‘In the fight of our lives’: Australia posts surge in new COVID-19 cases
SYDNEY – Victoria has reported a record daily increase in COVID-19 cases while neighbouring New South Wales said it was banning dancing, singing and mingling at weddings as authorities struggle…
Australia to spend $400 million to lure Hollywood blockbusters
SYDNEY – Australia will spend $400 million over the next seven years to lure film and television productions, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says, as Canberra seeks to capitalise on its…
Australian woman jailed over Bali policeman’s death gets early release
BADUNG, Indonesia – An Australian woman sentenced to four years imprisonment over the death of a policeman on the Indonesian island of Bali has been given early release, and was…
Australia expands wage subsidy scheme as COVID-19 cases surge
SYDNEY – The Australian government is injecting a further $1.5 billion into a wage subsidy program to counter rising unemployment as the country posted the biggest rise in coronavirus cases…
Australia to continue to support freedom of navigation in South China sea, PM says
SYDNEY – Australia will continue to advocate “very strongly” for the freedom of navigation through the South China sea, Prime Minister Scott Morrison says. “Australia will continue to adopt a…
Vietnam imports first US coal shipment, state coal miner says
HANOI – Vietnam has imported the first shipment of coal from the United States, state-owned coal miner Vinacomin said, days after the two nations marked the 25th anniversary since they…
Australia weighs further coronavirus curbs as outbreak grows
SYDNEY – Australia‘s most populous states will impose harsher restrictions on movement if a COVID-19 outbreak is not quickly bought under control, state premiers say. Australia has been heralded as…
Australia tightens restrictions as COVID-19 cases top 10,000
SYDNEY – Australian states have tightened restrictions on movement as authorities struggle to contain a fresh outbreak of COVID-19 in the country’s southeast that has pushed the national tally of…
Britain’s Queen Elizabeth not told before Australia’s historic PM sacking: archived letters
SYDNEY – Queen Elizabeth’s representative in Australia fired a prime minister without warning the palace – or the prime minister – because “under the constitution the responsibility is mine”, according…
Vietnam says agrees to resume commercial flights to China
HANOI – Vietnam has agreed to resume commercial flights to and from China after months of closure due to the coronavirus pandemic, the country’s ministry of transport said on Monday,…
