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Australia to join UN Human Rights Council

Canberra: Australia will take a seat on the powerful UN Human Rights Council following France’s withdrawal from the process, according to Foreign Minister Julie Bishop. On Friday, Bishop confirmed France’s withdrawal will clear the way for Australia and Spain to take up two vacancies on the council from 2018, reports the Herald Sun daily. France’s strategic […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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India, NZ to battle for last WWC semi-final spot

Derby: The Indian eves face a do-or-die situation to seal the last semi-final spot at the ongoing ICC Women’s World Cup when they face a formidable New Zealand in their final group tie at The County Ground here on Saturday. England, Australia and South Africa have all booked a place in the last-four with victories on […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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'Migrants must embrace Aussie values if they want citizenship'

Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said on Tuesday that migrants needed to fully embrace “Australian values” if they wanted to become citizens. Speaking in parliament, Turnbull urged the opposition to pass a legislation which would result in the creation of a revamped citizenship test, reports Xinhua news agency. Under the changes proposed in April, […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Technology behind bitcoin may increase government productivity

Sydney: An Australian research indicates blockchain technology — that enables bitcoin — may increase productivity and innovation in government and industry in the future. Blockchain is a type of distributed ledger or decentralised database that keeps records of digital transactions. A distributed ledger has a network of replicated databases, synchronised via the internet and visible to […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Maradona declines offer to commentate with Pele

Rio de Janeiro: Maradona has declined an offer to join his long-time rival Pele as a guest commentator for Brazil’s friendly against Argentina in Australia next week. The Brazilian Football Confederation approached the Argentine legend earlier this month after securing exclusive broadcasting rights for Brazil’s international friendlies, Xinhua reported on Tuesday citing the Folha de […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
Passports of convicted Aussie pedophiles to be cancelled

Canberra: Convicted Australian pedophiles will have their passports cancelled and will be banned from travelling overseas under strict new laws designed to stop underage sex tourism. The laws, unveiled on Tuesday, will be formally introduced to Parliament later this week, and will affect up to 20,000 Australians currently on the National Child Offender Register, Xinhua […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Australian researchers use silkworms to repair damaged eardrums

Melbourne: Silkworms could have the potential to repair damaged eardrums, a team of Australian researchers has found. The team of researchers, based in Melbourne and Perth, have developed a device that incorporated silk into the “ClearDrum” ear implant, a device similar in appearance to a contact lens which a recipient’s cells can grow on, Xinhua […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
System failure cause flight delays in Australia, New Zealand
System failure cause flight delays in Australia, New Zealand

Canberra: A failure of the global passport control systems on Monday caused major delays for international passengers at Australian and New Zealand airports. “Airlines experiencing difficulty checking-in travellers for international services due to outage of Advanced Passenger Processing system,” the Melbourne airport operator said on its Twitter account. The Sydney airport operator, which also issued […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Australia open to sending more troops to Afghanistan

Canberra: Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday said the country is open to sending more troops to Afghanistan in response to a request by the NATO. “We have been asked to consider sending additional resources, and we are actively considering that. We’re open to that,” Turnbull told the media. Turnbull had met senior officials […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Film fest in Australia cancelled citing terror threats

Canberra: The first edition of Indian Film Festival and Awards of Australia (IFFAA), which was supposed to take place from May 7-13, has been cancelled due to terror threats, say organisers. An event which would have had Indian celebrities like Sonu Sood, Hariharan, Dharmendra, Javed Akhtar, Jeetendra and Ileana D’Cruz participating apart from Pakistani and […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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India handed first loss of Sultan Azlan Shah by Australia

Ipoh (Australia): India’s hockey team was overpowered by reigning world champions Australia 1-3 despite starting strongly and suffered the first loss in three matches of the Sultan Azlan Shah Cup here on Tuesday. In the match pitting last edition’s finalists, India kept the Australian attackers at bay before taking the lead through Harmanpreet Singh, who […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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India rise to No.3 in ICC ODI rankings post-annual update

Dubai: India have risen to the No.3 spot in the International Cricket Council’s (ICC) One-day International (ODI) rankings with South Africa and Australia taking the top two spots in the latest annual update on Monday. India have gained five points to swap positions with 2015 World Cup finalists New Zealand, who have dropped to fourth […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Facebook 'exploiting' Australian kids for advertisers

Canberra: Facebook has monitored the posts of Australian children and used algorithms to identify and exploit them by allowing advertisers to target them during their most vulnerable moments. Internal documents outline how the social network can target “moments when young people need a confidence boost” by monitoring posts, pictures and interactions, Sky News reported on […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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New Zealand-Australian troops to train new Iraqi forces

Wellington: New Zealand and Australian troops in Iraq will train about 2,000 Iraqi security forces personnel in the next fortnight to fight Islamic State (IS) insurgents, the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) said in a statement on Friday. “A steady flow of capable personnel is crucial in sustaining the counter-offensive against the terrorist group,” Major […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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Australian retailers to 'wage war' against Amazon

Canberra: Australian retailers are preparing for the invasion of US giant Amazon, and have vowed to take the fight up to the online-based store when it comes to local shores. Amazon confirmed its rapid Australian expansion by announcing its search for a site to build its “fulfilment centre” – a large warehouse for storing and […]

  • Monday, 05 July 2021
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