Australia


Sydney, Australia’s largest city, in two-week hard COVID-19 lockdown

MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Sydney and some surrounding areas will enter a hard two-week COVID-19 lockdown

Australia extends Sydney lockdown as Delta outbreak grows

The Australian city of Sydney has gone into a two-week lockdown after a rise in

Downtown Sydney, Bondi head for lockdown as Delta infections spike

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Downtown Sydney and the city’s eastern suburbs, which include Bondi Beach, will

Rio kept destruction of Ice Age Australia heritage secret, Aboriginal group says

(Reuters) – A Rio Tinto Ltd (RIO.AX) forerunner failed to protect 18,000-year-old artefacts showing how

Facebook rejects talks with Australia publisher, testing world’s toughest online law

(Reuters) – Australia’s competition watchdog is looking into a claim that Facebook Inc (FB.O) refused

Downtown Sydney, beachside suburbs locked down due to spike in COVID-19 cases

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Downtown Sydney and the city’s eastern suburbs, which include Bondi Beach, will

Australian court orders Chilean woman’s extradition over Pinochet-era charges

(Reuters) – An Australian court on Thursday ruled that a Chilean woman accused of kidnapping

Sydney told to brace for more COVID-19 cases as government minister tests positive

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia’s most populous state, New South Wales (NSW), should brace for more

Sydney isolated as COVID-19 clusters build; NZ tightens curbs in capital

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – Australia’s largest city of Sydney re-introduced “soft touch” COVID-19 curbs on Wednesday

New Zealand brings back curbs in Wellington after COVID scare from Sydney visitor

SYDNEY, (Reuters) – New Zealand raised the COVID-19 alert level in its capital Wellington on