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AUSTRALIA

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ASIA PACIFIC
Aug 23, 2020
‘A bit surreal’: The lonely plight of the Great Barrier Reef
The pandemic has fast-forwarded a looming reckoning for the city of Cairns, the main gateway to the reef.
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BUSINESS / Companies
Aug 18, 2020
Groups from U.S., Europe and Oceania protest Japan’s travel ban
Many countries have imposed curbs to battle the pandemic but Japan's are among the most strict, effectively banning foreign nationals' entry from more than 140 countries.
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Rugby
Aug 10, 2020
Australia puts New Zealand on clock for trans-Tasman tournament
Rugby Australia has given New Zealand a three-week deadline to agree to a trans-Tasman competition in 2021 that will include five Australian teams or face organizing its own domestic tournament next year.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Aug 4, 2020
Australian state to deploy military and impose hefty fines to enforce virus isolation
Australia's second-most populous state, Victoria, said Tuesday that military personnel will be deployed to enforce COVID-19 isolation orders, with anyone caught in breach of those rules facing tough new fines.
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WORLD / Science & Health
Aug 2, 2020
Up against fierce new coronavirus waves, nations turn to sewage and drones
Wearing face shields, masks, two layers of gloves and navy cotton overalls, two scientists carefully lift off a metal manhole cover to reveal the cumulative waste of some 400 migrant workers.
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ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 31, 2020
Deadly Australia flareup shows limits of locking down again
Australia’s second lockdown in the city of Melbourne seems to be failing to slow the coronavirus’ spread, a sign that governments are running out of options to contain the pathogen as it reemerges across the globe.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 30, 2020
About 3 billion animals were harmed in Australian bush fires, WWF says
Nearly 3 billion koalas, kangaroos and other native Australian animals were killed or displaced by bushfires in 2019 and 2020, according to a study by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), triple the organization's earlier estimates.
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COMMENTARY / Japan / Geoeconomic Briefing
Jul 28, 2020
Coping with China’s economic threat
More cooperation between smaller states could be the key to stopping China from dominating through sanctions and economic pressure.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 25, 2020
Australia joins U.S. in opposing Beijing’s South China Sea claim
Australia joined the U.S. in rejecting China’s expansive maritime claims in the South China Sea, calling them "inconsistent” with the 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea.
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COMMENTARY / World
Jul 21, 2020
COVID-19 and the future of cyberconflict
Smaller states must prepare for a more contested cyberspace environment in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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JAPAN
Jul 21, 2020
MSDF joins exercises with U.S. and Australia on doorstep of South China Sea
The move, the latest show of naval might in the waters, was sure to anger China.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 20, 2020
Australia's top doctor warns virus flare-up will take weeks to tame
A surge in COVID-19 cases in Australia's second-biggest city could take weeks to subside despite a lockdown and orders to wear masks, Australia's acting chief medical officer said on Monday as the country braces for a second wave of infections.
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SOCCER
Jul 19, 2020
Matildas head coach Ante Milicic steps down due to Olympics delay
Australia women's soccer coach Ante Milicic has stepped down from his role because of the delay of the Tokyo Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Football Federation Australia said on Sunday.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC / FOCUS
Jul 18, 2020
How blind spots with Melbourne’s migrants sparked virus crisis
For months, Girmay Mengesha has been an unofficial translator and health adviser in the public-housing tower he shares with hundreds of migrants in Melbourne.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Science & Health
Jul 17, 2020
'The fight of our lives': Australia posts surge in coronavirus cases
Australia's Victoria state on Friday reported a record daily increase in COVID-19 cases while neighboring New South Wales said it was banning dancing, singing and mingling at weddings as authorities struggle to contain a new wave of infections.
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ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 16, 2020
From Hong Kong to Australia, COVID-19 spreads in unexplained ways
As countries across the Asia-Pacific region struggle with resurgences of the coronavirus, one data point is steering government responses: the share of cases with no clear indication of how infection occurred.
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ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 9, 2020
Australia suspends Hong Kong extradition treaty and extends visas
Australia said on Thursday it was suspending its extradition treaty with Hong Kong and announced measures to attract people and businesses from the Asian financial hub, after Beijing imposed a new security law there.
Japan Times
ASIA PACIFIC
Jul 8, 2020
The mistakes that pushed an Australian city back into lockdown
All it took was missteps in the handling of travelers returning from overseas and complacency in a handful of neighborhoods to plunge Australia’s second-largest city into lockdown for the second time in four months.

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