COVID-19
Worldwide carbon emissions plummet to 14-year low during coronavirus lockdowns
A new study predicted 2020 could see an overall carbon emission decrease of 7.5 per cent. Powered by WPeMatico
Historic health assembly ends with global commitment to COVID-19 response
At today’s meeting of the 73rd World Health Assembly —its first-ever to be held virtually—delegates adopted a landmark resolution to bring ...
Australia to China: Don’t punish us for COVID inquiry
Foreign Minister Marise Payne has called on China not to conflate trade issues with a diplomatic spat over an international ...
Incredible stories to rival The Last Dance
They are the stories of courage and hope, of single-minded determination to overcome all obstacles and exactly what the world ...
Volunteers ready to take part in first Aussie COVID-19 human trials
The First Australians to take part in human clinical trials of a possible coronavirus vaccine will be dosed up with ...
Give us a break: Businesses beg for local travel ban to end
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Why COVID-kids need a kindness curriculum
Trying a little tenderness might just be the answer for students navigating home and school life in this time of ...
Germany’s coronavirus protests: Anti-vaxxers, anti-capitalists, Neo-Nazis
The pandemic marginalised the far right, as Germans rallied behind Angela Merkel. But the reopening has brought them back, and ...
France sees 70 coronavirus cases linked to schools days after students returned to classrooms
Seventy new coronavirus cases have been linked to schools in France, a week after a third of the country’s students ...
Munich beer garden visitors can finally go for a beer again
Munich beer gardens are open again. There are strict regulations and the innkeepers themselves are far from happy with their ...
Greg Hunt MP addresses the World Health Assembly
Health Minister Greg Hunt addressed the World Health Assembly on Monday evening to call for an inquiry into the origins ...
Gladys Berejiklian confirms all NSW students will return to classrooms from next week
Students at NSW public schools will return to classroom teaching full time from May 25, two months after coronavirus forced ...
‘It actually works’: COVID-19 vaccine breakthrough
In a major breakthrough patients trialling a COVID-19 vaccine have developed antibodies that could protect them from the virus. Powered ...
Two more aged care facilities locked down
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Trump takes antimalarial drug as China backs virus probe
Chinese President Xi Jinping has backed a comprehensive international review of the COVID-19 pandemic in a sensational diplomatic win for ...
‘We don’t want a trade war’: Australia to fight China tax
Australia will fight to overturn China’s crippling tariff on barley imports but wants to avoid a US-style trade war with ...
Council rates frozen as city budget slumps
Rates will be frozen next year for residents in the City of Melbourne and the council will slump into the ...
‘Straight-up fire’ in his veins: Teen battles new COVID-19 syndrome
Jack McMorrow, 14, awoke in agony, with heart failure. The case of the New York teen may help doctors understand ...
Donald Trump’s son claims coronavirus will ‘magically’ disappear after the election
Eric Trump’s claims the coronavirus will “magically” disappear after the November election have been labelled “stunning and unbelievably reckless.” Powered ...
NSW virus deaths hit 48, road chaos feared
A man in his 60s with underlying health conditions has died in NSW after contracting coronavirus, taking the state’s death ...
‘Graduate Together’: Barack Obama, LeBron James and more virtually celebrate class of 2020
Despite all the canceled graduation ceremonies, a star-studded lineup of speakers, including Barack Obama, LeBron James and Malala Yousafzai, were ...
Australia’s virus death toll rises to 99 as NSW man in his 60s dies
A man in his 60s with underlying health conditions has died in NSW after contracting coronavirus, taking the state’s death ...
How to get kids back-to-school-ready
With home learning being phased out across the nation, experts warn the transition back to classrooms will take some getting ...
Ask the expert: Can we keep coronavirus under control?
Australia is cautiously lifting lockdowns after an impressive effort in keeping the number of coronavirus cases in the country under ...
10 schools to be built under plan to kickstart Victoria’s economy
A road and rail maintenance blitz will headline a $2.7 billion building boom designed to kickstart Victoria’s stuttering economy and ...
World’s first nation that may get access to COVID-19 vaccine
A coronavirus vaccine could be available as soon as September as researchers in the UK race to be the first ...
116 nations back PM’s COVID-19 China probe
More than 100 countries have signed up to support Australia’s call for an international COVID-19 inquiry at the World Health ...
Simon Birmingham says China not returning his calls amid deepening rift over trade
Trade Minister Simon Birmingham has tried to speak to his Chinese counterpart of a growing trade rift without any luck. ...
US Democrats launch probe into Donald Trump’s firing of State Department watchdog
US President Donald Trump’s move to dismiss a government watchdog official believed to be investigating his Secretary of State has ...
Victorian pubs and cafes to reopen in June as coronavirus restrictions ease
Victorians will be able to eat and drink inside pubs, cafes and restaurants again from June 1, starting with up ...
