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PM Modi expected to meet new Australian PM at QUAD Summit in Tokyo

At the upcoming Quad Summit in Japan on May 24, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to hold a bilateral meeting with his new Australian counterpart, as Australia went to polls on Saturday.

Aus PM Morrison concedes, ending nearly a decade of conservative rule

Partial results showed Morrison's Liberal-National coalition had been punished by voters in Western Australia and affluent urban seats in particular

Opposition Labour Party more likely to form Australia's government

The opposition Labour Party appeared more likely than Prime Minister Scott Morrison's coalition to form government after Australia's election on Saturday that could result in a rare hung parliament.

Australians vote to decide Morrison's conservative government future

Polling stations opened across eastern Australia on Saturday for voters to decide whether Prime Minister Scott Morrison's conservative government will defy odds and rule for a fourth three-year term.

Monkeypox spreads to more European countries, Australia, Canada

The World Health Organization (WHO) said the source of these infections has not yet been confirmed but cases seem to have been "locally acquired"

Australia name cricket squad for CWG; to face India in opening fixture

Australia will be the strong favourites to add to their ICC Women's Cricket World Cup 2022 trophy, where they defeated defending champions England in the final in New Zealand earlier this year

Australians vote to choose new PM on Saturday: Here's what you need to know

Opinion polls have shown Labor leading, but the gap has narrowed in the final weeks of campaigning

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