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Jul82020 by KMA UpdatesNo Comments
Australia isolates virus-prone state, Serbs oppose lockdown

Australia isolates virus-prone state, Serbs oppose lockdown

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ANBERRA, Australia — Australia isolated the state of Victoria on Wednesday in a bid to contain the worsening spread of the coronavirus as the city of Melbourne prepared for its second lockdown, an example of a resurgent disease in places that initially succeeded in taming it. Melbourne’s failure to curb the virus in the past three weeks is a starkly different pandemic experience to other parts of the country that have been reporting single-digit daily counts of infections if any. In Serbia, chaos erupted as thousands of protesters fought running battles with police and tried to storm the parliament building in Belgrade on Tuesday after the president announced that a coronavirus lockdown will be reintroduced in the Balkan country. President Aleksandar Vucic called the virus situa...
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Jul62020 by KMA UpdatesNo Comments
Australia to shut state border as Melbourne infections surge

Australia to shut state border as Melbourne infections surge

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MELBOURNE, Australia — Australian authorities were preparing to close the border between the country’s two largest states, as the country’s second-largest city, Melbourne, recorded two deaths and its highest-ever daily increase in infections on Monday. The border between the states of New South Wales — home to Sydney — and Victoria — home to Melbourne — is due to be shut late Tuesday. New South Wales Premier Gladys Berejiklian was a critic of states that closed their borders to her state when Sydney had Australia’s largest number of coronavirus cases. But she said she changed her stance because the situation in Melbourne was unprecedented and indicated the pandemic was in a new phase. The overwhelming majority of new infections detected in Melbourne in recent weeks were from com...
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Jul22020 by KMA UpdatesNo Comments
Australia seeks long-range missiles in Indo-Pacific defence shift

Australia seeks long-range missiles in Indo-Pacific defence shift

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Australia says it will significantly increase military spending and focus on the Indo-Pacific region amid rising tensions between the US and China. PM Scott Morrison pledged A$270bn (£150bn; $186bn) to Australia's arms budget over 10 years - a 40% boost. He said Australia would acquire long-range missiles and other capabilities to "deter" future conflicts. It was necessary because the region was the "focus of the dominant global contest of our age", he added. Australia's naval operations will be focused more on its region Mr Morrison named several areas of tension including the border between India and China, and conflict over the South China Sea and East China Sea. It follows deteriorating relations between Australia and China - which are widely seen to be at their...
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