After fire and floods, Aussie farmers suffer devastating mouse plague
by Andrew LEESON DUBBO, Australia (AFP) -- After surviving years of crippling drought, farmers in eastern Australia are locked in…
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Australia’s second-largest city to exit two-week virus lockdown
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Five million Melbourne residents will exit lockdown Thursday after Australian authorities said their adherence to strict…
5 years ago
Virus lockdown in Australia’s second-largest city extended by a week
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- A coronavirus lockdown of Australia's second-biggest city will be extended by another seven days, authorities announced…
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Australia’s Covid success under threat as Melbourne goes into lockdown
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Five million weary Melbourne residents returned to lockdown Friday, straining local resolve and testing Australia's "zero-Covid"…
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Millions in Australia’s second city ordered into snap Covid lockdown
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- More than five million people in Australia's second-biggest city of Melbourne were ordered into a snap…
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New Zealand halts travel bubble with Australian state
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand suspended quarantine-free travel with Australia's Victoria state over a new coronavirus cluster Tuesday,…
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Australia to end ban on citizens returning from India
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia will not extend a controversial ban on citizens returning from Covid-hit India, the prime minister…
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Australia borders could be shut until late 2022: minister
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia is likely to remain shut to visitors until late 2022, the country's trade and tourism…
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Sydney rushes to trace first local Covid cases in a month
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Sydney's first local Covid-19 cases in more than a month left health authorities scrambling to trace…
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China suspends economic accord with Australia
BEIJING, China (AFP) -- Beijing said Thursday it has suspended an economic agreement with Australia, an apparent tit-for-tat response to…
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Australian court to examine contentious India travel ban
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- An Australian court on Wednesday agreed to hear a challenge to the country's controversial ban on…
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Controlled bushfire cloaks Sydney in hazardous smoke
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Sydney was enveloped in a thick bank of hazardous bushfire smoke Monday, forcing authorities in Australia's…
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