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Australia Caps Foreign Students in Bid to Curb Migration

Australia Caps Foreign Students in Bid to Curb Migration

Australia will limit the number of foreign students to 270,000 in 2025 as part of a migration crackdown.Under the...

27 Aug 2024 6:44 AM GMT

India ready to partner with Fiji, says President Murmu

Australia and New Zealand

India ready to partner with Fiji, says President Murmu

Addressing the leaders in the Fijian Parliament, President Murmu said, "As India emerges strongly on the global stage,...

6 Aug 2024 11:19 AM GMT

How a Century-Old Drug Could Revolutionise Cobra Bite Treatment

Australia and New Zealand

How a Century-Old Drug Could Revolutionise Cobra Bite Treatment

Sydney: About 1.8 million people worldwide are bitten by snakes each year. Of those, up to 138,000 die and another...

18 July 2024 2:44 PM GMT

Political violence is never acceptable: World leaders condemn shooting at Donald Trumps rally

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Political violence is never acceptable: World leaders condemn shooting...

Honduran President Xiomara Castro de Zelaya has offered support to Trump after the shooting incident. Taking to X, she...

14 July 2024 8:06 AM GMT

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia after US legal battle ends

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange returns to Australia after US legal...

Assange had flown from a London prison to Saipan in a charter jet and flew in the same aircraft to the Australian...

26 Jun 2024 10:05 AM GMT

New rule for Australias student visa: Everything you need to know

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New rule for Australia's student visa: Everything you need to know

Hyderabad: Australia has raised the cap on minimum savings of a student to get a visa to enter the country. This new...

9 May 2024 10:03 AM GMT

Man Stabbed to Death 6 People in a Sydney Shopping Center

Man Stabbed to Death 6 People in a Sydney Shopping Center

Sydney: A man stabbed six people to death at a busy Sydney shopping center Saturday before he was fatally shot, police...

13 April 2024 10:32 AM GMT

New Zealand tightens visa rules amid near record migration

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New Zealand tightens visa rules amid near record migration

SYDNEY: New Zealand said on Sunday that it was making immediate changes to its employment visa program after a near...

8 April 2024 4:06 AM GMT

Four Indians drown in Australia’s Phillip island

Australia and New Zealand

Four Indians drown in Australia’s Phillip island

three of the victims died on the spot and the fourth, in her 20s, was flown to a hospital in Melbourne for treatment

25 Jan 2024 4:48 AM GMT

Former New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern embraces her husband Clarke Gayford at their wedding in Havelock North, New Zealand (Felicity Jean Photography via AP)

Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern marries long-time partner

The couple planned to marry in early 2022, but were forced to cancel after Ardern's government ramped up Covid...

14 Jan 2024 2:35 AM GMT

Elon Musks ownership will bring immediate disruption to Twitters operations, in part because many of his ideas for how to change the company are at odds with how it has been run for years. (Image: Bloomberg)

Elon Musk's X sheds 1,000 staff globally tasked with stopping abusive...

SYDNEY: Elon Musk's X has shed more than 1,000 staff globally from teams responsible for stopping abusive content...

11 Jan 2024 1:55 AM GMT

Australia on Monday said it would tighten visa rules for international students and low-skilled workers that could halve its migrant intake over the next two years (Representational image)

Australia tightens student visa rules, plans to halve migrant intake

Under the new policies, international students would need to secure higher ratings on English tests

12 Dec 2023 6:49 AM GMT