National & World

National

Source of NSW school virus cluster unclear

An independent Catholic school in northwest Sydney has closed its secondary campus until August 24 as 11 COVID-19 cases are linked to the school.

AAP Newswire

1 hour ago

National

Virus response probed at Sydney aged home

The aged care royal commission will examine confusion around the hospitalisation of residents at Sydney’s Newmarch House, where 17 people died from coronavirus.

AAP Newswire

3 hours ago

National

Andrews to be grilled at Vic virus inquiry

Premier Daniel Andrews will be the first witness called before a parliamentary inquiry into the Victorian government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic.

AAP Newswire

3 hours ago

National

Study to examine long-term virus recovery

A new study by Australian researchers will examine how the country’s most seriously-ill COVID-19 cases recover from the virus over six months.

AAP Newswire

3 hours ago

National

NSW river reaches highest peak since 1991

Torrential rain has caused the Shoalhaven River at Nowra on the NSW south coast to reach its highest peak in almost 30 years.

AAP Newswire

3 hours ago

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Sport

AFL

Kick it to Brad Hill, pleads Saints coach

St Kilda recruit Brad Hill had just seven touches in his side’s hefty loss to Geelong but wasn’t solely to blame for his quiet night according to the coach.

AAP Newswire

3 hours ago

Horse Racing

Cape Of Good Hope set for racing return

Lindsay Park is confident the feet issues which have hampered Cape Of Good Hope have been rectified ahead of his resumption at Caulfield.

AAP Newswire

16 hours ago

Rugby

Toronto players in Super League pay plea

Several Toronto Wolfpack Super League players have taken to Twitter to plea for help and reveal they haven’t been paid for three months.

AAP Newswire

15 minutes ago

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World

World

New rise in French virus patients

The number of people hospitalised and placed in intensive care as a result of COVID-19 infection in France has jumped for the first time since mid-April.

AAP Newswire

1 hour ago

World

Trump considers Gettysburg speech

Donald Trump will likely make his Republican nomination acceptance speech at the White House or the site of the Civil War battleground in Gettysburg.

AAP Newswire

1 hour ago

World

New Belarus clashes, crackdown condemned

Police have staged a crackdown on protesters who took to the streets to oppose the results of Sunday’s election win for Alexnder Lukashenko in Belarus.

AAP Newswire

2 hours ago

World

Global coronavirus cases hit 20 million

It took almost six months to reach 10 million global COVID-19 cases after the first was reported in China. It took 43 days to double that tally to 20 million.

AAP Newswire

2 hours ago

World

Race in Mauritius to empty oil tanker

More than 1000 tons of fuel from the ruptured Japanese tanker MV Wakashio has already washed up on the eastern coast of Mauritius.

AAP Newswire

4 hours ago

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Finance

Finance

US job openings rise in June

Job openings, a measure of labor demand, rose 518,000 to 5.9 million on the last day of June, the US Labor Department said on Monday.

AAP Newswire

3 hours ago

Finance

Investors shun Qantas shares offer

Qantas has received an underwhelming response to its latest share offer and netted $71.1 million, well short of the $500 million target.

AAP Newswire

17 hours ago

Finance

Wesfarmers to keep paying Melbourne staff

Wesfarmers has assured Melbourne staff theyr will keep their jobs at chains such as Bunnings, Kmart and Officeworks during the six-week coronavirus lockdown.

AAP Newswire

07 Aug 2020

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