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It took just seconds for a person to be infected with COVID-19 as a stranger walked past them while shopping at Bondi Junction Westfield in Sydney. And the ABC reports it hasn't happened just once. Australian
New Zealand’s quarantine-free travel with Australia has been paused until midnight Tuesday. It came as more cases of the virus were announced in New South Wales and Greater Sydney was put into a two-week lockdown
Derek Chauvin, the former police officer who killed George Floyd on a Minneapolis street in the US last year has been sentenced to 22 and half years in prison. Chauvin spoke briefly before the sentence was imposed,
Health authorities in New Zealand are not ruling out an alert level change in Wellington after an Australian tourist tested positive for COVID-19 after visiting the city over the weekend. Director-General of
The number of deaths related to COVID-19 has passed 500,000 in Brazil, the second-highest in the world, as experts say the outbreak could worsen amid slow vaccination and the start of winter. The virus continues to
The number of deaths related to Covid-19 has passed 500,000 in Brazil, the second-highest in the world, as experts say the outbreak could worsen amid slow vaccination and the start of winter. The virus continues to
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden, under pressure to aggressively address the global coronavirus vaccine shortage, will announce as early as Thursday that his administration will buy 500 million doses of the Pfizer-Bi
Newly published research from the Melbourne University and the ANU has concluded that cracking down on COVID outbreaks early is the best approach for the economy. The report’s authors including Professor Tom Komp
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have announced the birth of their second child, a baby girl. Lilibet "Lili" Diana Mountbatten-Windsor was born this morning in a hospital in Santa Barbara, California. BBC News
Facebook Inc has suspended former US President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts for two years. He was barred indefinitely from both sites in January in the wake of posts he made on the US Capitol riot
The World Health Organisation has approved China's Sinovac COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use. It is the second Chinese vaccine to receive the green light from the WHO, after Sinopharm. It opens the door for t
A key Israeli opposition party has backed a unity government that would bring to an end to Benjamin Netanyahu's time as the country's longest-serving prime minister. The ultra-nationalist leader Naftali Bennett sai
Vietnam has detected a COVID variant that appears to be a combination of the Indian and UK variants and can spread quickly by air. Vietnam's Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long (Thwin tai long) described the latest m
Japan has extended a COVID-19 state of emergency in Tokyo and nine other regions for another three weeks. Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga said that although infection was falling they remained high and that some hosp
Victoria will go on lockdown from midnight to stop the spread of COVID cases in Australia. There was 15 cases recorded yesterday but the number of cases reported now is 26. Acting Premier James Merlino says he
A powerful cyclone has torn into eastern India, with reports suggesting it has killed several people. Cyclone Yaas which intensified into a "very severe cyclonic storm" hit the states of West Bengal and Orissa as w
New Zealand's travel bubble with Victoria will be paused while the source of infection of the cases announced in Melbourne is investigated. The move comes as Melbourne reported four new community Covid-19 cases th
The number of deaths linked to COVID-19 in India has moved past the 300,000 mark as the country continues to grapple with the pandemic. Experts warn that the real number of fatalities might be much higher as many d
The first convoys of humanitarian aid have arrived in Gaza, hours after a ceasefire between Israel and Palestinian militants came into effect. Thousands of Palestinians returned home to scenes of devastation with o
Israel's security cabinet has agreed to a ceasefire deal to end the 11-day conflict with Gaza militants. It says the truce was proposed by Egypt and would be "mutual and unconditional". BBC News reports The ma
