ULURU, Australia (AP) — Nature seemed to be siding with indigenous Australians’ demand for Uluru to be respected as a sacred site on Friday when high winds threatened to prematurely end the ...

ULURU, Australia (AP) — Nature seemed to be siding with indigenous Australians’ demand for Uluru to be respected as a sacred site on Friday when high winds threatened to prematurely end the ...

Large numbers of tourists are rushing to scale Uluru -- also known as Ayers Rock -- ahead of a looming ban on climbing a site sacred to indigenous Australians. Photographs of hundreds of people ...

CANBERRA (Reuters) - An Australian government proposal to stop people from climbing the famed Uluru, in deference to the wishes of indigenous people, sparked debate on Wednesday with lawmakers ...

Tourists can carry on climbing Uluru, the massive rock in the heart of the Australia's central red desert, after the Australian government on Friday ruled out banning the popular ascent, for now.

The long, contentious debate over the future of Australia's sacred Uluru is over. Climbing the famed Northern Territory site will be banned from October 2019 following a unanimous decision by the ...

YULARA, Australia, Oct 25 (Reuters) – Australia’s Uluru officially closed to climbers for good on Friday. The permanent ban takes effect after a decades-long fight by indigenous people to close the ...

YULARA, Australia, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Australia's Uluru officially closed to climbers for good on Friday, although the last visitors to scale the sacred rock were allowed to stay until sunset, as a ...