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Australia NT government reveals 50% renewable energy plan

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CANBERRA. The government of Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) has revealed a plan to achieve its goal of using 50 per cent renewable energy by 2030. Eva Lawler, NT’s environment minister, released a plan for transforming the NT’s largest power grid within nine years. Under the plan, more reliance on solar power and battery storage will … Read more

Qantas extends partnership with Emirates for further five years

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Qantas extends partnership with Emirates for further five years

Qantas and Emirates have announced that their long-term cooperation will be extended for another five years. Customers and frequent travelers of both airlines will now have access to a vast combined network that spans Australia, New Zealand, Europe, and the United Kingdom. At the International Air Transport Association (IATA) annual general meeting in Boston, Emirates … Read more

Global warming kills 14 percent of world’s corals in a decade

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Global warming kills 14 percent of world's corals in a decade

Dynamite fishing and pollution — but mostly global warming — wiped out 14 percent of the world’s coral reefs from 2009 to 2018, leaving graveyards of bleached skeletons where vibrant ecosystems once thrived, according to the largest ever survey of coral health. Hardest hit were corals in South Asia and the Pacific, around the Arabian … Read more

Vacation home in Australia clings to cliff

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Vacation home in Australia clings to cliff

Instead of building a house on a hill, a construction company in Australia designed a five-story house hanging from the top of a mountain, called a calf house.

According to media reports, the entrance to the house is from the top of the mountain while glass has been installed on all three sides of the house which will provide a beautiful view of the sea.

The company has not announced a date for its construction, yet those interested in buying a home are showing keen interest.

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Ashes will go ahead ‘with or without Joe Root’: Paine

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Ashes will go ahead 'with or without Joe Root': Paine

Australia Test captain Tim Paine said Friday that the Ashes will go ahead with or without Joe Root after the England skipper refused to commit until there was more clarity around coronavirus quarantine rules. Cricket Australia is negotiating with Canberra and their English counterparts over what type of biosecurity bubble players may have to endure … Read more

Australia to ease international border restrictions next month

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CANBERRA. Australia’s international borders will reopen in November after being closed for 18 months amid the coronavirus pandemic. Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday announced that international travel to and from Australia will resume as states and territories approach 80 per cent of the adult population fully vaccinated against the coronavirus disease. Under the reopening … Read more

Protests in Australia’s Melbourne could accelerate Covid-19 outbreak, authorities fear

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Can Australia contain the Covid Delta variant

SYDNEY: In the Australian state of Victoria, healthcare workers battling a rising number of Covid-19 cases believe that a series of violent demonstrations in the capital city of Melbourne could trigger an even worse spike in the disease. On Friday morning, police riot squads, armed with tear gas and rubber bullets were bracing for further … Read more

Ramiz Raja: ‘Pak will now look after its own interest after Eng boycott tour’

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Ramiz Raja: 'Pak will now look after its own interest after Eng boycott tour'

Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) chairman, Ramiz Raja said that the “western bloc” seems united after England became the second country to cancel Pakistan’s tour. In a video message, Ramiz Raja said, “I am severely disappointed in England’s withdrawal but it was expected because this western bloc gets united unfortunately and tries to back each other,” … Read more

Protests staged over construction ban in Australian state amid increasing infections

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SYDNEY: Construction industry workers took to the street for the second day following a two-week ban on the sector in the Australian city of Melbourne in response to construction sites being linked to new Covid-19 infections. On Tuesday morning protesters spilled onto the streets marching through downtown Melbourne. Riot police have been dispatched to monitor … Read more

ECB’s decision to cancel tour was ‘writing on the wall’: Shoaib Akhtar

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ECB's decision to cancel tour was 'writing on the wall': Shaoaib Akhtar

Former cricketer Shoaib Akhtar said on Monday that the cancellation of the tour to Pakistan by the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) was a ‘writing on the wall’. “They are all colluders. It was expected that if New Zealand decides to call tour off, England will follow suit,” the fast bowler told the media, … Read more

Kohli crushed in 200th IPL match for Bangalore

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Kohli crushed in 200th IPL match for Bangalore

DUBAI: Kohli’s Royal Challengers Bangalore suffered a crushing nine-wicket loss to Kolkata Knight Riders on Monday hours after he announced to step down as captain at the end of this Indian Premier League. It remained an unforgettable evening for Kohli who fell for five in his 200th IPL match and Bangalore were skittled out for 92 with Kolkata … Read more

France recalls ambassadors to US, Australia over submarine row

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PARIS: France has decided to recall its ambassadors to the United States and Australia for consultation after Canberra scrapped a deal to acquire French-designed submarines and decided instead to invest in American nuclear-powered submarines. “At the request of the president of the Republic, I decided to immediately recall to Paris for consultations with our two … Read more

France accuses Australia and US of ‘lying’ over cancelled submarine contract

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France accuses Australia and US of ‘lying’ over cancelled submarine contract

France on Saturday accused Australia and the United States of lying over a ruptured Australian contract to buy French submarines, warning a grave crisis was underway between the allies. Australia’s decision to break a deal for the French submarines in favour of American nuclear-powered vessels sparked outrage in Paris, with President Emmanuel Macron recalling France’s … Read more

Submarine controversy: France recalls ambassadors from US and Australia

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France accuses Australia and US of ‘lying’ over cancelled submarine contract

France on Friday recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia for consultations in a ferocious row over the scrapping of a submarine contract, an unprecedented step that revealed the extent of French anger against its allies. President Emmanuel Macron ordered the recalling of the envoys after Canberra ditched a deal to buy French … Read more

Don’t boycott men’s cricket, former Afghan women’s chief pleads

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Don’t boycott men’s cricket, former Afghan women’s chief pleads

ISLAMABAD: International cricketers should support Afghanistan’s men’s team, not punish them by boycotting matches if the Taliban bars women from playing, the former director of the women’s side said. Tuba Sangar, who fled the country for Canada shortly after the fall of the country to the hardline Islamist group, warned that sports sanctions would damage … Read more

Covid-19 lockdown extended in Australian capital amid battle against 3rd wave

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CANBERRA: The Covid-19 lockdown in Australia’s capital city has been extended by a month as the country continues to battle the third wave of infections. Andrew Barr, chief minister of the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), said on Tuesday that Canberra will remain in lockdown until October 15. Restrictions were due to end on Friday after … Read more

Kohli to continue as India team captain in all three formats

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Kohli to continue as India captain in all three formats

Virat Kohli will continue his captaincy in all three formats of the game, a top BCCI official said on Tuesday, following reports that the batting great could be replaced as the limited-overs captain. Kohli has been performing well with the bat. This has led to the reports that the changes could be made after the … Read more

Australian watchdog blocks Qantas-Japan Airlines deal

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Qantas suffers a significant loss as preparations for resumption

Australia’s competition regulator on Monday definitively blocked a pricing, code-sharing and scheduling deal between Qantas and Japan Airlines, saying the arrangement would hurt consumers. The deal would have seen the two airlines coordinate on how much fares would cost, as well as flight schedules. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission ruled the proposal would “remove … Read more

Minorities in Australia hesitate from Covid-19 Vaccine

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Community groups in Australia’s Covid-hit cities are battling misinformation in multiple languages as they race to vaccinate a way out of “traumatic” lockdowns. Beneath the minarets of a mosque in west Sydney, 500 people are booked in for vaccine appointments at a pop-up clinic — part of a burgeoning network of initiatives by minority communities … Read more

Teams could skip T20 World Cup over Afghanistan: Tim Paine

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Teams could skip T20 Wolrd Cup over Afghanistan: Tim Paine

Tim Paine, Australia’s Test captain, said on Friday that he believes nations would skip the Twenty20 World Cup next month or play Afghanistan because of the Taliban’s alleged prohibition on women participating in sport. The International Cricket Council (ICC) has yet to make the decisions regarding the government’s stance on women and Afghanistan men’s T20 … Read more

Australia to cancel Afghanistan Test if women barred from sport

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Afghanistan, Australia, Cricket Australia, Taliban

Cricket Australia (CA) on Thursday said it would cancel the historic maiden Test match against Afghanistan unless the Taliban backtracks on a reported ban on women playing sport. The governing body said the first-ever men’s Test between the two nations in November was under serious threat after the deputy head of the Taliban’s cultural commission, … Read more

Taliban not in favor of women to play cricket due to religious issues

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Taliban not in favor of women to play cricket due to religious issues

Taliban officials said that women should not be allowed to play cricket as there might be some situations in which they will not be able to cover their faces and body. In response, Cricket Australia has threatened to cancel the Test match against Afghanistan which was scheduled to be played on November 27. In an … Read more

Australia beats Vietnam in World Cup qualifying

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Australia beat Vietnam in World Cup qualifying

Australia defeated Vietnam 1-0 in Hanoi and became the first Asian Football Confederation (AFC) nation to win consecutive ten World Cup qualifiers in a row. The match was played at My Dinh National Stadium. Vietnam could have had a penalty in the 27th minute, but Australia defender Grant’s blocked the shot. A Grant header that … Read more

Sania Mirza talks about the difficult life of an athlete

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Sania Mirza talks about the difficult life of an athlete

Indian tennis star Sania Mirza talks about the difficult life of an athlete and wants the world to know about it. Taking to Instagram, Sania wrote a long heartfelt note in which she spoke about the pressure, expectations, heartbreak, triumph, and pain an athlete has to go through. Sania, who is also the wife of … Read more

Australia should change current vaccination strategy to achieve herd immunity: study

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Which vaccinations are helpful against the Covid-19 delta variant?

SYDNEY: A new Covid-19 pandemic tracking model showed that Australia’s current vaccination strategy should now prioritise delivering the Pfizer vaccine to people aged between 12 and 40 years old to achieve herd immunity. The findings, published in the Medical Journal of Australia (MJA) on Monday, were made from a new model developed by James Cook … Read more

First shipment of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines arrive in Australia

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Australia

Officials say that COVID-19 vaccines have arrived in Australia overnight, it was the first batch in a swap deal with the United Kingdom. Australia is utilizing COVID-19 vaccines to speed up its vaccination programs as it confronts a surge in cases that has put more than half of the country’s 25 million people in lockdown. … Read more

Thousands in Australia sign petition to give light to Chinese Covid-19 vaccines

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Jordan: Chinese Sinopharm Covid-19 Vaccine Approved For Use

CANBERRA: Thousands of individuals have signed a petition asking the Australian government to introduce or import Covid-19 vaccines made by China. The petition, launched last week on the website of the Parliament of Australia, has garnered nearly 8,000 signatures, as of Saturday morning. The campaign was initiated due to the serious Covid-19 epidemic situation in … Read more

Six Australian universities ranked in global top 100

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CANBERRA: At least six Australian universities have been ranked in the world’s top 100 despite the significant impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the sector. Times Higher Education on Thursday published its annual World University Rankings for 2022. The University of Melbourne was the highest-ranked of the Australian contingent at 33 – down from 31 … Read more

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