Australia / New Zealand
Sydney emerges from pandemic lockdown, beer in hand
By Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY (Reuters) - Sydney's oldest pub opened one hour early on Monday to welcome back its regulars...
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French ambassador says Australia ‘childish’ to keep U.S. subs pact secret
CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's assertion that it could not inform France of its top-secret talks with the United States and...
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Australia says return of French ambassador to aid repair of bilateral relationship
(Refiles to fix broken link in last paragraph) By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) - Australia's Foreign Minister Marise Payne said...
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France sending envoy back to Australia to redefine relationship
PARIS (Reuters) -France will send its ambassador back to Australia to help redefine relations after withdrawing the envoy when Canberra...
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France says row with Washington over submarines still not resolved
By John Irish PARIS (Reuters) - A dispute between Paris and Washington over Australia's decision to ditch a submarine procurement...
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U.S.’ Blinken talks European security cooperation with France’s Macron
By Simon Lewis and Richard Lough PARIS (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken and French President Emmanuel Macron on...
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New Zealand drops COVID-19 elimination strategy under pressure from Delta
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand on Monday abandoned its long-standing strategy of eliminating coronavirus amid a persistent Delta...
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New Zealand’s Delta outbreak spreads outside Auckland
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's Delta variant outbreak spread beyond the largest city of Auckland, prompting Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern...
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Australia’s Delta outbreak spreads to new states
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia reported more than 1,900 new infections of the Delta coronavirus on Sunday, health data showed, with...
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New Zealand reports 27 COVID-19 cases amid anti-lockdown protests
(Reuters) - New Zealand officials reported 27 new cases of the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant in Auckland on Saturday,...
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Australia reports 2,357 new COVID-19 cases as vaccination push continues
By Lidia Kelly and Stefica Nicol Bikes MELBOURNE/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia reported 2,357 new cases of the Delta coronavirus variant...
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Australia to ease international border restrictions from November
By Colin Packham and Jamie Freed CANBERRA/SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Friday announced an 18-month ban on...
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New Zealand’s Auckland logs more Delta cases ahead of key decision on restrictions
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand logged 19 more cases of the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant on...
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AUKUS pact no threat to Indo-Pacific stability, U.S. envoy says
By Stanley Widianto JAKARTA (Reuters) - A defence pact between Australia, the United States and Britain is no threat to...
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New Zealand to halt removal of ‘at risk’ children from families
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand said on Wednesday it will put a virtual halt to the practice of taking at-risk...
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New Zealand’s COVID cases jump as its battles Delta variant
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's daily coronavirus cases jumped to their highest level in weeks on Wednesday, a setback to...
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At Quad, Japan’s Suga welcomed Australia submarine partnership
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - At a meeting of the Quad group of countries on Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga welcomed...
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Australia’s Morrison says Indo-Pacific should always be free from coercion
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison stressed the importance of a "free and open" Indo-Pacific, as leaders of...
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French trade minister declines to meet with Australian counterpart
PARIS (Reuters) -French Trade Minister Franck Riester has declined an offer to meet his Australian counterpart next month in Paris,...
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Australia hits vaccine milestone as Melbourne cases hover near record levels
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -More than half of Australia's adult population were fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Friday,...
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