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Japan tops Australia in softball as delayed Tokyo Olympic Games open
Host Japan got off to a winning start when the Tokyo Olympics got underway after a one-year delay, beating Australia 8-1 on Wednesday in softball behind 39-year-old pitcher Yukiko Ueno
 "Japan tops Australia in softball as delayed Tokyo Olympic Games open")
Australian Olympic equestrian rider suspended after positive cocaine test
Australian equestrian rider Jamie Kermond has been provisionally suspended just days before Tokyo Olympic Games for returning a positive drug test for cocaine
 "Australian Olympic equestrian rider suspended after positive cocaine test")
World Coronavirus dispatch: Delta variant accounts for 83% of US cases
UK suffers worst death toll in months, Delta variant accounts for 83 per cent of US cases, Virus spread grows in France
 "World Coronavirus dispatch: Delta variant accounts for 83% of US cases")
Australian Olympic Committee to send largest ever contingent to Tokyo
Australian Olympic Committee has added 16 athletes to its contingent, making it Australia's largest ever team for an Olympic Games on foreign soil
 "Australian Olympic Committee to send largest ever contingent to Tokyo")
China hits Australian industries with economic sanctions amid souring ties
China has hit several Australian industries with economic sanctions as part of punishment over Canberra's criticism of Beijing blocking investigations into origin of pandemic
 "China hits Australian industries with economic sanctions amid souring ties")
Adviser Glass Lewis flags risks from Adani 'unconscionable conduct'
Glass Lewis has recommended shareholders vote against reelection of a member of Adani Enterprises' risk committee after a court criticised "unconscionable conduct" in its Australian port business
 "Adviser Glass Lewis flags risks from Adani 'unconscionable conduct'")
Sydney Airport target of $16.7 bn bid from infrastructure investors
The proposal comes as record-low interest rates prompt pension funds and their investment managers to chase higher yields.
 "Sydney Airport target of $16.7 bn bid from infrastructure investors")
Australia to send second largest athletes team to Tokyo Olympics since 2004
Australia will send 472 athletes to the Tokyo Olympics, the second-largest team sent overseas by the country since the 2004 Athens Games
 "Australia to send second largest athletes team to Tokyo Olympics since 2004")
Facebook set to finance regional Australia newspaper 'innovation fund'
Terms of the deal including time frame, the amount of money and how it will be divided or spent were not disclosed
 "Facebook set to finance regional Australia newspaper 'innovation fund'")
Once a Covid-hero, how Australia transformed into a vaccine laggard?
Australia is ahead of only near neighbour New Zealand among the 38 OECD nations in administering doses
 "Once a Covid-hero, how Australia transformed into a vaccine laggard?")
World Coronavirus Dispatch: Experts urge people to avoid pets if infected
How Australia became a vaccine laggard, Brazil vaccine scandal poses fresh political threat to Bolsonaro, and other pandemic-related news across the globe
Australia men's football team announced for Tokyo Olympics 2021
The Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) on Tuesday revealed its men's football team for the Tokyo Olympic Games, with the "Olyroos" returning to the Olympic arena for the first time since Beijing 2008.
 "Australia men's football team announced for Tokyo Olympics 2021")
World Coronavirus Dispatch: Russia realised late it has a vaccine problem
Delta variant threatens to destroy another European summer, Australia's widening outbreak forces more curbs, and other pandemic-related news across the globe
 "World Coronavirus Dispatch: Russia realised late it has a vaccine problem")
Covid lockdown extended for 14 days in Sydney amid Delta variant spike
Australia on Saturday extended lockdown for 14 days in Greater Sydney, Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong to curb the spread of the Delta variant of Covid-19
 "Covid lockdown extended for 14 days in Sydney amid Delta variant spike")
38% Australians who lost jobs during pandemic were younger than 25: Study
More than one-third or 38 per cent of Australians who lost their jobs during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic were younger than 25, a government study has found.
 "38% Australians who lost jobs during pandemic were younger than 25: Study")
Beijing sues Australia at WTO over tariffs in hit to strained ties
Beijing has responded with tariffs and restrictions on imports of coal, barley, lobsters and wine
 "Beijing sues Australia at WTO over tariffs in hit to strained ties")
Adani group strikes first coal from its Carmichael mine in Australia
The project had faced protests from a section of population with several banks even refusing to fund it.
Adani Group strikes coal at Australia's controversial Charmichael project
The mine has been at the centre of several protests and campaigns by environmentalists.
 "Adani Group strikes coal at Australia's controversial Charmichael project")
To bolster security, Britain joins Indian Ocean monitoring hub in Gurgaon
The IFC-IOR, which was established in April 2019, has liaison officers from five countries - the US, France, Japan, Australia and now the UK
 "To bolster security, Britain joins Indian Ocean monitoring hub in Gurgaon")
Australia rejects $36 billion wind, solar, hydrogen project due to impact
The decision left what would have been one of the world's largest green energy projects in limbo for now
 "Australia rejects $36 billion wind, solar, hydrogen project due to impact")