Australia / New Zealand
Police in New Zealand kill “extremist” who stabbed six in supermarket
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand police on Friday shot and killed a knife-wielding "extremist" who was known to...
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Australian PM seeks quicker reopening after COVID-19 vaccine swap with Britain
By Renju Jose and Colin Packham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia will receive an additional 4 million doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine...
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Australia announces Pfizer coronavirus vaccine swap deal with Britain
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia will get 4 million doses of the Pfizer Inc coronavirus vaccine in a swap deal with...
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Australian doctors warn of risks to hospitals once COVID-19 curbs ease
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian doctors on Thursday warned the country's hospitals are not ready to cope with the...
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Australia aims to ‘live with virus’ instead of eliminating it
By Renju Jose and Jonathan Barrett SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian authorities on Wednesday extended the COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne for another...
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New Zealand COVID-19 cases drop for second day amid lockdowns
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's government on Tuesday reported that new COVID-19 cases fell for a second...
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New Zealand’s Auckland stays in lockdown, officials report Pfizer-linked death
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Monday extended a lockdown in Auckland by two weeks, while...
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Australian state warns COVID-19 hospitalisations to peak in October
By Colin Packham and Jonathan Barrett CANBERRA (Reuters) -Intensive care cases in Australia's New South Wales will hit a peak...
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Australia ends Afghanistan evacuations after Kabul suicide attacks
By Renju Jose and Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) -Australia has stopped evacuation flights from Afghanistan after Islamic State suicide bombers...
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Sydney cases dip as Australia debates COVID-19 reopening plans
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Sydney's COVID-19 cases slightly eased on Friday but still hovered near record levels as the...
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Sydney hospitals erect emergency tents as COVID-19 cases hit record
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's new daily cases of COVID-19 topped 1,000 on Thursday for the first time since...
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Australia urges people to leave Kabul airport area on terrorism threat
By Colin Packham CANBERRA (Reuters) -There is a high threat of a terrorist attack near the airport in Kabul, Australian...
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Sydney hospitals battle coronavirus as daily infections hit record
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Sydney's COVID-19 infections hit a daily record on Wednesday, putting parts of the health system...
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New Zealand pushes ahead with vaccinations as Delta outbreak widens
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand recorded 62 new cases of COVID-19 on Wednesday, taking the total number...
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New Zealand COVID-19 Delta outbreak spreading rapidly as cases jump
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand on Tuesday recorded its highest increase in COVID-19 cases since April 2020, as...
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Australia pandemic panel backs reopening targets despite Sydney outbreak
By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia can proceed with its reopening plans when the country reaches 70%-80% vaccination levels, the...
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Australia pandemic panel backs reopening plans amid Delta surge
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia can proceed with its reopening plans when the country reaches 70%-80% vaccination levels, the government's pandemic...
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New Zealand lockdown to be extended until at least Friday – media
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand is set to stay in COVID-19 lockdown until at least midnight Friday, New Zealand Herald...
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Australian PM Morrison defends lockdown strategy as daily cases hit record
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Australia will stick to its lockdown strategy against the coronavirus until at least 70% of...
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Australia evacuates more than 300 overnight from Afghanistan – PM
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia ran four flights into Kabul, Afghanistan, on Saturday night, evacuating more than 300...
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