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- World
Sydney beaches closed after 1st fatal shark attack in 60 yrs
Sydney: More than a dozen of popular surf beaches in Sydney were closed on Thursday, following the first fatal shark attack in the Australian city’s waters in almost 60 years. Shocked witnesses…
- World
Sydney lockdown extended, masks required outside
Sydney: A lockdown in Australia’s largest city was extended through September and tougher measures to curb the coronavirus’s delta variant were imposed Friday, including a curfew and a mask mandate outdoors. New South…
- World
Sydney lockdown enters 20th day
Sydney: Sydney, Australia’s most populous city, entered the 20th day of the ongoing strict lockdown on Thursday imposed amid the country’s largest Covid-19 outbreak of this year. On Thursday, New South Wales (NSW)…
- World
Lockdown extended for 14 days in Sydney amid Delta Variant spike
Canberra: Australia on Saturday extended lockdown for 14 days in Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong to curb the spread of the Delta variant of COVID-19. Restrictions will also be…
- Technology
This AI tech can hear Covid in a cough
Sydney: Australian computer scientists have developed a novel Artificial Intelligence-based model that can hear the effects of Covid-19 in the sound of a forced cough, even when people are asymptomatic, an advance that…
- Health
New antiviral with 99.9% efficacy against COVID-19 developed
Sydney: An international team of scientists, from Australia and the US, has developed an experimental direct-acting antiviral therapy that can reduce viral load by 99.9 per cent and may be a new treatment…
- Sports
‘With family member on deathbed, one doesn’t care about cricket’: Zampa on leaving IPL
Sydney: Australia Adam Zampa said that the bio-bubble for the Indian Premier League (IPL) 2021 is the most vulnerable one he has been in so far due to the Covid-19 situation in India.…
- World
2nd-wettest March on record caused Aus flood crisis
Sydney: Rainfall that resulted in last month’s flood crisis across the Australian state of New South Wales (NSW) was more than double the average, making it the second-wettest March on record, the…
- World
20K still evacuated in Aus states due to floods
Sydney: Some 20,000 people in Australia’s New South Wales (NSW) were still unable to return to their homes on Thursday after being evacuated in the wake of the state’s flood crisis. After…
- World
Australia declares natural disaster after heavy rains cause flooding
Sydney: The Australian government has declared a natural disaster in New South Wales after heavy rains caused flooding in rivers and a dam and thousands had to evacuate. The NSW and the…
- News
Study suggests no higher risk for asthmatic from Covid: Study
Sydney : Asthma may not increase the risk of severe illness or death from Covid-19, a new study suggests. The review of studies on 587,000 people showed that people with asthma had…
- Technology
Google-Australia tussle over new media code deepens
Sydney: The News Media Bargaining Code has started a bitter war between Google/Facebook and the Australian government, with Google threatening to pull its Search engine from the country. Rod Sims, chair of the…
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‘Would expect better from our home crowd’, Warner apologizes to Siraj on racism row
Sydney: Two days after Indian bowlers Mohammad Siraj and Jasprit Bumrah were allegedly subjected to racial abuse by spectators at the Sydney Cricket Ground during the third test match, Australian cricketer David…
- Sports
ICC condemns racism in Sydney Test, seeks action taken report from Cricket Australia
Dubai: The ICC on Sunday condemned the incidents of Indian players being subjected to racial abuse by spectators during the third Test against Australia in Sydney and sought an action taken report from…
- Hyderabad
22-year-old Hyderabad woman dies in road accident in Australia
Hyderabad: In an unfortunate incident, a 22-year-old woman from Hyderabad was killed in a road accident at Sydney, Australia on Thursday. The deceased was identified as M Rakshita, 22, who was pursuing…
