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Thousands protest against Sydney lockdown restrictions
Jul 24, 2021 03:00Thousands of people took to the streets of Sydney and other Australian cities on Saturday to protest lockdown restrictions amid another surge in cases.
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Australia demands world heritage experts visit Great Barrier Reef ahead of ‘in danger’ list decision
Jul 10, 2021 03:21Australia has conceded in an official report that the Great Barrier Reef’s unique values as a world heritage site have been adversely affected by climate change.
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Parts of Australia under new COVID lockdown after cases of Delta variant
Jul 01, 2021 14:58Coronavirus outbreaks renew questions about Australia's stuttering vaccine rollout and limited quarantine facilities.
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COVID-19 origins: Australian scientist dismisses Western media reports on Wuhan Lab
Jun 29, 2021 09:45Australian virologist Danielle Anderson, a foreign scientist who worked at the Wuhan Institute of Virology in China ahead of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, has dismissed Western media reports about the facility being the source of the outbreak.
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Participation of Iranians in presidential election in different countries
Jun 18, 2021 14:10Iranians residing in Australia, France, the Netherlands and Ivory Coast went to the polls on June 18 to cast their votes in the 13th presidential election.
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Delta variant of COVID spreading rapidly and detected in 74 countries
Jun 18, 2021 04:26While health authorities around the world are collecting and sharing data on the spread of the new coronavirus variant, the fear is that in countries in the developing world with less robust monitoring systems, the Delta variant may already have spread much further than has been reported.
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Australia further restricts AstraZeneca vaccine over clotting concerns
Jun 17, 2021 07:35Australia recommended that AstraZeneca's COVID-19 jab should not be given to people under 60 on Thursday, a fresh blow to the country's glacial vaccine rollout.
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Australia detects ‘highly transmissible’ COVID variant in Melbourne
Jun 04, 2021 09:38Australian authorities in the southeastern state of Victoria have detected a “highly transmissible” variant of the deadly coronavirus, stoking concerns of a major spike in cases.
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COVID-19 takes a dire global demographic toll
May 12, 2021 00:36Pandemic deaths, disruptions to fertility and restrictions on migration are causing major social and demographic transformations worldwide.
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China suspends economic dialogue with Australia as relations curdle
May 06, 2021 04:53China's government has announced it is "indefinitely" suspending all activities under a China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue.