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Australia burns as government resists calls for climate action
Australia’s government is resisting growing calls for a more ambitious response to climate change, even as the country battles devastating bushfires triggered by record temperatures that have sent air pollution to critical levels. Hundreds of homes were confirmed lost last week as enormous
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Bushfires hit emergency level on Sydney’s outskirts; One dead in South Australia
SYDNEY: Catastrophic conditions fuelled massive bushfires across Australia’s New South Wales state today, with three blazes around Sydney burning at emergency level, while in South Australia one person was found dead in a fire zone. Some major roads outside Sydney
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Aussie PM apologises for vacation as firefighters killed in huge blazes
SYDNEY: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison issued a rare public apology today and cut short a Hawaiian vacation in response to mounting public anger after two volunteer firefighters were killed battling bushfires sweeping the country’s east coast. Some areas of
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Two firefighters die as flames circle Sydney, PM cuts short holiday
Two volunteer Australian firefighters died while battling blazes around Sydney, authorities said today, forcing Prime Minister Scott Morrison to cut short a vacation in Hawaii as temperatures were again set to soar. Australia has been fighting wildfires across much of
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Australia firefighters accidentally spread blaze ahead of a heatwave
A backburning operation intended to contain a massive wildfire in eastern Australia sparked out of control, damaging buildings and cutting off major roads, authorities said, as the country heads into another heatwave that may topple temperature records. The accident occurred
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Australians flee as soaring temperature, winds threaten to fan fires
Residents in parts of eastern Australia evacuated their homes today as soaring temperatures and strong winds threatened to fan bushfires in a giant blaze north of Sydney, the country’s biggest city. Air quality in parts of Sydney plunged as the
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Australian firefighters burn grasslands to minimise looming bushfire risk
Thousands of firefighters burned grassland in eastern Australia today in a desperate bid to starve an anticipated new front of bushfires of fuel before forecast searing temperatures tomorrow. More than 100 fires are ablaze in New South Wales and Victoria
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Giant fire near Sydney may burn for weeks as people struggle to breathe
A giant bushfire on the edge of Sydney, which has blanketed the city in smoke causing a spike in respiratory illnesses and the cancellation of outdoor sports, will take weeks to control but will not be extinguished without heavy rains,
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