Australia

Qantas to fly the literary skies

2013-05-21 08:31:00

Australia's Qantas Airlines is promoting the announcement of its extended flight routes by commissioning a series of books that last exactly as long as each flight.� For passengers, that could mean less worrying about when it's safe to use electronic...

Tejay van Garderen extends lead in Tour of California

2013-05-17 16:49:00

Tejay van Garderen raced to a dominating individual time trial victory Friday in the Tour of California to extend his overall lead over Australian Michael Rogers. Van Garderen, the 24-year-old BMC rider who grew up in Bozeman, Mont., completed the 19.6-...

J.J. Abrams' 'Star Trek' sequel outperforming original overseas

2013-05-12 15:46:00

While the USS Enterprise�has yet to conquer foreign galaxies, it is starting to pick up speed overseas. Playing in seven foreign markets this weekend, J.J. Abrams' "Star Trek Into Darkness"�collected $31.7 million, according to an estimate from...

Review: Guy Pearce doesn't fit in strained '33 Postcards'

2013-05-16 19:30:00

Innocence meets experience, unconvincingly, in the strained redemption drama "33 Postcards." The movie's awkward mix of familiar setups finds a teenage orphan from China on the sorta-mean streets of Sydney, Australia, inspiring hope in a criminal who...

Watch Thursday's 'ring of fire' solar eclipse live-streamed

2013-05-09 12:56:00

Live video of Thursday's solar eclipse will be streaming on latimes.com beginning at 2:30 p.m. PDT. The video is courtesy of Slooh Space Camera, which has several telescopes around the world, and which often live-streams celestial events. On Thursday,...

Colgate University to return aboriginal artwork to Australia

2013-05-08 07:06:00

A collection of artwork by aboriginal Australian children that was given to Colgate University in 1966 is being voluntarily returned to Australia. The upstate New York school said Tuesday that it would transfer 119 pieces from the collection to�Curtin...

Wednesday's TV Highlights: 'The Americans' on FX

2013-04-30 20:00:00

Customized TV Listings are available here: www.latimes.com/tvtimes Click here to download TV listings for the week of April 28 - May 4, 2013 in PDF format This week's TV Movies � � -------------------- � SERIES Arrow Oliver (Stephen Amell) has...

Stakes are huge in Malaysian election

2013-05-03 17:29:00

NEW DELHI — Malaysia faces its most significant election in decades Sunday, as voters choose between the longtime ruling coalition touting its steady hand and an untested opposition alliance promising economic and political reforms. The stakes are...

What happened when Baz Luhrmann moved 'The Great Gatsby' to Australia

2013-05-05 21:25:00

F. Scott Fitzgerald's ambition for "The Great Gatsby" was scarcely modest: "Something new — something extraordinary and beautiful and simple and intricately patterned," the novelist wrote to his editor of his plans for the 1925 novel. Tobey...

Queen Elizabeth II to skip first Commonwealth meeting in 4 decades

2013-05-07 10:54:00

LONDON – Ending four decades of perfect attendance, Queen Elizabeth II will skip the biennial meeting of Commonwealth leaders later this year as part of a rethink by palace officials of long-distance travel and public events for the 87-year-old...

'Ring of fire' solar eclipse on Thursday: Watch it live, here

2013-05-09 07:00:00

An eclipse of the sun will occur on Thursday and you can watch it live online, right here. Ideally you would go outside with a pair of very dark sun-gazing glasses, or a cardboard box with a pinhole in it, and see this event for yourself, but unless you...

Global Voices: Filmmakers chronicle Chinese run on French wine

2013-04-20 02:00:00

What might have been a grueling, 25-hour flight from Sydney to London two years ago instead brought filmmaker and viticulturist Warwick Ross to a project that blended his passions for storytelling and wine as perfectly as the grapes for a nice Chardonnay-...

This handout photo supplied by Marineland Melanesia on May 21, 2013 shows Cassius, the world's largest saltwater crocodile in captivity, eating his 110th birthday cake, on Green Island, Queensland in Australia. The cake was made of 20 kilograms of chicken necks.

2013-05-21 00:00:00

MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 21: Stunt expert Leigh-Anne Vizer is held by a 4.5 metre King Kong hand 300 metres above the city of Melbourne during a 'King Kong' production photo call at Eureka Skydeck on May 21, 2013 in Melbourne, Australia.

2013-05-20 00:00:00

Despite Dreamliner woes, Boeing jumped from the No. 39 spot last year, improving on $68.7 billion in revenue. A Boeing 787 Dreamliner carbon composite aircraft touches down in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by James Morgan/Boeing Australia via Getty Images)

2013-05-06 06:27:00