Australia
Farrell leads England to 25-17 win over Australia in second Test
Owen Farrell kicked six penalties and a conversion to help England level the three-Test series and set up a winner-takes-all decider in Sydney next Saturday.
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Sydney floods force thousands more to flee
Emergency services have now instructed about 50,000 people to evacuate or to prepare to escape the rising waters in New South Wales, officials said.
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Thousands evacuate from 'dangerous' Sydney floods
Australia has been at the sharp end of climate change, with droughts, deadly bushfires, bleaching events on the Great Barrier Reef and floods becoming more common and intense as global weather patterns change.
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Australia suspends electricity market to stave off blackouts
Australia's energy regulator seized control of the national power grid Wednesday, suspending a market-based system roiled by soaring prices and the threat of widespread blackouts.
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Top energy producer Australia braces for blackouts
Newly elected Prime Minister Anthony Albanese blamed the energy crisis on the previous government, which was in power for nearly a decade.
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Australian KFC patrons clucking mad over lettuce-cabbage switch
The local price of the verdant leaf has soared by as much as 300% in recent months, forcing the fast-food chain to tweak the Colonel's recipe in some stores.
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Australia's new PM heads to Tokyo with climate message
Australia's new prime minister Anthony Albanese took office Monday, hours before flying to a Tokyo summit with a 'message to the world' that his country is ready to engage on climate change.
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Australia PM bats away mounting COVID-19 worries
Australia detected 66 COVID-related deaths and more than 53,000 infections in the previous 24 hours - far more than six months ago when daily numbers generally showed fewer than 20 deaths and 2,000 infections.
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Ukraine, 'Five Eyes' justice officials discuss war crimes
The attorneys general of the US, Britain, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada met virtually with Iryna Venediktova, their Ukrainian counterpart, as Kyiv seeks action on thousands of suspected war crimes.
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Australia's Victoria state to host 'bold' 2026 Commonwealth Games
The 2026 Games will be held in four regional hubs across the state in the towns of Geelong, Ballarat, Bendigo and Gippsland, each with its own athletes' village.
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Shane Warne's body returned to Australia
Carrying the cricketing great's coffin wrapped in an Australian flag, a chartered Dassault Falcon 7X jet landed in the evening at Melbourne's Essendon North airport after an eight-hour flight from Bangkok.
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Australia floods force tens of thousands to evacuate
The national weather bureau warned of 'a tough 48 hours ahead' for the city, with 60,000 people subject to evacuation orders and warnings across the affected areas, according to emergency services.
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Australia orders 200,000 to flee floods moving towards Sydney
Authorities issued severe rain and wind warnings for a 400-kilometre (250-mile) stretch of coast as water levels rose rapidly - including in suburbs around Sydney, Australia's largest city and home to five million people.
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Fit-again Smith looking to replicate Ashes heroics in Pakistan
The 32-year-old fell heavily and banged his head attempting a boundary catch in the second Twenty20 against Sri Lanka in Sydney last month, ruling him out of the rest of that series.
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Australia tells tens of thousands to flee floods
Flood warnings were in effect for dozens of rivers across the states of Queensland and New South Wales, where a days-long "rain bomb" has dumped a metre (3.2 feet) of rain on some areas in a week.
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Rooftop rescues in Australia as tens of thousands evacuated from floods
Eight people have died, and the country's weather bureau has warned further severe thunderstorms and intense rainfall will cause 'life-threatening flash flooding' across a swathe of the central Pacific coastal region.
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'Fortress Australia' re-opens to tourists after two-year COVID closure
There were jubilant scenes at the country's two major international airports in Sydney and Melbourne Monday as family and friends finally embraced at arrivals after years apart.
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Sydney reopens beaches after fatal shark attack
A 35-year-old British diving instructor, Simon Nellist, was identified by national broadcaster ABC and other media as the victim of Wednesday's attack, which led the authorities to close a string of beaches including the iconic Bondi Beach.
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Hunt on for great white shark that killed Sydney swimmer
Drones scoured the ocean from the air, spotters launched on boats and six drum lines were set to try to catch the creature, which is believed to be at least three metres (10 feet) in length.
