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India’s prime minister Modi lands in Sydney eyeing economic ties
SYDNEY: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi flew into Australia on Monday, aiming to strengthen economic ties by tapping into his…
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Early drama in COVID-19-hit Sydney to Hobart yacht race
SYDNEY: Australian super maxi LawConnect snatched an early lead in the annual Sydney to Hobart race yesterday as a COVID-depleted…
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Sydney gets ‘blueprint for freedom’ as virus cases fall
SYDNEY: Vaccinated Sydney residents will finally emerge from a lengthy COVID lockdown by mid-October, Australian officials said yesterday, outlining a…
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Vaccinated Sydney residents picnic as lockdown relaxed
SYDNEY: Virus lockdown rules were relaxed for fully vaccinated people in Sydney yesterday, with small groups allowed to meet for…
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Anti-lockdown protesters clash with Sydney police
SYDNEY: Thousands of anti-lockdown protesters gathered in Australia’s two largest cities yesterday, with several arrested in Sydney after violent clashes…
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After fire and floods, Aussie farmers suffer mouse plague
SYDNEY: After surviving years of crippling drought, farmers in eastern Australia are locked in a months-long battle with hordes of…
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Shuttered Australia is becoming a ‘hermit nation’, warn experts
SYDNEY: Prime Minister Scott Morrison defended his “Fortress Australia” COVID-19 restrictions yesterday, as experts warned that plans to keep the…
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Australia misses vaccine target amid slow rollout
SYDNEY: Australia will fall well short of its initial COVID-19 vaccination target, Prime Minister Scott Morrison admitted yesterday, claiming European…
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Two Australian ministers demoted after rape scandals
SYDNEY: Two Australian ministers were demoted from top cabinet posts yesterday as the ruling conservative party tried to draw a…
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Australia’s ‘Big Wet’ eases, but many still isolated
WINDSOR, Australia: Rescue teams raced emergency supplies to flood-hit Australians yesterday, as trapped residents waited for still-swollen rivers to ebb,…
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Thousands evacuate as Sydney sees worst floods in decades
SYDNEY: Torrential downpours lashed Australia’s east yesterday, forcing thousands to flee the worst flooding in decades and pushing communities already…
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Evacuations ordered as Sydney’s biggest dam overflows after rain
SYDNEY: Sydney braced for its worst flooding in decades yesterday after record rainfall caused its largest dam to overflow and…
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