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Teens charged with mass kangaroo killings in Australia: Police
Police in Australia have arrested and charged two teenage boys after 15 kangaroos were found slaughtered in a town near Sydney.The bodies of the ... World News -
‘Freedom Day’: Sydney reopens as Australia looks to live with COVID-19
Sydney’s cafes, gyms and restaurants welcomed back fully vaccinated customers on Monday after nearly four months of lockdown, as Australia aims to ... Coronavirus -
Video captures moment crocodile leaps out of water and takes down drone
“Sorry boss... a croc just ate our drone.”A cameraman filming for an Australian Broadcasting Corp (ABC) documentary captured the moment a crocodile ... Variety -
Sydney gets ‘blueprint for freedom’ as COVID-19 cases fall
Vaccinated Sydney residents will finally emerge from a lengthy COVID-19 lockdown by mid-October, Australian officials said Monday, outlining a ... Coronavirus -
Vaccination rates surge in Sydney’s hard-hit suburbs as cases dip
COVID-19 daily infections in Sydney fell for a third straight day on Tuesday but still lingered near record levels as the outbreak spurred a spike in ... Coronavirus -
Sydney rushes to vaccinate high-risk suburbs amid delta surge
Australian authorities began doling out emergency COVID-19 vaccine supplies on Thursday in the Sydney suburbs worst hit by an outbreak of the ... Coronavirus -
Sydney records deadliest day of COVID-19 pandemic, Melbourne lockdown extended
Australia’s biggest city of Sydney recorded its deadliest day of the COVID-19 pandemic on Monday, while residents in Melbourne face a nightly curfew ... Coronavirus -
Growing Sydney COVID-19 outbreak prompts new borders inside Australia
A worsening coronavirus outbreak in Sydney prompted Australian regions to pull up the drawbridge on the city and surrounding state Friday by ... Coronavirus -
Sydney hits new COVID-19 case record as delta outbreak spreads
Sydney posted a new record of COVID-19 infections Tuesday as the city struggles to control an outbreak that is sending other Australian regions into ... Coronavirus -
Australia’s Sydney suffers worst COVID-19 day as lockdown nears six weeks
Sydney reported its worst day of the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday with five deaths and a record rise in locally acquired infections as a weeks-long ... Coronavirus -
Australia records one of its youngest COVID-19 deaths as Sydney outbreak grows
Australia’s New South Wales reported one of the country’s youngest deaths from COVID-19 on Wednesday, as daily infections lingered near a 16-month ... Coronavirus -
Australia’s Qantas airline idles 2,500 more staff as COVID-19 cuts domestic flights
Qantas Airways Ltd is temporarily idling about 2,500 employees without pay for at least two months in a bid to cope with fresh COVID-19 restrictions ... Coronavirus -
Sydney lockdown extended by four weeks as Australia COVID-19 cases spike
The Australian city of Sydney extended a lockdown by four weeks on Wednesday after an already protracted stay-at-home order failed to douse a COVID-19 ... Coronavirus -
Australia sees COVID-19 cases climb, police warn against protest repeat
Australia’s most populous state reported a rise in new COVID-19 cases on Monday despite a weeks-long stay-at-home order, while police vowed to crack ... Coronavirus -
Sydney COVID-19 outbreak a ‘national emergency’ as cases spike
Sydney’s fast-growing coronavirus outbreak has become a “national emergency,” state leaders said Friday, as Australia’s largest city reported another ... Coronavirus -
Australian PM ‘sorry’ for slow COVID-19 vaccine rollout
Australia’s prime minister on Thursday apologized for the country’s glacial vaccine rollout, as Sydney recorded a record jump in new coronavirus ... Coronavirus -
Australia extends COVID-19 lockdown in Victoria state
Australian authorities on Monday said Victoria state will extend a COVID-19 lockdown beyond Tuesday despite a slight drop in new infections as the ... Coronavirus -
Australian scientists see life-saving potential in spider venom
A group of Australia-based scientists are looking to venom from a deadly native spider to actually save lives, by halting the harmful effects of heart ... World News -
Sydney COVID-19 cases stabilize, southern Australia on alert
Australian authorities reported a slowdown in new COVID-19 cases in Sydney on Thursday, as the country’s largest city endures an extended lockdown to ... Coronavirus -
Australian apartment blocks placed in hard lockdown amid COVID-19 outbreak
Two Australian apartment blocks have been placed under strict lockdown with residents barred from leaving on Tuesday, as authorities stepped up ... Coronavirus -
Sydney sees worst day of 2021 as Delta COVID-19 outbreak spreads
Australia’s New South Wales state on Thursday reported its biggest daily rise in locally acquired cases of COVID-19 for the year as officials struggle ... Coronavirus -
Great Barrier Reef should be listed as ‘in danger’, UN committee recommends
The Great Barrier Reef should be added to a list of “in danger” World Heritage Sites, a UN committee recommended on Tuesday, prompting an angry ... World News -
Mouse plague forces Australian prison evacuation
A mouse plague ravaging Australia’s farmlands forced the evacuation of hundreds of inmates from a rural jail on Tuesday, as the rodents broke in and ... World News -
Australian PM promises more COVID-19 shots to states as Sydney cluster grows
Australian states and territories will get more doses of COVID-19 vaccines soon, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Monday, as authorities look to ... Coronavirus -
Sydney reinstates masks to contain Delta COVID-19 variant
Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) reverted on Friday to making the wearing of masks mandatory on public transport in Sydney, as a cluster of the ... Coronavirus -
Australia’s Victoria state reports no new local COVID-19 cases
Australia’s Victoria state on Tuesday reported no new locally acquired cases of COVID-19, fueling hope that movement restrictions in the state capital ... Coronavirus -
Australia’s Victoria reports zero COVID-19 cases as lockdown ends
Australia’s Victoria state reported zero locally acquired cases of COVID-19 for the first time in nearly three weeks on Friday as state capital ... Coronavirus -
Two Australian states on COVID-19 alert after infected woman’s interstate travel
Two Australian states are on COVID-19 alert after an infected woman and her husband traveled from Victoria, the epicenter of country’s latest outbreak ... Coronavirus -
Australia’s Victoria logs biggest rise in COVID-19 cases in a week
Australia’s Victoria state on Monday reported its biggest rise in new locally acquired COVID-19 cases in nearly a week as authorities scramble to ... Coronavirus -
Australia’s Victoria state COVID-19 outbreak eases
Australia’s Victoria state reported just three new COVID-19 cases on Thursday, its lowest single-day rise in more than a week, a day after a snap ... Coronavirus