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Australias Covid-Zero policy is under renewed pressure after a second state indicated it was abandoning attempts to eliminate the highly-contagious delta variant.

Melbournes lockdown will be extended beyond the initial seven days announced last week as authorities struggle to contain a Covid-19 cluster thats grown to 60 and is more infectious than seen in the Australian citys previous outbreaks.

As countries across the globe grapple with the prospect of renewed lockdowns, the Australian city of Melbourne offers a stark lesson on the costs of bringing the coronavirus under control.

One of the world's longest novel coronavirus lockdowns wound down Wednesday morning, allowing roughly 5 million people in the Australian city of Melbourne to leave home anytime they want, eat dinner at a restaurant and drink at bars for the first time in more than three months.

A group of Thais living in Melbourne came out to clean a roadside sign defaced by a person claiming to be a Bangkok University student or an alumnus.

Noumea - A United Airlines Boeing 787-900 jet was diverted to the French Pacific territory of New Caledonia on Monday after reports of smoke coming from the cockpit, a local official told AFP.

Melbourne - An Australian teen who egged a far-right senator over his offensive comments about the Christchurch mosque attacks has been hailed as "heroic" by internet users, who have raised thousands of dollars in support of his protest. 

Sydney - Refugee footballer Hakeem al-Araibi has urged Formula One fans to boycott this year's Grand Prix in Bahrain to protest human rights abuses, claiming he still feels threatened by authorities in his homeland.

Thailand’s involvement in the Australian Open came to an end on Thursday as the Kingdom’s No 1 junior and fifth seed Mananchaya Sawangkaew was upset by unseeded Daria  Snigur of Ukraine 6-4 6-4 in the girls’ singles quarter-finals.

MELBOURNE, Victoria, Australia – At a member event at The Royal Melbourne Golf Club, International Team Captain Ernie Els debuted a new International Team logo for the 2019 Presidents Cup.

Three men who allegedly plotted "chilling" terror attacks in Melbourne were charged early Tuesday, less than two weeks after a stabbing rampage inspired by the Islamic State group left two dead in Australia's second city, police said.

Hollywood superstar Russell Crowe led tributes Saturday to "true gentleman" 74-year-old Sisto Malaspina, a doyen of Melbourne's thriving cafe culture who was stabbed to death in Friday's rush hour terror attack.