Australia

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Australian states reinstate curbs as Omicron cases rise

Sydney – Australia’s two most populous states re-introduced Covid-19 curbs on Thursday as daily infections hit their highest amid an outbreak of the highly infectious Omicron variant and a rush on already-stretched testing clinics. New South Wales state, home to a third of Australia’s 25 million population, said it was again making it mandatory to

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Two dead as Sydney-Melbourne train derails
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Two people are dead and dozens are injured as Sydney-Melbourne train derails

Two people have been killed after a Sydney to Melbourne express train derailed near the Victorian town of Wallan leaving some commuters trapped, officials say. Several other passengers were being treated for injuries, emergency services said. One person was airlifted to a hospital in Melbourne. Images showed a number of twisted carriages had left the

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President Donald Trump walks with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison into the East Room of the White House for a news conference, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
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Australia’s Prime Minister Denies Being Pressured by Trump Over Probe

Australia’s Prime Minister Scott Morrison denied being pressured by President Donald Trump to help probe the origins of the Justice Department’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Morrison said Wednesday he had a brief telephone conversation with Trump a couple of weeks ago, in which the president asked for a point of contact

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Zimbabwe latest: Ignatius Chombo describes dramatic arrest ‘at hands of masked men with AK-47s’

A Zimbabwe former minister Ignatius Chombo said masked men in uniform armed with AK-47s stormed his home and abducted him during the military operation that lead to the ousting of Robert Mugabe. Former finance minister Ignatius Chombo appeared in court on Saturday on corruption charges that date back more than a decade. He described how a raid in the

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My Marriage in the Diaspora is a nightmare

WHEN I landed in Perth, Australia back in 2000 with my wife and two young children from Harare, we were so happy to start a new life in a new country. My wife and I were both graduates from the University of Zimbabwe but realized that for us to be successful we needed to go

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