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Australia flood death toll rises to 20 as thousands evacuate Sydney

Sydney—The death toll from week-long floods battering Australia’s east coast rose to 20 on Tuesday, after the bodies of a man and a woman...

Australia orders 200,000 to flee floods

As wild storm front kills 13 Australia’s emergency services Thursday ordered 200,000 people to flee from the path of a wild storm that has killed...

Black Jack takes honors at last in Sydney to Hobart race

Sydney—Supermaxi Black Jack won the prestigious Sydney to Hobart yacht race on Tuesday ending years of frustrating near misses. Owned by Australian Peter Harburg and...

Early drama in Covid-hit Sydney to Hobart race

Sydney—Australian super maxi LawConnect snatched the lead in a dramatic start to the annual Sydney to Hobart race Sunday as a Covid-depleted fleet of...

Sydney to open its borders to vaxxed foreign visitors in Nov.

Sydney will scrap all quarantine requirements for travelers from next month, officials said Friday, an abrupt step toward reopening Australia’s long-shuttered borders. In a surprise...

Sydney ends coronavirus lockdown after 106 days

Elated Sydneysiders celebrated the end of almost four months of coronavirus lockdown on Monday, putting behind them a period of "blood, sweat and no...

Sydney lifts COVID curfews as case numbers stabilise

Sydney authorities moved to lift curfews for coronavirus hotpots Wednesday, as infection numbers stabilised and vaccination rates surged.  Almost three months after activity in Australia's...

Australian man charged with dealing drugs from retirement home

An Australian man in his 60s has been charged with allegedly dealing prohibited drugs from his retirement home, police and local media said Monday. Police said...

Sydney extends lockdown, imposes partial curfew

Sydney extended its two-month-old lockdown for another month and introduced a partial curfew Friday, as Australia's largest city struggled to contain a fast-spreading coronavirus...

No backdown on four-week quarantine for Aussie athletes

Sydney—Australian state officials defended their decision Thursday to force some Olympic athletes to quarantine for four weeks, as one high-profile sports star branded the...

Struggling Sydney warned to brace for higher Covid numbers

Australia's hope of returning to "Covid zero" suffered a fresh blow Friday, as Sydney reported another record number of new infections and authorities warned...

Troops to enforce Sydney lockdown as Brisbane extends virus curbs

Troops were set to hit the streets of Sydney on Monday to enforce its prolonged lockdown, as stay-at-home orders in Australia's third-largest city Brisbane...

Sydney lockdown extended by four weeks as virus outbreak grows

Millions of Sydney residents will spend another month in lockdown, authorities announced Wednesday, citing a still-fast-growing coronavirus outbreak and stubbornly low vaccination rates. Australia's biggest...

Two Australian cities eye end of virus lockdowns

Coronavirus lockdowns are likely to be lifted in two major Australian cities this week, authorities said Monday, as outbreaks of the Delta variant were...
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