle blown into air at Australian school

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

Australians flocked to shopping malls and stores across inner Sydney to get their stockings filled and presents wrapped ahead of Christmas.

Australia: Shopping centres deck the halls with Christmas decorations

Locals shed tears of happiness as Queensland border reopens after 143 days

Two years ago, the fields outside Christina Southwell’s family home near the cotton capital of Australia looked like a dusty, brown desert as drought-fueled wildfires burned to the north and south.

First fires, then floods: Climate extremes batter Australia

In a protest against China's human rights abuses in the Xinjiang region, Top Japanese officials are likely to skip Beijing Winter Olympics.

Japan likely to join US, Australia, UK & Canada in boycotting Beijing Winter Olympics diplomatically

It's the holiday season! And everyone wishes to be with their loved ones and enjoy the merriment from Christmas celebrations to the New Year. The same goes with an Australian couple, who is ready to spend tens of thousands of dollars on a private jet costing approximately US$32,000 to fly their pet dog home from New Zealand.

'Million Dollar Munchkin': Australian couple plans to charter private jet for dog stranded by Covid rules

After the United States, Australia and the United Kingdom has announced a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Games. This comes after the IOC said it can't provide "any certainties" regarding the well-being of Peng Shuai. Palki Sharma asks: Why is India backing the tainted event?

Gravitas: #GencoideOlympics: Why India should boycott the Winter Games

China has warned Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States and Canada, saying that nations would "pay the price" for the diplomatic boycott of the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics.

Winter Olympics: China warns Australia, UK, US for diplomatic boycott, says 'will pay price for wrong acts'

Canada joined a growing list of countries refusing to send government officials to the Beijing Winter Olympics. The US, UK and Australia have already said that they won't send official delegations to the Games in response to China's human rights violations against Uyghurs.

Canada joins US, UK & Australia in diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics

After Australia announced the diplomatic boycott of the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing, the Chinese Embassy in Australia issued a statement saying that 'mountains can not stop the river from flowing into the sea'.

Chinese Embassy in Australia reacts to diplomatic boycott of Winter Olympics: 'Mountains can't stop the river'

Australian PM Scott Morrison confirms that the officials will not attend the Beijing Winter Olympics, joining the United States in a diplomatic boycott of next year’s Games over China's questionable human rights abuses.

Australia joins United States in boycotting Beijing winter Olympics over China's human rights abuses

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