Australia

First the french try and tax soda now the Aussies try and tax junk food all in an attempt to fight the fast rising obesity rates.

The beloved Executive Chairman and President of Association of Tennis Players played a key role in securing increased prize money for grand slam participants. He died at his home in Australia after a months-long battle with motor neurone disease.

News went viral as Australian TV channel reported on the death of the actor in a car crash.

Australia's parliament on Monday passed laws to ban the import and trade of illegally logged timber, joining the United States and European Union in clamping down on a global trade in stolen timber that Interpol says is worth about $30 billion a year.

The moon will move between Earth and the sun and a solar eclipse is set to happen along the entire length of the southern Pacific Ocean over several hours and making landfall early Wednesday.

Why hasn't iMotor covered Mitsubishi lately? Because there's nothing interesting to talk about. Unfortunately, and somewhat alarmingly, Mitsubishi Australia president and CEO Mutsuhiro Oshikiri agrees with us.

only 201 BRZ sports cars will be delivered in Australia for 2012. So, when Subaru Australia kicked off the BRZ release at noon yesterday, Subaru fans were already standing by as if they were dealing with a lightning deal on Amazon.com.