Australia is facing a record surge in drowning deaths, with lifesavers warning urgent action is needed to improve swimming ...

Saeed KHAN/AFP/AFP A "large shark" mauled a surfer to death at a popular Sydney beach on Saturday, Australian police and rescuers said, in a rare fatal attack that led to a string of beach closures.

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A beloved member of the Australian and Indonesian surf community has died. Australian surfer and expat, Gunther Henry Kitzler, vanished while surf G-Land in East Java on Monday. He was 56 years old.