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Police report 'emergency incident' after airliner returns to Sydney Airport

A commercial airline flight from Australia to Malaysia returned to Sydney on Monday after an emergency incident, officials and media reported. Malaysia Airlines flight MH122 left Sydney Airport at 1:40 pm for an eight-hour flight to Kuala Lumpur and landed back on the runway at 3:47 pm, Nine News reported. Someone purporting to be on board tweeted that a person was threatening staff and passengers, Nine reported. It said a passenger holding a backpack had threatened to blow the plane up. Crew had checked the backpack and found no explosives, it added. Australian Federal Police said in a statement they were responding to an emergency incident at the airport, but provided no other details. The plane was parked on the end of a runway hours later with emergency vehicles nearby, Nine reported. Sydney Airport said it was supporting emergency agencies in the management of an incident. The airport is operational with flights arriving and departing, an airport statement said.

PM Modi meets Aus LoP; welcomes bipartisan support for bilateral ties

Describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a "great friend" of Australia, the country's Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton on Wednesday said he was proud that the relations between the two countries were growing at a faster pace. Modi met Dutton here during the third and final leg of his three-nation tour and called the meeting between the two of them "productive". Prime Minister Modi thanked Dutton for the strong bipartisan support for the bilateral relations in Australia. The two leaders discussed various aspects of the bilateral ties as well as regional developments. "A relationship enjoying support across the political spectrum. PM @narendramodi had a productive meeting with Leader of Opposition @PeterDutton_MP in Sydney," the Ministry of External Affairs tweeted. "PM Modi conveyed his appreciation for the strong bipartisan support that our partnership enjoys. Also discussed various aspects of bilateral ties, including people-to-people linkages, as well as regional ...

PM Modi accorded Ceremonial Guard of Honour at Admiralty House in Sydney

PM Modi also signed the visitors' book at the Admiralty House in Sydney

Quad leaders to meet in Sydney on May 24, Prez Biden to join: White House

The third in-person Quad summit will be held in Sydney next month, to deepen cooperation on critical and emerging technologies, high-quality infrastructure, global health, climate change, and other pressing issues pertaining to the strategic Indo-Pacific region, the White House said. The Quad or Quadrilateral Security Dialogue comprises India, the US, Japan and Australia. The meeting in Sydney on May 24 will be the first time that Australia will be hosting this summit. On May 24, President Biden will attend the third in-person Quad Leaders' Summit in Sydney, Australia, with Prime Minister Kishida Fumio of Japan, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi of India, hosted by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese of Australia, White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday. Albanese attended the previous Quad summit in Tokyo hours after he was sworn in as prime minister last year. The Quad leaders will discuss how they can deepen their cooperation on critical and emerging technologi

People think climate change is becoming more real, is here and now

Most people already think climate change is here and now', despite what we've been told

Indian diaspora in Australia wants to name Sydney suburb as 'Little India'

Members of the Indian community of a western Sydney suburb have renewed calls to name their area as 'Little India' ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's expected visit to Australia next month, according to a media report. Indian businesses in Harris Park refer to the cluster of various Indian restaurants, and retail shops as 'Little India' believing that making the sobriquet official would boost the area's appeal to tourists, reported ABC News. According to the president of Little India Harris Park Business Association Sanjay Deshwal, the first proposal for officially naming the area 'Little India' was made in 2015. Earlier attempts to formally declare the suburb as 'Little India' were stalled after the Geographic Names Board told Parramatta Council to stop using the term in marketing material because it "creates confusion". Parramatta Council has said it is continuing discussions with the Geographic Names Board and is yet to receive a formal application to assign the name 'Littl

Sydney Airport reports 78.8% traffic recovery in Jan than pre-Covid level

Sydney Airport released a monthly report on its traffic performance, saying total of 3,120,000 passengers passed through it in January, marked a 78.8 per cent recovery compared to the pre-Covid level

India targets 7% growth this year, expects to cross it in 5 years: EAM

Jaishankar also spoke about migration mobility and said, "We've seen a very substantial movement of Indian talent to Australia. We have roughly about a million students staying in here"

T20 World Cup: Pakistan knocks New Zealand out, books a slot in the finals

Pakistan now waits for the winner of today's tie between India and England to set up the finals clash for the ICC men's T20 World Cup

NZ vs PAK T20 World Cup SF Highlights: Rizwan, Babar take Pakistan to final

New Zealand vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2022 Semi-Final Highlights: Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan scored a fifty each as the men in green outplayed Kiwis in all departments to beat them by 7 wickets

NZ vs PAK T20 World Cup Semi-Final: New Zealand Predicted XI vs Pakistan

New Zealand vs Pakistan T20 World Cup Semi-Final, Predicted XI: Find out the latest team news and the predicted playing eleven of both New Zealand and Pakistan for the T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final

IND vs NED T20 World Cup Highlights: A comprehenisve 56 runs win for India

India vs Netherlands T20 World Cup Live Updates: The Indian team will be playing the Netherlands at the Sydney Cricket Ground and would look to take away another win

Global squeeze on energy supply may get worse, warns IEA's Fatih Birol

"The world has never witnessed such a major energy crisis in terms of its depth and its complexity," IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said Tuesday at a global energy forum in Sydney

Floodwaters recede in Sydney as emergency eases, heavy rain moves north

Floodwaters were receding in Sydney and its surrounding area Thursday as heavy rain threatened to inundate towns north of Australia's largest city

Homes of 85,000 people at risk in Australia, but rain eases around Sydney

Floodwaters inundated or were threatening the homes of 85,000 people around Sydney as rivers started to recede and the heavy rains tracked north of Australia's largest city

Rain eases in Sydney on Wednesday; over 85,000 homes still at risk

On the fifth day of the flood emergency, Perrottet warned that homes that remained dry during previous floods could be inundated this week

Sydney floods hit 50,000 in Australia's largest city, rescue ops underway

Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia's largest city in a flood emergency that was impacting 50,000 people, officials said Tuesday

Over 32,000 people in Sydney may need to flee amid Australia's worst floods

More than 30,000 residents of Sydney and its surrounds have been told to evacuate or prepare to abandon their homes on Monday as Australia's largest city braces for what could be its worst flooding

Australia fully open to vaccinated travellers as last state reopens border

Australia was fully open to vaccinated travellers after Western Australia on Thursday became the last state to lift border restrictions. Western Australia, which covers one third of the nation's land area, closed its borders to most international and interstate travellers in 2020 to slow the spread of COVID-19. But the state lifted restrictions on Thursday four months after Sydney began its staged reopening of quarantine-free travel and more than week after all vaccinated tourists became eligible for visas. Perth's airport was the scene of emotional reunions as the first of a scheduled 22 domestic flights and five international flights began arriving on Thursday. Western Australia had successfully stopped the local spread of the coronavirus throughout the pandemic by contract tracing and isolating carriers until the highly contagious omicron variant arrived this year. The state now reports more than 1,000 new infections every day. Australia is now finally back together, Qantas Ai

With eye on ATP Cup, world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev hits the Sydney courts

World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev hit the practice courts here as the countdown to the multi-nation ATP Cup -- the first tournament in the New Year -- began