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Australia to evacuate thousands as Sydney faces worst floods in 60 years
Mar 22, 2021 05:13Australian authorities are planning to evacuate thousands more people on Monday from flood-affected suburbs in Sydney’s west, which is set for its worst flooding in 60 years with drenching rain expected to continue for the next few days.
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Heavy rains in Australia's east bring worst floods in 50 years
Mar 21, 2021 10:10Heavy rains along Australia’s east coast over the weekend have brought the worst flooding in half a century in some areas, authorities said on Sunday, forcing thousands to evacuate and damaging hundreds of houses.
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Thousands of mice scurry on farm as infestation sweeps Australia's east
Mar 19, 2021 11:53Videos taken on a farm in the Australian town of Gilandra show thousands of mice scurrying from under pipes, through storage columns and over machinery. Swathes of Australia's rural east are battling a "plague" of mice that is infesting crops and producing hair-raising scenes of dinky rodents run amok.
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Wife of Australian facing deportation to Saudi Arabia fears Khashoggi fate
Mar 01, 2021 10:32The wife of an Australian-Saudi citizen facing deportation to Saudi Arabia says she fears her husband could meet a similar fate as the murdered dissident journalist, Jamal Khashoggi.
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Australia vows to 'restore order' as riots erupt on immigration detention island
Jan 06, 2021 07:27Unrest broke out at an Australian island immigration detention center, authorities and NGOs said Wednesday following reports the Christmas Island facility had been set alight by frustrated detainees.
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Bushfire, smoke threaten Australian 'lives and homes' near Perth
Jan 05, 2021 03:09An out-of-control bushfire threatens lives and homes in Australia's west coast city of Perth, with locals told to shelter in place from toxic fumes.
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1,500 refugees in limbo due to Australia’s controversial policy: Amnesty
Dec 10, 2020 11:33Some 1,500 refugees have been in “bizarre and cruel forms of limbo” for more than seven years under Australia’s policy of deterring refugees, an Amnesty official says.
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Township evacuated in Australia's Fraser Island as bushfire approaches
Dec 07, 2020 06:10Australian authorities on Monday asked residents of a coastal township in the world heritage listed Fraser Island to “leave immediately” after a massive bushfire burning there since mid-October was expected to reach the township early morning.
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China censures war crimes committed by Australian troops in Afghanistan, urges full probe
Nov 28, 2020 06:41China has severely censured unlawful killings by Australian forces in Afghanistan and called for a thorough probe into the heinous crimes to bring those involved to justice.
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Iran swaps Israel’s spy for three nationals jailed abroad
Nov 27, 2020 02:11Iran has released an Australian-British citizen, who was serving a prison sentence for spying for the illegal Zionist entity, to secure the release of three Iranians jailed abroad on false charges.