SYDNEY, Australia -- Australia's Great Barrier Reef is suffering a "mass bleaching event" as coral comes under heat stress from warmer seas, reef authorities said Friday. An aerial survey showed coral bleaching at multiple reefs, "confirming a mass bleaching event, the fourth since 2016," said a...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Australia is offering a fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccines to over 65s from next month, federal health authorities announced Friday, as a new Omicron strain races through the population. The top advisory group on vaccines approved the fourth shot for vulnerable groups: those aged...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Australia accepted on Thursday a long-standing New Zealand offer to take hundreds of refugees detained for years in remote camps under Canberra's "Pacific solution" immigration policy. The deal, which was originally tabled in 2013, will involve New Zealand welcoming 150...
SYDNEY, Australia -- Women with genes that predispose them to endometriosis also have a higher risk of developing epithelial ovarian cancers (EOC), new research from the University of Queensland (UQ) suggests. The research, published in Cell Reports Medicine and revealed on Wednesday, involved...
SYDNEY, Australia - The Covid-19 cases continued to rise sharply in the state of Western Australia (WA) as health authorities said the peak of hospital cases is expected to come later this month. On Thursday, the state recorded 4,535 new cases in the 24 hours to 8:00 p.m. local time Wednesday...
The Philippine and Australian governments have reaffirmed their commitments to strengthen the ties of both countries across all areas. Foreign Affairs Assistant Secretary for Asian and Pacific Affairs Neal Imperial and Australian DFAT Southeast Asia Maritime Division First Assistant Secretary...
GRAFTON, Australia -- Floodwaters crashed into more towns on Australia's east coast as a deadly storm front barrelled south on Wednesday towards Sydney, where the main dam began to spill water. The death toll rose to 12 in a week-long disaster that has washed cars from roads and forced tens of...
The Adelaide 36ers and Kai Sotto took their fifth win of the season after routing the Cairns Taipans, 82-71, at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre in NBL Australia. Kai Sotto of the Adelaide 36ers (Adelaide 36ers) Daniel Johnson led Adelaide with 18 points, nine rebounds, three assists, and two...
Kai Sotto watched from the sidelines as the Adelaide 36ers squandered a 10-point lead late in the fourth quarter en route to a 77-72 loss to Brisbane Bullet in the 2021-22 NBL season at Nissan Arena on Friday, Feb 22. Photo from Adelaide 36ers Sotto finished with just six points, five rebounds, and...
Top diplomats look beyond COVID-19 and the challenge of rebuilding LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, DIPLOMATS From left: Huang Xi Lian, ambassador of China; Anke Reiffenstuel, ambassador of Germany; Teodoro Locsin, Secretary of Foreign Affairs; Steven Robinson, ambassador of Australia; and Michele Boccoz,...
CANBERRA -- Australia has recorded its highest number of daily coronavirus deaths in more than 15 months. There were 42 COVID-19 deaths reported across Australia on Wednesday -- 21 each in the country's two biggest states, New South Wales (NSW) and Victoria. According to Daily Mail Australia, the...
SYDNEY, Australia -- An Australian and Canadian study has found that childhood COVID-19 vaccination not only leads to high relative reductions in child disease and mortality, but also benefits adults, particularly the unvaccinated. The findings, published in MedRxiv and released by the Griffith...
