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Australian bushfires: Military moves in to help mass-scale evacuation
Tens of thousands of holiday makers raced to evacuate popular seaside towns on Australia’s east coast yesterday, fleeing ahead of advancing bushfires, as military ships and helicopters planned missions to rescue thousands more trapped by the blazes. Long queues formed
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‘A day we do not often see’: Australia’s southeast under huge fire threat
MELBOURNE/SYDNEY: Tens of thousands of residents and holiday makers across a swathe of Australia’s southeast were urged to evacuate today, as soaring temperatures and strong winds fanned massive bushfires. Many tourists appeared to heed the warning to flee Victoria state’s
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Australian PM under pressure as bushfires fuel climate debate
Calls for Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison to resign have littered social media platforms after it was revealed he was holidaying in Hawaii while the country battled a bushfire emergency and his return has failed to douse the criticism. Voters
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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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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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At least one Malaysian confirmed killed in NZ volcano eruption
The High Commission of Malaysia in Wellington has confirmed that at least one of the fatalities in the White Island volcanic eruption is a Malaysian. “This morning at 9.30 am local time, the High Commission was informed by NZ authorities
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Australia restricts medical transfer of refugees from Pacific camps
Australia today removed the right of doctors to order sick asylum seekers be evacuated from two remote Pacific detention centres for medical treatment, a repeal that opponents said risks the lives of refugees. Under Australia’s controversial immigration policy, asylum seekers
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