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Nearly 5 million accounts removed under Australia’s new social media ban

SYDNEY — Nearly 5 million social media accounts belonging to Australian teenagers have been deactivated or removed, a month after a landmark law barring those younger than 16 from using the services took effect, the...

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Australia sends troops to riot-hit Solomon Islands

Smoke from burning buildings rise from Honiara on the Solomon Islands on Thursday. — AFP

Australia to re-open borders to students, workers

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Australian fruit farmers face harvest headache

A worker displaying young cherries at a cherry farm located in the rural New South Wales state town of Nashdale, 212 kms from Sydney. - AFP

Thousands rally against Covid-19 vaccinations in Australia

People hold up placards during a rally against Covid-19 lockdown and vaccination measures in Melbourne. - AFP

Australian man charged over girl taken from outback camp

Cleo Smith and her mother Ellie Smith leave a house where the girl spent her first night after being rescued in Carnarvon, on Thursday. - Reuters

Australia to allow return of international students from 2022

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Most locked-down city Melbourne reopens

A barber gives a haircut as other customers wait outside in a queue that began as early as 4:30am in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday. - AFP

Melbourne to ease world's longest lockdowns

People walk past a floral tribute to a popular delicatessen owner who died from Covid-19 in Melbourne during a lockdown against Covid-19 coronavirus as Sydney ended a 106-day lockdown.

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Sydney reopens as Australia looks to live with Covid-19

People carrying shopping bags walk past a retail store in Sydney as the city ended their lockdown against the coronavirus after 106 days. - AFP

Sydney readies for 'freedom day' after virus lockdown

A health worker speaks with a person inside a vehicle at the Bondi Beach drive-through coronavirus disease testing centre in Sydney. -- Reuters

Melbourne cases hit record despite lockdown

Police patrol in Melbourne as the city grapples with a surge in Covid-19 infections recording 1,438 cases. -- AFP

Sydney gets 'blueprint for freedom' as virus cases fall

A police officer wearing a protective face mask patrol in the city centre during a lockdown to curb the spread of Covid-19 outbreak in Sydney. - Reutesrs,

Rare Australia earthquake triggers panic in Melbourne

People gather near a damaged building in the popular shopping Chapel Street in Melbourne after a 5.8-magnitude earthquake. - AFP

Australia to get nuclear subs in new US, British partnership

Australia has scrapped a $66 billion contract it had with France to build submarines, replacing it with nuclear-powered subs using US and British technology. -- AFP
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