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First Paralympic gold medal goes to Paige Greco of Australia

Cyclist Paige Greco of Australia claimed the first gold medal of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, winning the 3,000-meter pursuit on Wednesday on the velodrome track

World's biggest miner fired 48 workers in two years for sexual harassment

While harassment is a problem in workplaces around the world, isolated mines can be especially risky for women

Australia's worst day of coronavirus pandemic sees restrictions tighten

Australia's most populous state on Monday reported its worst day of the pandemic with 478 new infections and seven COVID-19 deaths as pandemic restrictions tightened in other parts of the country. The previous record daily tally in New South Wales was 466 new cases reported on Saturday. Two of the dead had received a single dose of a two-shot vaccine. The rest were unvaccinated, New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian said. Only 26% of Australians aged 16 and older had been fully vaccinated by Saturday. Australia has one of the slowest vaccine rollouts among wealthy countries, which is making the spread of the delta variant particularly dangerous. The first shipment of 1 million Pfizer doses that Australia bought from Poland arrived in Sydney overnight. Residents aged 16-to-39 in Sydney's worst-effected suburbs will be given 530,000 of the new doses, the government said. This age group was responsible for most of the virus spread. Berejiklian blamed Sydney residents' failure t

Covid World Dispatch: Australia's capital to enter one-week lockdown

Canberra will enter a snap seven-day lockdown on Thursday, China partly shut the world's third-busiest container port after a worker became infected with Covid

FM invites Aussie investors to tap opportunities in infrastructure sector

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday invited Australian investors to tap opportunities in India's infrastructure sector which needs funding to the tune of Rs 111 lakh crore over five years. Australia is an important partner of India as a strong liberal democracy with shared diaspora and bilateral trade and investment. The bilateral trade has been growing steadily since past decade and there exists immense potential for the two countries to enhance it further in light of the wide spectrum of complementarities and strengths in the post-COVID period, Sitharaman said during a meeting with Tony Abbott, Special Envoy of Australian Prime Minister. Abbott complimented India for undertaking comprehensive and sustained reforms programme and said the country has continued to demonstrate robust growth despite the disruptive impact of the pandemic, a finance ministry statement said. Sitharaman further highlighted recent economic reforms and easing of FDI norms in India, which provide

Tokyo Olympics: Australia faces US in bid for first women's soccer medal

Australia's women's soccer team has already made team history at the Tokyo Games

Australia's Qantas furloughs 2,500 staff amid as Sydney lockdown extends

Australia's Qantas Group says it expects Sydney's Covid-19 lockdown to last for at least another two months and it will furlough 2,500 staff due to an associated downturn in domestic flights.

Twitter's Dorsey leads $29 bn buyout of Australian BNPL giant Afterpay

The all-stock buyout would value the shares at A$126.21 ($92.65), the companies said in a joint statement

Australian cricket great Shane Warne tests positive for coronavirus

Cricket great Shane Warne was absent from London Spirit's clash with Southern Brave in The Hundred competition after testing positive for COVID-19.

Australia's Jessica Fox wins first Olympic women's canoe slalom gold

Australia's Jessica Fox has made Olympic history at the Tokyo Games as the first gold medalist in women's canoe slalom

Australia's Fortescue teams up with JSW Energy for hydrogen projects

Fortescue Future Industries (FFI) has signed the agreement with JSW Future Energy for collaborating on hydrogen mobility, green ammonia and their industrial applications in India.

Tokyo Olympics 2020: Australia wins gold in women's, men's four

Australia has doubled its haul of Olympic rowing gold medals as the men's four charged to victory moments after the Aussie women claimed their gold.

Olympics: Siblings in rivalry, Hayward brothers from Australia, New Zealand

Brothers have played together at the Olympics from the days of Dhyan Chand and Roop Singh, who represented India in the 1932 and 1936 Olympics

Aussie swimmer McKeown breaks Olympic record to win women's 100m backstroke

Australian swimmer Kaylee McKeown claimed the women's 100m backstroke gold in an Olympic record time of 57.47 seconds at the Tokyo Olympic Games here on Tuesday.

Australia state declares emergency over Covid-19 outbreak in Sydney

An Australian state government on Friday declared an emergency due to a Covid-19 outbreak in Sydney

Australia shocks Argentina 2-0 in men's Olympic soccer

Two-time Olympic men's soccer champion Argentina was stunned 2-0 by Australia in their opening game at the Tokyo Games on Thursday. In its first Olympic game since 2008, Australia took the lead through Lachlan Wales' tap-in the 14th minute at the Sapporo Dome. Marco Tilio secured the victory in the 80th, just a minute after coming off the bench. Australia is top of Group C ahead Egypt and Spain, who drew 0-0 in the other game. The Argentines won Olympic gold in 2004 and 2008. Australia's best showing was fourth place in 1992.

Australia's Olympic chief, leader in spat after Brisbane gets 2032 nod

Australia's highest-ranking Olympic official and current premier of state of Queensland where the 2032 Summer Games will be held have put an early test to old adage that sports and politics don't mix

US closely monitoring trade situation between Australia and China: USTR

United States is closely monitoring the trade situation between China and Australia, US Trade Representative Katherine Tai has said

Australian regulator to probe Amazon.com, eBay and other online markets

The Australian antitrust regulator on Thursday kicked off an inquiry into local units of Amazon.com Inc, eBay Inc and other online markets to ensure fairness in a sector where sales have soared

Japanese envoy to Australia says Tokyo 'struggles every day' with China

Japan's relationship with China was no better than notoriously strained Sino-Australian relations, the Japanese ambassador to Australia said on Wednesday