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A cyclist passes a group of police and soldiers patrolling the Docklands area of Melbourne. (AFP)World
Australia-'s Victoria state declares -'disaster-'

Overnight curfews and a ban on weddings imposed on Melbourne, Australia-'s second-biggest city

2 Aug 2020 6:12 PM IST

Police detain an anti-mask protester in Melbourne. (AFP)World
Australia-'s Victoria sees a drop in new COVID-19 cases

Once proud of itself about a tough approach to social distancing, the state now accounts for about 60% of Australia’s...

1 Aug 2020 10:03 AM IST

Medical workers evacuate a resident from the Epping Gardens aged care facility in the Melbourne suburb of Epping on July 30, 2020, as the city battles fresh outbreaks of the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AFP)World
Australia reports deadliest day as virus spikes in elder-care homes

Government has deployed disaster-relief teams to elderly-care centres and extended Melbourne-'s lockdown measures to...

30 July 2020 2:58 PM IST

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo meets with Australias Foreign Minister Marise Payne at the State Department in Washington, DC. (AFP)World
No intention to injure ‘important’ China ties: Australia tells US

While Washington is Australia’s main security ally, China is its largest trading partner

29 July 2020 9:01 AM IST

Foreign Affairs Minister Winston Peters said that New Zealand has suspended its extradition treaty with Hong Kong. (AP Photo)World
New Zealand suspends Hong Kong extradition treaty over Chinese...

Australia, Canada and the UK suspended extradition treaties with Hong Kong earlier this month

28 July 2020 1:40 PM IST

Experts fear a severe COIVD-19 outbreak could be catastrophic in a country where malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS are already problems. (Representational Image: AFP)World
Papua New Guinea orders lockdown after first virus death

The country had seen only 11 cases until a week ago but the total now stands at 61, with new cases being found daily

27 July 2020 4:49 PM IST

The Indian community in Australia is comprised of nearly seven lakh people. (RepresWorld
Australia-'s migration intake fall likely to affect Indians

India is one of the top sources of skilled immigrants to Australia, with nearly 90,000 students studying in Australian...

26 July 2020 5:43 PM IST

Behrouz Boochani, the Kurdish film-maker, writer and refugee who has documented life inside the Australian offshore immigration camp on Manus Island, poses for a portrait in Christchurch, New Zealand. (AP)World
Award-winning refugee author granted asylum in New Zealand

Behrouz Boochani applied for refugee status after attending a literary festival to speak about Australia-'s hardline...

24 July 2020 12:24 PM IST

A man wearing a face mask walks past a sign advertising masks in Melbourne. Australias second-biggest city will make it compulsory to wear a mask in public, authorities announced on July 19, as Melbourne steps up efforts to bring a coronavirus outbreak under control. (AFP)World
Masks now mandatory in Australia as virus casualty climbs new records

Authorities in Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales, are also on high alert despite the border with...

23 July 2020 2:50 PM IST

A worker stands besides a road sign in Melbourne on July 21, 2020. (AFP)World
New restrictions coming for Australia-'s Victoria state

Face masks will become compulsory from Thursday for residents in lockdown regions when they leave their homes

21 July 2020 12:28 PM IST

People wearing face masks cross the normally busy Burke Street Mall in Melbourne on July 20, 2020. (AFP)World
Australia warns coronavirus outbreak will take weeks to tame

Australia has recorded about 11,800 coronavirus cases with a death toll of 123, a fraction of what has been seen in...

20 July 2020 1:12 PM IST

The quake struck about 12.50pm local time at a depth of 85 km (52 miles), according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), and struck offshore 18 kms (11 miles) east-southeast of Wau.(Representational Image: AFP)World
Quake of magnitude 7 hits Papua New Guinea

A warning for “hazardous tsunami waves” was issued briefly for coastal regions but later it was announced that the...

17 July 2020 1:53 PM IST

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