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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

Earlier this year New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern accused Australia of sending back people who were not \genuine Kiwis\. (Representational Image: AP)World
Australia deports New Zealanders despite virus travel ban

Since 2014 nearly 3,000 New Zealanders in Australia have had their visas cancelled ‘on character grounds’

16 July 2020 4:09 PM IST

File image made from video, Brenton Harrison Tarrant appears in a screen via video link in Christchurch, New Zealand. (via AP)World
New Zealand mosque gunman to represent himself at sentencing

The Christchurch mosque shootings were a shock to the world, which prompted immediate action for stricter gun laws in...

13 July 2020 8:52 AM IST

Police stand outside public housing towers that are a hotspot for COVID-19 in Melbourne Friday, July 10. (AP)World
Australia cuts citizen returns as virus surge worsens

Some five million residents of greater Melbourne were ordered into a six-week lockdown this week in an effort to curb a...

10 July 2020 10:55 AM IST

Workers take off a curtain after attend an opening ceremony for Chinas new Office for Safeguarding National Security in Hong Kong. (AP)World
Australia extends visas for Hong Kongers in response to China’s...

Countries like Canada and Britain too looking at options to accommodate Hong Kong residents fleeing the country

9 July 2020 12:05 PM IST

A police officer directs traffic at a roadblock in suburban Melbourne, Australia. (AP)World
Australia closes state border for first time in 100 years

Victoria, Australia-'s most populous state, will be closed off from the rest of the country, and its 6.6 million...

6 July 2020 9:39 AM IST

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