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The Trump administration has turned up the heat on Chinese tech companies TikTok and WeChat with an executive order that US companies have 45 days to stop transacting with them.

Australian universities are expected to lose billions of dollars in revenue due to the impacts of COVID-19. The estimated lost revenue from international students alone is A$18 billion by 2024.

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So far the Victorian Labor government is taking the blame for the coronavirus crisis.

Queensland police arrest teenagers who allegedly lied to cross border, sparking Noosa Covid-19 wave of rumour and panic.

Pessimism about the state of Australian politics over the past few years has obscured a significant point that the pandemic has shown up starkly: the centre has held.

Dreamworld and White Water World get $70-million loan so they can keep operating. Others attractions will be assisted too.

One of the many things COVID-19 has had a dramatic impact on is the way many of us work.

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Police force is to train 60 drone pilots and buy 40 new drones as it increases its technological and airborne capability.

Although political leaders have closed borders in response to COVID-19, scientists are collaborating like never before. But the coronavirus (SARS-COV-2) is novel – and we don’t yet have all the facts about it.

On Sunday, New Zealand marked 100 days without community transmission of COVID-19.

Police say world-leading initiative enables near-instant drug testing of the public in almost any situation.

All the major car manufacturers are now launching pure battery electric models and many governments and municipalities are legislating and regulating to encourage ownership.

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NSW Health Minister apologises after his outburst in which he called the Opposition Leader a ‘pork chop’, among other things.

Joe Biden’s promise to name a woman running mate has prompted familiar debates about gender and power.

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The explosion that tore through Beirut on Tuesday August 4 was so strong that shockwaves were felt on the island of Cyprus, over 200 kilometres away.

Company says chemical is safe and highly regulated in Australia. It requires “extreme negligence” to explode.

Of all frightening ways that the SARS-COV-2 virus affects the body, one of the more insidious is the effect of COVID-19 on the brain.

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Closing the Gap deal sets 16 new targets aimed at improving the lives of Indigenous Australians in several key areas.

Central banks are stretched to the limit, trying to support the economy during the unprecedented COVID-10 recession. The Bank of England is now considering cutting its base rate to below zero.

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The good news in the Reserve Bank’s latest quarterly set of forecasts is that the recession won’t be as steep as it thought last time.

Australia’s long-awaited cybersecurity strategy, released yesterday, pledges to spend A$1.67 billion over the next ten years to improve online protection for businesses, individuals and the country as a whole.

Democrats in Congress want to send US$1 trillion to help out states and cities in their version of the relief bill. The GOP’s bill has, so far, no money for states and cities, though reportedly its position has moderated recently.

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Stockpile in NSW city of Newcastle said to be four times bigger than that which created the Beirut blast.

Head of policy think tank says business community should be able to speak out on China without their loyalty being questioned.

COVID-19 has now made us two Australias. There’s Victoria – most specifically Melbourne – and then there’s the rest of the country.

Melburnians have now been wearing mandatory face coverings in public for two weeks. Yet Premier Daniel Andrews yesterday announced another grim milestone in Victoria’s second wave of COVID-19 infections: 725 new cases, a record daily tally for any Australian state since the pandemic began.

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The Australian Alps in southeast New South Wales is the traditional home of three Aboriginal groups: the Ngarigo, Walgalu and Djilamatang people. It is home to Australia’s highest peak, Mount Kosciuszko.

New modelling shows that under a worst-case scenario, Australia will be 1.4 million people - or 4% - smaller in 2040, than if COVID-19 had not happened.

In his address to the Aspen Security Forum today, Prime Minister Scott Morrison stressed the importance of Australia’s alliances with fellow liberal democracies.

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From early on Saturday morning, nobody from NSW and ACT will be able to enter Queensland. Premier says ‘tough decision’ is necessary.

The self-proclaimed Principality of Hutt River in outback WA is back in the Australian fold as lack of tourists hits its economy.

Virgin Australia’s plan to sack about 3,000 of its 9,000 staff, axe its budget brand Tigerair, streamline its fleet to only Boeing 737s and suspend long-haul international flying indefinitely should come as no surprise.

Americans were alarmed last week when their president suggested on Twitter that the November 3 presidential election should be delayed because mail-in ballots would be fraudulent.

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Australian embassy to Lebanon severely damaged by a massive Beirut explosion which has injured consular staff and left one Australian dead.

The Lebanese capital Beirut was rocked on Tuesday evening local time by an explosion that has killed at least 78 people and injured thousands more.

When the pandemic broke, the cruise industry was decimated as its ships became floating outbreaks. Efforts to kick-start it are floundering.

As Victorians face yet another long period of enforced lockdown, serious concerns are being raised about people’s capacity to comply.

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HMAS Canberra rushes to the assistance of three sailors shipwrecked on an uninhabited Pacific island.

Urban living brings many benefits, but city dwellers worldwide are seeing a rapid increase in noncommunicable health problems, such as asthma and inflammatory bowel disease.