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Canada, France, Germany and Spain too have been trying to get Google and Facebook to pay for news with no success, but Australias law could move things along. (Photo | AP)

Australia's draft law makes it mandatory for Google and Facebook to...

The aggregators will be given three months to work out a deal on fair pay for news, failing which arbitrators will make...

31 July 2020 2:24 PM IST

Global deaths from COVID-19 surged past 600,000. (AP Photo)

6,00,000 people succumb to COVID-19 globally

While the U.S. leads global infections, South Africa now ranks as the fifth worst-hit country in the pandemic with...

19 July 2020 12:39 PM IST

A police officer directs traffic at a roadblock in suburban Melbourne, Australia. (AP)

Australia closes state border for first time in 100 years

Victoria, Australia's most populous state, will be closed off from the rest of the country, and its 6.6 million...

6 July 2020 9:50 AM IST

All flights under the Vande Bharat Mission scheduled for various destinations in Australia between July 4 to July 14 postponed. (AFP Photo)

No flight for Australia till July 14 due to COVID-19 imposed...

All rescheduled flights will now operate from July 15 onwards, Air India said in a statement

5 July 2020 3:32 PM IST

Protesters chant slogans and gesture during a rally against a new national security law in Hong Kong on July 1, 2020, on the 23rd anniversary of the citys handover from Britain to China. (AFP)

Australia considering to provide 'safe haven' for Hong Kongers

China's parliament passed the controversial national security law for Hong Kong on Tuesday against disapproval from...

2 July 2020 10:45 AM IST

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison. (AP)

Australia escalates defences amid rising tensions with China

Just as US has angrily demanded to its allies, Australia's government has committed to spending at least two percent of...

1 July 2020 9:40 AM IST

Following US sanctions against Huawei and updated technical advice from our cyber experts, the government has decided it necessary to ban Huawei from our 5G networks, , said Oliver Dowden, UK Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. (Photo | AP)

Suspending goodwill gesture, Huawei ends Australian sporting deal over...

Huawei will end its current financial backing of the Canberra Raiders at the end of the current National Rugby League...

31 Aug 2020 2:55 PM IST

Dean Jones played 52 Tests and 164 ODIs for Australia and was part of the 1987 World Cup winning team. (File Photo)

Former Aussie batsman, IPL 2020 commentator Dean Jones dies of cardiac...

The former Australian batsman was in a Mumbai hotel with the Star Sports' commentary team for the Indian Premier League.

24 Sept 2020 4:34 PM IST

Chinese President Xi Jinping delivers a keynote speech for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit via video, from Beijing on Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021 (Li Xueren/Xinhua via AP)

China's president Xi warns against 'Cold War' in Indo-Pacific

Xi also said the region should make sure to keep supply lines functioning and to continue liberalising trade and...

11 Nov 2021 10:18 AM IST

Australias Ashleigh Barty celebrates during the match against Czech Republics Barbora Krejcikova during the womens singles fourth round match on day seven of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships in London on Monday. (Photo: AP)

Ashleigh Barty into Wimbledon quarter-finals for first time

Barty will face the winner of the match between compatriot Ajla Tomljanovic and 18-year-old Emma Raducanu on Tuesday in...

5 July 2021 8:10 PM IST

Rival captains Tim Paine and Virat Kohli when India visited Australia two years ago. AP Photo

Tim Paine says missing out on WTC final was a 'bitter pill to swallow'

The Aussie Test skipper called for more consistency while handing out points penalties.

5 July 2021 5:11 PM IST

President Joe Biden speaks during the Quad summit in the East Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington. Seated clockwise from left, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Biden, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Secretary of State Antony Blinken and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Quad leaders pledge to work together for peace and prosperity in...

Opening the summit, President Biden said the four democracies have come together to take on common challenges from...

25 Sept 2021 10:19 AM IST