Australia

COVID-19 has now killed over 160,000 globally, 2.3 million infected

Apr 19, 2020 06:47

Coronavirus outbreak has now claimed the lives of 160,706 people across the world, and more than 2,328,600 others are infected.
The Great Barrier Reef is suffering its most widespread bleaching ever recorded

Apr 18, 2020 03:35

Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is currently experiencing its third mass bleaching in just five years and it is the most widespread bleaching event ever recorded.
Australian cardinal acquitted of all child abuse charges in shock ruling

Apr 07, 2020 07:54

Australian Cardinal George Pell has been freed from jail after being acquitted by Australia’s highest court of charges of child abuse in a shock ruling.
New Zealand mosque attacker changes plea to guilty

Mar 26, 2020 03:11

The Australian man who killed 51 people at two mosques in New Zealand last year has changed his plea to guilty to all charges leveled against him.
New lockdowns, emergency states & deaths: Coronavirus keeps impacting lives

Mar 25, 2020 07:44

Around the globe, the outbreak of the new coronavirus continues to impact the lives of people, forcing governments to take measures unprecedented in peacetime.
Australian beaches locked down as virus cases pass 1,000

Mar 21, 2020 09:54

People were banned from Bondi Beach on Saturday in efforts to contain the coronavirus, which has now infected more than 1,000 people in Australia.
China reports zero local transmissions for 1st time, other countries struggling still

Mar 19, 2020 08:39

China has for the first time reported no new locally transmitted cases of the new coronavirus at its epicenter since the country started recording infections in January.
Australian minister who met with Ivanka Trump has coronavirus

Mar 13, 2020 09:53

A senior Australian politician tested positive for the new coronavirus and entered hospital quarantine Friday, days after returning from Washington where he met Ivanka Trump and US Attorney General William Barr.
Rare natural phenomenon brings severe drought to Australia

Mar 13, 2020 05:40

The Indian Ocean Dipole refers to the difference in sea surface temperature on either side of the Indian Ocean, which alters rainfall patterns in Australia and other nations in the region. The dipole is a lesser-known relative of the Pacific Ocean’s El Niño. Climate drivers, such as the Indian Ocean Dipole, are an entirely natural phenomenon, but climate change is modifying the behavior of these climate modes.
Judge orders Assange held in glass box during extradition trial

Mar 04, 2020 11:03

Rebecca Vincent, the U.K. Bureau Director for Reporters Without Borders, indicated the organization was “concerned by the UK court's decision to reject WikiLeaks Founder, Julian Assange’s request to leave the secure dock that he’s being held in at the back of this courtroom and to sit with his lawyers in the well of the court.”