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Pangulo ng Mexico positibo sa COVID-19

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 25 09:44 PM

Mild lang ang sintomas at stable ang kondisyon ni Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador na positibo sa COVID-19.   Read more »

Is news worth a lot or a little? Google and Facebook want to have it both ways

The Conversation, Reuters
Posted at Jan 25 10:52 AM

Executives from Google and Facebook have told a Senate committee they are prepared to take drastic action if Australia’s news media bargaining code, which would force the internet giants to pay news publishers for linking to their sites, comes into force. Read more »

Australia approves Pfizer vaccine for rollout in February

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 25 10:24 AM

SYDNEY - Australia's medical regulator has formally approved the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine, with the first doses expected to be administered in late February, Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Monday. Read more »

Australia says it will spend $770M on navy weapons development

Reuters
Posted at Jan 25 08:49 AM

SYDNEY - Australia will spend A$1 billion ($770 million) developing new naval weaponry capabilities, including long-range missiles and torpedoes, the federal government said on Monday, part of a vast defense upgrade amid rising regional tensions. Read more »

Australia's Victoria logs 17 days with no community COVID-19 cases

Reuters
Posted at Jan 23 12:57 PM

Australia's Victoria state recorded its 17th straight day without any new local coronavirus cases on Saturday as officials focus on keeping the community separated from staff and players here for next month's Australia Open. Read more »

Australia posts zero virus cases, state chief calls for 'Pacific bubble'

Swati Pandey, Reuters
Posted at Jan 21 11:24 AM

SYDNEY - Australia recorded a fourth day of zero coronavirus cases on Thursday, prompting the chief of the country's most populous state to call for a special travel "bubble" with Pacific island nations.   Read more »

Bakuna ng Sinovac, AstraZeneca OK para sa mass vaccination sa Brazil

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 18 08:20 PM

Inaprubahan sa Brazil ang paggamit ng bakunang gawa ng AstraZeneca at Sinovac. Read more »

Australia unlikely to open border in 2021: health official

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 18 01:56 PM

Australia's international borders are unlikely to open to travelers this year despite the rollout of coronavirus vaccines, a top health official said Monday. Read more »

Google 'experiment' blocks Australian news from local searches

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 14 04:44 PM

The Australian Financial Review reported that Google was blocking several major commercial news outlets including its masthead, News Corp papers and Guardian Australia from a small number of search users.   Read more »

How Aussie doctor's at-home COVID test won US approval

Holly Robertson, Agence France-Presse
Updated as of Jan 11 11:48 AM

BRISBANE - An Australian doctor who began inventing virus detection tools as a "hobby" is now helming a mammoth effort to ship the first non-prescription home COVID-19 tests cleared by US regulators. Read more »

Naked fugitive found in croc-infested northern Australia waters

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 06 05:48 PM

A naked fugitive hiding out in trees above crocodile-infested waters has been discovered by a pair of fishermen, after spending days surviving on snails in swampy mangroves in Australia's far north.   Read more »

Australia moves COVID-19 vaccine rollout to early March

Renju Jose, Reuters
Updated as of Jan 06 11:34 AM

Australian health authorities are bringing forward the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines by 2 weeks to early March, even as recent outbreaks in the country's 2 largest cities appeared to stabilize. Read more »

Dakar Rally: Bike rider Price wins third stage as Howes goes top

Reuters
Posted at Jan 05 08:02 PM

Australian Toby Price won the third stage of the Dakar Rally in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday as American Skyler Howes took the overall lead in the motorbike category. Read more »

Julian Assange: WikiLeaks' controversial founder

Callum Paton, Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 05 04:56 AM

LONDON - The legal controversies surrounding the WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange are now in their second decade and the divisions between his supporters and critics remain as intractable as ever. Read more »

Australian 'lives and homes' at risk as fire nears Perth

Agence France-Presse
Posted at Jan 04 01:25 PM

An out-of-control bushfire threatened lives and homes in Australia's west coast city of Perth Monday, with locals told to shelter in place from toxic fumes. Read more »

Australia's virus cluster expands further as masks made compulsory

Swati Pandey, Reuters
Posted at Jan 03 10:16 AM

Australia's most-populous state of New South Wales on Sunday reported eight new COVID-19 cases as new social distancing restrictions and mandatory mask wearing kicked in while neighboring Victoria had three new cases. Read more »

PANOORIN: Pagsalubong ng 'Pandemic New Year' sa buong mundo

ABS-CBN News
Posted at Jan 01 09:25 PM

Binago ng coronavirus disease pandemic ang paraan ng pagsalubong sa Bagong Taon sa buong mundo. Read more »

Australia to ring in new year with stricter COVID-19 restrictions

Reuters
Posted at Dec 31 11:12 AM

Australia will ring in the new year with harsher restrictions on movement, gatherings and internal borders as the country's 2 largest states battle to quash fresh COVID-19 cases in their capital cities.   Read more »

Sydney on alert after mystery cases but new infections remain low

Reuters
Posted at Dec 29 01:06 PM

Australia's most populous state of New South Wales (NSW) maintained its downward trend of new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday but authorities asked people to be on "high alert" after cases were detected outside the current virus cluster. Read more »

Sydney told to watch its famous New Year's Eve fireworks from home

Lidia Kelly, Reuters
Posted at Dec 28 11:16 AM

Sydney, one of the world's first major cities to welcome each New Year with a public countdown featuring a fireworks display over its well-known Opera House, has banned large gatherings that night amid an outbreak of the coronavirus. Read more »