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31.03.2022 / 20:53

Some Russian soldiers refused to carry out orders in Ukraine: U.K. spy chief

Ukraine had refused to carry out orders, sabotaged their own equipment and accidentally shot down one of their own aircraft.Russia’s Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine has killed thousands of people, displaced millions and raised fears of a wider confrontation between Russia and the United States.

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Australia reports easing in new Covid-19 cases as vaccinations rise

New daily Covid-19 cases in Australia's Victoria and New South Wales states, the epicentres of the country's worst virus outbreak, have falled as authorities look to start easing tough restrictions amid a rise in vaccination rates.

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Australia hits Covid vaccine milestone

More than half of Australia's adult population are now fully vaccinated against Covid-19.

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Anti-lockdown protesters clash with police in Australia

Australia recorded 1,882 new coronavirus cases today, as thousands of police officers in Sydney and Melbourne were deployed to quell planned anti-lockdown protests, setting up checkpoints and barricades.

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UK to send four million Pfizer doses to Australia

The UK will send four million Covid-19 vaccine doses to Australia, Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced, as his country raced to halt a deadly virus outbreak.

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Australia tightens restrictions as it faces the 'most concerning day of the pandemic' so far

Australia's biggest city announced tighter Covid restrictions including heavier fines and tighter policing today as authorities battled to contain a Delta outbreak and said they were seeing the "most concerning day of the pandemic" so far.

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WHO calls on countries to set aside differences in SARS-CoV-2 origin probe

The World Health Organization (WHO) today called on countries to depoliticize the investigation into the origin of SARS-CoV-2 and how it jumped to humans, pressing for more raw data to review and suggesting that more can be done within its current framework to track lab safety around the world, including China.

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As Covid Delta outbreak worsens, Sydney to see more curbs

Sydney has been in lockdown for nearly two months now, the curbs are generally looser than those that helped Melbourne beat back the virus last year; daily cases have surged from 12 on June 26, when the stay-at-home order was first announced, to records of around 350 this week.

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NSW premier warns Covid-19 situation could worsen

Australia's New South Wales reported one of the country's youngest deaths from Covid-19, as daily infections lingered near a 16-month high despite the lockdown of 5 million people in Sydney entering its sixth week.

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Sydney outbreak a 'national emergency' as cases rise

Sydney's fast-growing coronavirus outbreak has become a "national emergency," state leaders said, as Australia's largest city reported another record number of new infections.

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George Williams' Warrington Wolves debut delayed after Covid-19 outbreak

George Williams' debut for Warrington Wolves has been delayed with his new club's trip to Leigh Centurions on Thursday having been called off because of another Super League Covid outbreak.

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Australia limits AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for people over 60 years old

Australia will recommend only people over 60 receive AstraZeneca’s COVID-19 vaccine, the country’s Minister for Health Greg Hunt said on Thursday, following a spate of blood clots in those who have received the inoculation.Australia has administered 3.3 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, and it has been linked to 60 cases of blood clots, the government has said.

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Australia limits use of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine to people over 60

Australia will recommend only people over 60 receive AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine, the country's Minister for Health Greg Hunt said on Thursday, following a spate of blood clots in those who have received the inoculation.Australia has administered 3.3 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine, and it has been linked to 60 cases of blood clots, the government has said.

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Australian telco fined $39M for exploiting Indigenous folk

CANBERRA – Australia’s largest telecommunications company Telstra was fined 50 million Australian dollars ($39 million) on Thursday for unconscionable conduct in selling remote Indigenous customers mobile phone contracts that they did not understand and could not afford.

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Australia plans big defense and security investments

CANBERRA – The Australian government released a big-spending economic plan for the next fiscal year on Tuesday that includes hefty investments in defense and national security as relations with China worsen.

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Australian mom convicted of killing 4 children seeks pardon

CANBERRA – Nearly two decades after an Australian woman was convicted of killing her four children, dozens of scientists are backing the claim that they may have died of natural causes.

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Australian who filmed 4 dead and dying police sent to prison

CANBERRA – A speeding driver in Australia was sentenced to 10 months in prison on Wednesday for offenses including what a judge described as the ”heartless, cruel and disgraceful” filming of four dead and dying police officers who had just been hit by a truck on a freeway.

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Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly's interview on ABC News Breakfast on 9 April 2021

ISKHANDAR RAZAK: Now, let's bring in the Chief Medical Officer, Paul Kelly, in Canberra this morning. Professor Paul Kelly, thank you for your time.

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Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly's interview on the Today Show on 8 April 2021

KARL STEFANOVIC: Well international concerns surrounding the AstraZeneca vaccine have increased this morning, with UK regulators saying those under 30 should get an alternative jab.LEILA MCKINNON: That follows the European Medicines Agency confirming for the first time blood clots are a rare side effect of the AstraZeneca jab. For more, let's bring in Chief Medical Officer Professor Paul Kelly in Canberra.

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Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly's interview on ABC News Breakfast on 12 April 2021

MICHAEL ROWLAND: Let's get more now on the vaccine rollout, with the Prime Minister last night abandoning formally all targets. The Chief Medical Officer, Paul Kelly, joins us now from Canberra.

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Chief Medical Officer Paul Kelly's interview on the Today Show on 9 April 2021

LEILA MCKINNON: Let's bring in Chief Medical Officer Professor, Paul Kelly, in Canberra. A busy person, but back on the show.

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Department of Health Secretary, Dr Brendan Murphy interview on ABC Radio Canberra on 9 April 2021

SABRA LANE: AstraZeneca says it respects the Governments decision, adding that millions of doses of the vaccine have been given around the world and its effectiveness is not disputed.Dr Brendan Murphy is the Secretary of the Federal Health Department and the former chief medical officer. He's in charge of Australia's vaccine roll-out.

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Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly's press conference on 16 April 2021

PAUL KELLY: So, good afternoon. Paul Kelly here in Canberra, with the daily update on the COVID situation here in Australia.

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Chief Medical Officer, Professor Paul Kelly's press conference on 12 April 2021

PAUL KELLY: Good afternoon. Paul Kelly here in Canberra with the coronavirus update.

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Australia plans to spend $417 M on hydrogen, carbon capture

CANBERRA – Australia’s prime minister has proposed spending an extra 539 million Australian dollars ($417 million) on hydrogen and carbon sequestration projects, seeking to burnish his government’s green credentials ahead of a climate summit to be hosted by President Joe Biden.

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Australia reverses decision to withhold medals from veterans

CANBERRA – Australia’s government on Monday reversed a decision to strip soldiers of unit citations due to war crime allegations in Afghanistan and announced an inquiry into suicides among veterans and serving members of the military.

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Sydney man finds snake in lettuce bought at supermarket

CANBERRA – Alex White thought he was watching a huge worm writhing in a plastic-wrapped lettuce he’d just brought home from a Sydney supermarket -- until a snake tongue flicked.

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Australia rules out adding J&J vaccine to inoculation plan

CANBERRA – The Australian government said Tuesday it had decided against buying the single-dose Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine and identified a second case of a rare blood clot likely linked to the AstraZeneca shot.

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UK's Prince Philip honored with 41-gun salutes after death

LONDON – Gun salutes across the U.K., in Commonwealth countries and at sea are marking the death of Britain’s Prince Philip on Saturday as military leaders honor the former naval officer and husband of Queen Elizabeth II.

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Australia to buy extra 20 million doses of Pfizer vaccine

CANBERRA – Australia said Friday that it has finalized a deal to buy an extra 20 million doses of the Pfizer vaccine as it rapidly pivots away from its earlier plan to rely mainly on the AstraZeneca vaccine.

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Australian envoy reportedly describes China as 'vindictive'

CANBERRA – Australia’s ambassador to Beijing has reportedly described China as a “vindictive” and “unreliable” trading partner as Australian officials revealed steep declines in most exports to the nation’s most important market.

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Trapped Sydney driver becomes first flood disaster fatality

CANBERRA – A motorist trapped in a car in Sydney on Wednesday became the first fatality of the Australian east coast floods.

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Australia PM wants more women in politics after new scandal

CANBERRA – Australia’s prime minister said on Tuesday he was shocked and disgusted by the latest sex scandal to rock his government and vowed to do more to attract women into politics.

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Dozens of towns isolated by flooding in Australian state

CANBERRA – Hundreds of people have been rescued from floodwaters that have isolated dozens of towns in Australia’s most populous state New South Wales and forced thousands to evacuate their homes as record rain continues to inundate the country’s east coast.

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Australia gives COVID-19 shots to virus-hit Papua New Guinea

CANBERRA – Australia will send COVID-19 vaccines from its own supply to its near-neighbor Papua New Guinea and will ask AstraZeneca to send more to try to contain a concerning wave of infections, Australia's prime minister said Wednesday.

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Australians rally at Parliament to demand justice for women

CANBERRA – Australians rallied in the capital and other cities Monday demanding justice for women and calling out misogyny and dangerous workplace cultures as the government reels from two rape allegations.

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Australia reports first local Covid case in more than 2 weeks

CANBERRA : Australia on Saturday recorded first local COVID-19 case in more than two weeks after a doctor tested positive for the coronavirus, triggering restrictions in area hospitals.Queensland state Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk said the unnamed doctor last week treated two patients who had recently returned to Australia and had tested positive for the UK variant."We know this doctor, who assessed these two COVID-positive patients was at the hospital at the time. Now, she developed symptoms," Palaszczuk told reporters in the state capital, Brisbane.

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Australian leader says Quad meeting will anchor stability

CANBERRA – Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Friday his first-ever meeting with President Joe Biden as well as the leaders of India and Japan will become an anchor of stability in the Indo-Pacific region.

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Australian AG Porter denies rape accusation, won't resign

CANBERRA – Australia’s attorney-general denied having sexual contact with a 16-year-old who had accused him of raping her 33 years ago and said Wednesday he would not resign as the nation's top law officer.

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Qantas expects to start international flights in October

CANBERRA – Qantas Airways does not expect to resume international travel apart from New Zealand until late October after the Australian population was vaccinated for COVID-19, the airline’s chief executive said on Thursday.

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Australia passes law to make Google, Facebook pay for news

CANBERRA – Australia’s laws forcing Google and Facebook to pay for news are ready to take effect, though the laws' architect said it will take time for the digital giants to strike media deals.

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Vaccination starts without rush in Australia, parts of Asia

CANBERRA – Australia started its COVID-19 inoculation program on Monday days after its neighbor New Zealand, with both governments deciding their pandemic experiences did not require the fast tracking of vaccine rollouts that occurred in many parts of the world.

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Australian leader urges Facebook to lift its news blockade

CANBERRA – Australia’s prime minister on Friday urged Facebook to lift its blockade of Australian users and return to the negotiating table with news publishing businesses, warning that other countries would follow his government’s example in making digital giants pay for journalism.

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Australian media law raises questions about 'pay for clicks'

CANBERRA – Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, the British computer scientist known as the inventor of the World Wide Web, says Australian plans to make digital giants pay for journalism could set a precedent that renders the Internet as we know it unworkable.

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In shock move, Facebook blocks news access in Australia

CANBERRA – In a shocking act of retaliation Thursday, Facebook blocked Australians from sharing news, a milestone in the increasingly frantic jockeying between governments, media and powerful tech companies that one Australian minister called “an assault on a sovereign nation” and abuse of power.

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Australia news media 'large and small' discuss Google deals

CANBERRA – Google was quickly negotiating generous deals with big and small Australian media companies to pay for news as the Parliament considers forcing digital giants into such agreements, a minister said on Wednesday.

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Major Australian media company strikes Google news pay deal

CANBERRA – Seven West Media has become the largest Australian news media business to strike a deal with Google to pay for journalism in a partnership announced Monday before the nation's Parliament considers draft laws to force digital giants to pay for news.

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Australia report says make Google and Facebook pay for news

CANBERRA – Australia’s Parliament will debate making Google and Facebook pay for news after a Senate committee on Friday recommended no changes to the world-first draft laws.

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United States	Cases: 46 252 513 Deaths: 750 423 Recovered: 0
India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
Brazil	Cases: 21 835 785 Deaths: 608 235 Recovered: 0
United Kingdom	Cases: 9 215 683 Deaths: 141 607 Recovered: 0
Russia	Cases: 8 494 589 Deaths: 237 619 Recovered: 0