While COVID-19 continues to cause death and dismay, particularly in China, which is battling a nationwide surge in infections after suddenl...

"This government cannot move forward now. There must be a government with everyone participating for at least 6 months and then have an ele...

The new variant, first reported by South Africa, has already cast the world's recovery into doubt, with the EU health agency warning it cou...

The S&P/ASX 200 index rose 0.58% to close at 7,460.2, with energy stocks leading the gains. The benchmark index ended down 0.27% on Wednesd...

Almost seven million people in Melbourne and surrounding Victoria state were scheduled to exit a four-week lockdown on Thursday, but state ...

Australia's third wave of COVID-19 infections, centred on Sydney, has forced more than half the population of nearly 26 million into lockdo...

Sydney, which is in its eighth week of lockdown, is the epicentre of Australia's third COVID-19 wave that threatens to push the country's A...

"I saw the earrings on TV, I gave them to her in 2016 before the (Rio) Olympics. I have made it for her from the gold pieces and savings I ...

Residents must stay within 2.5 kilometers of their homes and comply with a 6p.m. curfew as part of the draconian measures introduced to hal...

The US has floundered in its efforts to quell the virus, which is spreading rapidly across the country and has already caused more than 347...

After a grinding year that has seen at least 1.7 million people die from Covid-19, fresh waves of infection have sparked renewed lockdowns ...

In past years 1 million people crowded Sydneys harbor to watch fireworks that center on the Sydney Harbor Bridge, but most will be watching...

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.11% lower after U.S. stocks ended the previous session in the red. Austral...

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan , which had its best day in two months on Monday, extended its rally without pan...

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday declared a "human biosecurity emergency" and said the country's citizens should aband...

"It's an honour to be inducted into the ICC Hall of Fame. I deem it as a great privilege to join the list of great cricketing luminaries."

Expanding its global network, Air India has signed a deal with the Australian government to launch daily flights from Delhi from November o...