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Sydney faces COVID-19 lockdown extension amid record 2021 cases
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Sydney faces COVID-19 lockdown extension amid record 2021 cases

SYDNEY, July 9 (Reuters) – Australian authorities on Friday pleaded with Sydney’s five million residents to stay home, warning a…
Australian officials report biggest daily COVID-19 caseload for 2021
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Australian officials report biggest daily COVID-19 caseload for 2021

MELBOURNE, July 3 (Reuters) – Australia’s New South Wales state recorded its biggest daily rise in COVID-19 infections this year,…
Delta variant sweeps Asia, prompting curbs as vaccination remains tepid
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Delta variant sweeps Asia, prompting curbs as vaccination remains tepid

SEOUL/SYDNEY, July 2 (Reuters) – The highly contagious Delta variant of the coronavirus is surging through Asia this week, with…
Australia battles several clusters in new pandemic phase
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Australia battles several clusters in new pandemic phase

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia was battling to contain several COVID-19 clusters around the country on Monday in what some…
Australia fights UN downgrade of Great Barrier Reef health
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Australia fights UN downgrade of Great Barrier Reef health

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia said Tuesday it will fight against plans to downgrade the Great Barrier Reef’s World Heritage…
Australia says it’s reached a free trade deal with Britain
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Australia says it’s reached a free trade deal with Britain

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Britain and Australia have agreed on a free trade deal that will be released later Tuesday,…
Australian court upholds ban on most international travel
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Australian court upholds ban on most international travel

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — An Australian court on Tuesday rejected a challenge to the federal government’s draconian power to prevent…
Australian softball squad flies to Japan for Olympic camp
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Australian softball squad flies to Japan for Olympic camp

SYDNEY (AP) — Australia’s Olympic softball squad left Sydney bound for Japan on Monday and will be among the earliest…
Australia sticks by plan to re-open border in mid-2022
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Australia sticks by plan to re-open border in mid-2022

Australia is sticking to plans to start re-opening to the rest of the world only from the middle of next…
The Latest: Employee sickness rates below average in Germany
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The Latest: Employee sickness rates below average in Germany

BERLIN — A large German health insurance provider says the number of days working-age people called in sick during the…
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