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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern talks to reporters at Parliament in Wellington, New Zealand Tuesday. AP photoWorld
New Zealand PM Ardern calls for September election

Ardern called for polls on September 19, where she will seek a second three-year term

28 Jan 2020 6:20 PM IST

File photo shows a C-130 Hercules plane from the New South Wales Rural Fire Service dropping fire retardent to protect a property during an operation to douse bushfires in Penrose.AFP photoWorld
Australia-'s Water-bombing plane crash kills 3 US firefighters

The cause of the crash was not immediately known, but high winds were making flying the big tankers difficult

23 Jan 2020 3:14 PM IST

This photo taken on January 15, 2020 shows environmentalist Ken Stewart in front of his burnt house recalling his escape from the bushfire in Budgong area of New South Wales. - The confirmed death toll rose to 28 on January 15, as the fires have already destroyed more than 2,000 homes and burnt 10 million hectares (100,000 square kilometres) of land -- an area larger than South Korea or Portugal. (Photo | AFP)World
Relief as rain falls over Australian bushfires

The fires, unprecedented for Australia in terms of duration and intensity, have claimed 28 lives and killed an estimated...

16 Jan 2020 1:47 PM IST

Workmen fix a power pole in the town of Mogo, where a recent bushfire reduced homes and businesses to twisted metal and ash. AFPWorld
Scott Morrison-'s popularity plunges after Australian bushfires

Morrison came under attack for being slow to respond to an unprecedented crisis, even taking a holiday to Hawaii while...

13 Jan 2020 12:55 PM IST

Firefighters and members of the army discuss a nearby fire threat at the Burragate, Australia, firehouse. AP photoWorld
Aussie burned in massive inferno caused by wildfires

The fire crisis in Australia has killed at least 26 people, destroyed more than 2,000 homes and scorched an area larger...

11 Jan 2020 3:57 PM IST

A plane drops fire retardent to protect a property during an operation to douse bushfires in Penrose, in Australias New South Wales state on Friday. AFPWorld
Heat, winds escalate fire danger; Australians flee homes

The danger is centered on New South Wales and Victoria, Australia’s most populous states, where temperatures and wind...

10 Jan 2020 4:38 PM IST

The planned killing of the camels comes at a time the country is ravaged by wildfires since November. (Photo: Representational)World
Australia to kill up to 10,000 Camels amid wildfires: Report

The disaster has killed more than a dozen people and caused the displacement or deaths of 480 million animals.

8 Jan 2020 12:48 PM IST

Kamaljeet Kaur and her husband Kanwaljeet Singh have been preparing simple meals of curry and rice for the victims in their Desi Grill restaurant in Bairnsdale in Victoria for the last five days as the bushfire crisis in the country worsened. (Photo: Facebook)World
-'Situation is bad-': Indian couple provides free meals to Australia...

More than 14,000 hectares have been destroyed in South Australia-'s Flinders Chase National Park, Kangaroo Island.

5 Jan 2020 1:26 PM IST

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison tours a burn out farm Sarsfield, Victoria, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. (AP)World
Here’s what Aus firefighters are telling their Prime Minister...

Scott Morrison’s decision to call in military reservists to fight fires goes down poorly

5 Jan 2020 11:12 AM IST

Firefighters battle a fire near Bendalong, Australia, Friday, Jan. 3, 2020. Navy ships plucked hundreds of people from beaches and tens of thousands were urged to flee. (AP)World
In never-before act, Australia calls up military reserves to tackle...

Aus PM: “more boots on the ground, more planes in the sky, more ships at sea”

4 Jan 2020 8:58 AM IST

\Im inclined not to proceed on that visit. There are issues I need to resolve formally when working through issues of that nature. That is my inclination on that issue,\ the Sydney Morning Herald quoted Morrison as saying. (Photo: ANI | File)World
Australian PM -'inclined-' to cancel India visit amid bushfire crisis

Wildfires have wreaked havoc in parts of Australia for months.

3 Jan 2020 8:06 PM IST

This handout photo taken on January 2, 2020 and released by the Royal Australian Navy shows HMAS Choules sailing off the coast of Mallacoota, Victoria, to assist in bushfire relief efforts. Australia ordered residents and tourists out of the path of raging bushfires as the country braced for a weekend heatwave expected to fan the deadly inferno. (AFP)World
-'Millions of sparks-': Panic in Australia as 200 wildfires ravage...

Thousands urged to flee as authorities undertake largest evacuation effort in Australian disaster history

3 Jan 2020 8:16 AM IST

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