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Sydney posts record Covid cases as lockdown is widened
Aug 5, 2021On Thursday, authorities expanded the lockdown in Australia’s largest metropolis to neighbouring regions, reporting a record number of new Covid-19 cases and five viral deaths. The number of new illnesses in New South Wales state has... -
Sydney lockdown extended by four weeks as virus outbreak grows
Jul 28, 2021Authorities warned Wednesday that millions of Sydney residents will be put on lockdown for another month due to a still-growing coronavirus outbreak and low vaccination rates. The city of Sydney was supposed to come out of... -
Anti-lockdown protesters clash with Sydney police
Jul 24, 2021Thousands of anti-lockdown protesters gathered in Australia’s two largest cities on Saturday, with several arrested in Sydney after violent clashes with police. A group charged mounted officers while throwing pot plants and bottles, as opponents of... -
Australian floods turn fatal as Sydney shivers through cold snap
Jul 11, 2021At least one person has died as a result of record-breaking cold winters combined with flash floods. On Thursday, Australians in the east of the country awakened to violent and icy winter conditions, with flash flooding... -
As the Delta outbreak expands, Sydney’s lockdown has been extended
Jul 7, 2021Sydney residents will be in lockdown for another week as Australia’s largest city fights to contain a Covid outbreak. A stay-at-home order was issued on 26 June. The New South Wales government said it had made... -
Millions of Sydney residents woke to the first full day of a two-week coronavirus lockdown
Jun 27, 2021Millions of Sydney residents woke on Sunday to the first full day of a two-week coronavirus lockdown, as Australia tried to contain an outbreak of the highly contagious Delta variant. Restaurants, bars and cafes were shuttered... -
Lockdown in Sydney to prevent Delta variants
Jun 26, 2021Roads in Sydney, Australia’s largest city, became uninhabited on Saturday as a week-long lockdown began over control of a highly contagious Delta variant. Authorities warned that restrictions could be tightened. More than 60 people have been... -
Sydney residents are banned from leaving the city due to COVID
Jun 23, 2021During the COVID period,, Sydney residents have been banned from leaving the city in Australia. The Australian authorities decided on Saturday to prevent the highly contagious type of COVID, the Delta variant, from spreading to other... -
Qantas to operate the first direct flight from New York to Sydney this weekend
Oct 18, 2019A plane and its passengers are set to test the mental and physical limits of long-haul aviation when Qantas operates the first direct flight by a commercial airline from New York to Sydney this weekend. In... -
French spy turned engineer behind Sydney Opera House magic dies
Apr 12, 2019A former French spy hailed as a genius for an engineering feat that made building the Sydney Opera House possible has died aged 97, officials said Monday. Joe Bertony — one of the original engineers of...
