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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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Vaccinated Sydney residents picnic as lockdown rules relaxed

Policer offers patrol on their service horses in front of the Sydney Opera House amid Covid-19 pandemic. - AFP

New Zealand unable to keep supermarket attacker locked up

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Attacker shot dead after NZ supermarket knife rampage

A police officer walking with a gun outside a shopping mall following a knife attack in Auckland. -- Reuters

Australia logs record Covid cases, driven by New South Wales

Residents exercising along the Sydney Harbour during the lockdown. -- AFP

Austria's Strache guilty of bribery, given suspended prison term

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Lockdown until majority vaccinated: Australia PM

People walking along the quiet George Street in Sydney as the city extended its two-month-old lockdown and introduced a partial curfew to contain a fast-spreading coronavirus outbreak. -- AFP

New Zealand may rethink virus strategy after Delta spreads

People stand in line outside a grocery store in Wellington. -- Reuters

New Zealand's Ardern vows to stamp out Delta as outbreak widens

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Sydney steps up vaccine rollout as Australia's Covid cases at daily high

People wait in a queue for their Covid-19 coronavirus vaccination in Sydney. - AFP

'Suicidal reproducer' mammal survives Australia fires

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Sydney lockdown fines hiked

Near-empty ferries pass in front of the Opera House in Sydney on Saturday. -- AFP

Growing Sydney outbreak prompts new borders inside Australia

Visitors spend their afternoon at Mrs Macquarie's Point amid an extended lockdown due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Sydney. - AFP

Sydney to tighten Covid curbs, Australian capital to enter lockdown

A health worker takes a swab sample at a coronavirus drive through testing site in the Smithfield suburb of Sydney. - AFP

Australia suffers worst Covid day this year with millions in lockdown

A resident checks her details on a Covid-19 swab test container at a drive-through testing site in western Sydney as Australia's state of New South Wales reported another record day of infections. - AFP

Sydney suffers worst day of pandemic, Victoria state to enter 6th lockdown

Police walk outside a residential building in the southwestern Sydney suburb of Campbelltown after residents were placed in isolation due to reports of Covid infections within the building. - AFP
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