Stalled at first jab: Vaccine shortages hit poor countries
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- 2021-04-10 06:20:30Z
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Iran on Saturday began a 10-day lockdown amid a fourth wave of coronavirus infections, state TV reported, a worrisome trend after more than a year of the...
China's antitrust regulator doled out a record 18.2 billion yuan fine to e-commerce giant Alibaba on Saturday for abusing its market dominance. The figure is...
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A shooting in a detention center for migrants in Libya's capital left one migrant dead and two others injured, an international charity said Saturday. The...
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A rock climber in his 20s is feared dead after falling 40 metres from Mount Ngungun in the Glass House Mountains on Queensland's Sunshine Coast.
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An acute shortage of rental properties and an end to WA's moratorium on rent increases has forced many families to give up their pets and put their belongings in storage.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un compares his country's severe economic difficulties to a 1990s famine that laid waste to the isolated society.
A ban on telehealth consultation is creating a country-city divide in access to euthanasia for terminally-ill Australians.
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A man is charged with attempted murder after a violent domestic disturbance in SA's mid north in which a woman was stabbed in the neck.
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The body of a 13-year-old boy who went missing while swimming at a popular Gold Coast waterhole is found by police divers.
In a statement, AstraZeneca says it respects the Australian government’s decision to change the advice regarding its vaccine, but with millions of doses administered worldwide the benefits continue to outweigh the risks.
The head of the Senate banking committee is calling on lenders for answers about the blow-up of private investment firm Archegos Capital.
Business owners in the Snowy Mountains say they can't find staff because there's nowhere for them to stay and the moratorium on van lifers isn't helping.