Tag: Australia

Australia is racing ever faster toward reopening its international borders, with Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday announcing that bans on international travel will be lifted in November, a month ahead of schedule.

Gina Rinehart, Australia's richest woman worth $31billion, has warned Australia is on the same track as Sri Lanka and Argentina in falling from prosperity to poverty due to a big-spending, regulation-heavy government.

An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck near Melbourne in southern Australia on Wednesday, according to Geoscience Australia.

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister G.L. Peiris and his Australian counterpart Marise Payne met in New York

It’s decisions to ditch Ashraf Ghani government in Afghanistan and negotiate the sale of nuclear subs to Australia behind France’s back, damage its credibility

It’s decisions to ditch Ashraf Ghani in Afghanistan and negotiate the sale of nuclear subs to Australia behind France’s back, damage its credibility

Melbourne, August 22 (Reuters) - Australian police arrested hundreds of anti-lockdown protesters in Melbourne and Sydney on Saturday and seven officers were hospitalised as a result of clashes, as the country saw its highest ever single-day rise in COVID-19 cases.

Bangladesh made an auspicious start in their five-match Twenty20 International (T20I) series with a 23-run win over Australia in the first T20I match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the city's Mirpur on Tuesday.

Tunisia and Japan celebrated unexpected golds on the opening day of swimming medal events before normal service was resumed with the Australian women's 4x100m freestyle relay team smashing their own world record on the way to the title in Tokyo.

Australia's New South Wales state recorded its biggest daily rise in COVID-19 infections this year, even as residents in several major cities across the country were released from snap lockdowns on Saturday.