Australia further restricts AstraZeneca vaccine over clotting concerns
SYDNEY, Australia (AFP) -- Australia recommended that AstraZeneca's Covid-19 jab should not be given to people under 60 on Thursday,…
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Australia and Oceania
After fire and floods, Aussie farmers suffer devastating mouse plague
by Andrew LEESON DUBBO, Australia (AFP) -- After surviving years of crippling drought, farmers in eastern Australia are locked in…
4 years ago
Australia’s second-largest city to exit two-week virus lockdown
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Five million Melbourne residents will exit lockdown Thursday after Australian authorities said their adherence to strict…
4 years ago
Virus lockdown in Australia’s second-largest city extended by a week
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- A coronavirus lockdown of Australia's second-biggest city will be extended by another seven days, authorities announced…
4 years ago
Ardern tours ‘devastating’ New Zealand floods
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern toured flood-hit areas of the country's South Island on…
4 years ago
New Zealand military called in as hundreds flee floods
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand's military was deployed to evacuate hundreds of residents from flood-hit areas of the…
4 years ago
Emergency declared as New Zealand floods threaten thousands of homes
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand authorities declared a state of emergency in the province of Canterbury Sunday, as…
4 years ago
Australia’s Covid success under threat as Melbourne goes into lockdown
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- Five million weary Melbourne residents returned to lockdown Friday, straining local resolve and testing Australia's "zero-Covid"…
4 years ago
Millions in Australia’s second city ordered into snap Covid lockdown
MELBOURNE, Australia (AFP) -- More than five million people in Australia's second-biggest city of Melbourne were ordered into a snap…
4 years ago
Ardern spends big in New Zealand’s ‘recovery’ budget
by Neil SANDS WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AFP) -- New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern unveiled a big-spending budget Thursday aimed…
4 years ago
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