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Australia's PM candidate Anthony Albanese shaped by humble start

The son of a single mother who raised him on a pension, Anthony Albanese had a humble start to life for a politician who could become Australia's prime minister on Saturday.

Live: PM Modi to attend third Quad leaders' summit in Tokyo on May 24

Live news updates: From Quad summit to Covid cases and Russia-Ukraine war, catch all the latest developments from across the globe live here

Biden to visit Japan for Quad Summit, to have bilateral meetings with Modi

While he's in Tokyo, Biden will launch a new and ambitious economic initiative for the region, the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF), which will be a 21st century economic arrangement

Australia imposes new sanctions on Russian journalists, officials

The list of people sanctioned includes Rossiya Segodnya International Information Agency Director General Dmitry Kiselev, FSB First Deputy Director Sergey Korolyov

Australian Prime Minister Morrison launches campaign days before poll

Prime Minister Scott Morrison's coalition trails the centre-left Labour Party opposition in most opinion polls as the administration seeks a rare fourth three-year term in elections on Saturday

Australian cricket legend Andrew Symonds dies aged 46 in car accident

As per a Queensland police statement, Symonds was in a single-car crash at about 10:30 pm

Australian scientists identify biomarkers that cause sudden infant death

SIDS is the unexplained death of an apparently healthy infant less than one year of age, during a period of sleep

Kim Jong Un lookalike disrupts Australian PM Morrison's election campaign

The impersonator, who later identified himself by the stage name Howard X, started talking to gathered media

Early voting begins ahead of Australia's May 21 federal elections

Voting is compulsory in Australia and almost 17 million adults in a population of 26 million people are expected to vote.

Australian PM Morrison defends management's ties to Solomon Islands

Solomons Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare told Parliament on Wednesday that opponents of his new security pact with China had threatened his country and insulted it

Australian central bank hikes interest rate for first time in over decade

Figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) last week showed inflation had reached a two-decade high of 5.1 per cent in the last 12 months.

Qantas places buy orders to revive plan for world's longest direct flight

The airline said on Monday it's buying 12 A350-1000s that can fly non-stop from Australia to any city in the world

Australia's Qantas unveils plans for new non-stop international flights

The carrier, which has been working on endurance flying under Project Sunrise for years, announced that it is ordering 12 Airbus A350-1000 aircraft to service the routes, reports Xinhua news agency

Australia PM promises to spend A$150 mn for cheaper medicines if re-elected

Morrison said the measure would offer immediate cost of living relief to 19 million Australians

Envoy urges ASEAN, Australia, India to work for ocean health, smart ports

Speaking at the inaugural session, Australia's High Commissioner to India Barry O'Farrell also stressed the need to co-operate in the Indo-Pacific amid the rising multi-polar world scenario

Indians supplant Chinese to become largest migrant group in Australia

From 2011 to 2021, Indian-born migrants rose by 373,000, followed by 208,000 from China and 118,000 from the Philippines, Australian Bureau of Statistics data showed Tuesday

Indian drug firms get a shot in the arm in $12-bn Australian drug market

India has over 750 USFDA approved plants and over 4000 products which are approved by either the US or EU or any other stringent regulator.

US raises concern over security framework between Solomon Islands, China

United States, Australia, Japan and New Zealand expressed concerns about a proposed security framework between the Solomon Islands and China and its "serious risks to a free and open Indo-Pacific."

Scott Morrison sends minister to Solomon Islands over concerns with China

Australian Prime minister Scott Morrison earlier on Tuesday had downplayed the prospect of China establishing a military base in the Solomon Islands.

Australia's covid case tally continues to rise, 40,000 new cases reported

Australia reported more than 40,000 new Covid cases and more than 30 deaths on Friday, including 16 in New South Wales, the country's most populous state.