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New Zealands Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern carries her lunch during an event in Welcome Bay near Tauranga, New Zealand. (AP)

New Zealand to lift virus curbs in most of country on September 21

New Zealand on Monday reported one new case of coronavirus in the community, taking the total number of cases to 1,447...

14 Sept 2020 11:00 AM IST

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Humpback whales stray up crocodile-infested tropical Aussie river

Park authorities have set up a partial exclusion zone to protect unwitting boaters and whales, which can grow up to 16...

12 Sept 2020 3:00 PM IST

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Antarctica is still free of coronavirus. Can it stay that way?

Until this year, conversations with incoming visitors focused on preparing the newcomers. Now the advice goes both ways

12 Sept 2020 2:02 PM IST

A dispute over protection measures for Australias endangered koalas threatened on September 10, 2020 to topple the government of the countrys biggest state. (AFP)

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A koala row might topple the government in Australia-'s New South...

The uniquely Australian political stoush comes months after unprecedented bushfires destroyed vast swathes of koala...

10 Sept 2020 12:24 PM IST

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, second right, addresses the media on the first day of her election campaign in Rotorua, New Zealand, Monday, Sept 7. 2020. Ardern said that her government will create a new public holiday to celebrate the Maori New Year if it is reelected next month. (AP)

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New Zealand government to honour Maori New Year if reelected

Many people have argued that marking the day would help recognise the nation-'s indigenous people

7 Sept 2020 1:08 PM IST

Protesters confront police at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne on September 5, 2020, during an anti-lockdown rally protesting the states strict lockdown laws as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AFP)

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Australia-'s Melbourne to remain in lockdown despite protests

Scuffles between protesters and police resulted in more than 160 fines for contravening lockdown measures or not wearing...

6 Sept 2020 11:22 AM IST

Police place a face mask on an arrested protester at the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne on September 5, 2020 during an anti-lockdown rally protesting the states strict lockdown laws as a preventive measure against the COVID-19 coronavirus. (AFP)

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Anti-lockdown protests erupt in Australia just as cases start to come...

Four men were arrested and charged with incitement over the so-called -'Freedom Day-' protests planned for several...

5 Sept 2020 2:15 PM IST

The death at Aucklands Middlemore Hospital on Friday afternoon takes New Zealands death toll from the virus to 23, with the most recent previous fatality on May 24. (AFP)

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New Zealand records first COVID-19 death in over three months

Health officials said the man was part of a second-wave cluster of infections that emerged in Auckland last month

4 Sept 2020 2:09 PM IST

In this photo provided by Steven Brown, a snake is coiled on the floor of a home at Laceys Creek, Australia. (AP)

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Kitchen ceiling collapses as two large pythons fight over mate in...

The house owner found the culprits, one 2.8 meters and the other 2.5 meters long, slithering into a bedroom and living...

2 Sept 2020 2:28 PM IST

$\Seven passengers on Sundays Air India Delhi-Auckland flight have tested positive for COVID-19 three days after arrival,\ the government official said.$ World

7 Air India passengers test COVID-19 positive in New Zealand after...

Hong Kong had earlier barred Air India flights from landing after the same thing happened there

29 Aug 2020 9:54 AM IST

Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant attends his third day in court for a sentence hearing in Christchurch on August 26, 2020.(AFP)

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Christchurch shooter sentenced to life without parole

Tarrant admitted to 51 charges of murder, 40 counts of attempted murder and one charge of committing a terrorist act in...

27 Aug 2020 8:49 AM IST

Wang Xining, the Chinese Embassy in Australias deputy head of mission (AP)

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Et tu, Brute?: Envoy says Australia betrayed China by pushing for...

The move has resulted in Chinese government refusing to take phone calls from Australian ministers and disruptions to...

26 Aug 2020 2:47 PM IST