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An Australian comedian has rethought her scheduled trip to America after being advised she could be detained over jokes that are critical of the Trump administration, according to reporting in The Guardian.

Award-winning comedian Alice Fraser told the British paper that she was all set to travel to New York to promote her new book and planned to apply for a special visa specifically for comedians wanting to live and work in the U.S.

That's when Fraser said she decided to ask an immigration lawyer a "ridiculous question — that I do political satire and have a fair few jokes floating around on Elon Musk and Donald Trump, and whether that would be a risk."...

Sydney (AFP) - Australia's prime minister on Tuesday lamented the "tragic" deaths of two Australian brothers and an American shot dead in a suspected robbery in Mexico. Anthony Albanese praised the trio of "wonderful young men" killed in Baja California state and offered condolences to their devastated families. "This is a tragic incident, and to all of the family and the friends of these young Australians, I think the whole of Australia's thoughts are with you at this difficult time." Albanese indicated he wanted to speak to the brothers' family "at an appropriate time of their choosing". Aus......

Tijuana (Mexico) (AFP) - The physical characteristics of three bodies found in Mexico's Baja California state resemble those of two Australian brothers and their American friend who went missing while on a surfing trip, local authorities said Saturday. State prosecutor Maria Elena Andrade said that the bodies, found Friday dumped in a shaft atop a cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean, were in an "advanced state of decomposition," complicating identification. "However," she added, "given their clothing and certain characteristics such as long hair and specific physical descriptions, we have high......

Scientists are warning of devastating coral bleaching on the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Australia's eastern state of Queensland. According to the local non-governmental organization Climate Council, new underwater images show the full extent of the disaster. An area 1,100 kilometres long from Lizard Island to the Keppel Islands has already been affected, the Australian news agency AAP reported on Tuesday. According to experts, the trigger is a recent marine heatwave in the region. Diana Kleine, a project manager for the environmental monitoring group CoralWatch, has been visiting the......

An Australian cattle farmer is set to leave the hospital nearly a month after he got bitten by a crocodile — and escaped by biting back. Colin Deveraux, who’s in his mid-60s, was walking toward a river in northern Australia to take care of some fencing when he saw fish clustering in a billabong, a pond left behind when the river changes course or flood waters ebb. Realizing there was something else in the water besides the fish, he abandoned his idea of catching some and turned to leave. “The water had receded, and it was down to this dirty water in the middle,” Deveraux told Australian broadc......

CHICAGO — After 14 dark days, Uri Raanan expects the best day of his life to be about a week away. Raanan’s daughter Natalie Raanan and her mother Judith Raanan, Uri’s ex-wife, were released into Israel Friday after two weeks spent as hostages of the terrorist group Hamas. Natalie and Judith plan to fly back to Chicago in about a week, Uri Raanan told reporters from his home in Bannockburn, near Deerfield, Friday evening, hours after the first news reports of their release. “I’ve been waiting for this moment for a long time,” Uri said. “I haven’t been sleeping for two weeks.” Hamas operatives ......