Australia passes landmark law requiring tech firms to pay for news
by Andrew BEATTY Agence France Presse SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Facebook and Google will be forced to pay for…
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Australia and Oceania
Dozens of whales strand at notorious New Zealand bay
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- Rescuers were racing Monday to save dozens of pilot whales that beached on a…
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Australia administers first Covid-19 vaccines
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia's Covid-19 vaccine rollout began Sunday, with top officials among a small group receiving the…
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New Zealand ends snap virus lockdown in largest city
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand lifted a snap Covid-19 lockdown in its largest city Auckland on Wednesday, with…
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Strong 6.2-magnitude quake rocks Vanuatu capital
PORT VILLA, Vanuatu (AFP) -- A strong earthquake struck Vanuatu's capital Port Vila on Tuesday, with eyewitnesses reporting violent…
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New Zealand virus outbreak is first of UK variant: officials
AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AFP) -- Two new coronavirus infections which sent New Zealand's biggest city into lockdown Monday are…
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7.7-magnitude earthquake generates small South Pacific tsunami
NOUMEA, France (AFP) -- A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific on Thursday, generating a small tsunami that caused…
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WHO says don’t dismiss AstraZeneca shot after SAfrica delays jabs
by Nina Larson with AFP Bureaus GENEVA, Switzerland (AFP) -- The World Health Organization insisted Monday that the AstraZeneca vaccine…
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Firefighters hold off bushfire near Australia’s Perth
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- A mammoth effort by Australian firefighters saved homes from an out-of-control bushfire near Perth overnight, authorities…
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71 homes destroyed as Australia bushfire rages near locked-down Perth
PERTH, Australia (AFP) -- At least 71 homes have been destroyed in a bushfire raging out of control near Australia's…
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