Australia

Melbourne: Australian authorities announced on Tuesday that they will impose a four-week mandatory lockdown in 10 areas of Melbourne following an exponential increase in COVID-19 cases due to fresh outbreaks in the city. The stay-at-home…

Canberra: Australia's widespread easing of COVID-19 restrictions has remained on track despite a dozen new confirmed cases, with state leaders confident that milder distancing measures will be sufficient. Crowds of up to 10,000 people…

New Delhi: Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison in a boost to the fate of the 2020 T20 World Cup said on Friday that sports stadiums capable of seating 40,000 people will be allowed to host crowds of up to 10,000 from next month. But the…

New Delhi/Washington: US President Donald Trump has decided to postpone the G7 summit till September and invite India, Russia, Australia and South Korea to discuss a plan on how to deal with the future of China among the 11 most powerful…

Sydney: US-based biotechnology company Novavax has started enrolling participants in Australia for a clinical trial of its coronavirus vaccine candidate, NVX-CoV2373. Preliminary immunogenicity and safety results from the Phase 1 portion…

Perth: Australia's western coast is bracing for a "once-in-a-decade" storm, which is expected to make landfall on Sunday bringing with it torrential rains, strong winds and waves of up to eight metres. The severe weather is the result of…

New Delhi, May 6 (IANS) Ravi Shastri said that it was great to be part of the Indian teams that won the 1985 World Championship and the 2018/19 team that won the Test series in Australia. Shastri was a player in the 1985 side led by Sunil…

Johannesburg, May 2 (IANS) Former South Africa batsman Herschelle Gibbs has decided to auction the bat -- used during his team's record-breaking chase of 434 against Australia in 2006 -- in order to raise funds for fight against…

Canberra/Wellington: Australia and New Zealand, the two neighbouring countries with different strategies against the COVID-19 pandemic, on Tuesday began relaxing their social distancing measures following success in checking the spread of…

Canberra: An Australian company has called out for volunteers in the country's first human trial of a COVID-19 vaccine, expected to take place in coming weeks. Clinical research company Nucleus Network revealed on Wednesday it would test…