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- China bans Australian coal imports as diplomatic tensions over Huawei intensify
One of China’s biggest ports has put restrictions on shipments of coal from Australia, its top supplier of anthracite, casting a shadow upon Australia’s second largest export earner.Feb 21, 2019 14:52Business News - ‘Extraordinary breakthrough’: Scientists make ‘Holy Grail’ universal flu vaccine discoveryAustralian scientists have discovered immune cells that can fight all known flu viruses and mutations in what has already been branded an “extraordinary breakthrough” which could lead to the creation of a universal vaccine.Feb 20, 2019 11:52World News
- Australian Open champ Osaka suffers shock exit in Dubai in first match since coach splitTennis star Naomi Osaka's first match since she won the Australian Open, then dumped her coach, ended in a shock defeat as the World No.1 crashed to a straight-sets loss to France's Kristina Mladenovic in Dubai.Feb 19, 2019 17:38Sport News
- Great Barrier Reef rodent becomes 1st official ‘climate change extinction’Australia’s government has declared the Bramble Cay melomys extinct, making it what is believed to be the first mammalian casualty directly attributed to man-made climate change.Feb 19, 2019 10:41World News
- Hey UK! It's not just Venezuela, what happened to Australia's gold?Geopolitical and trade tensions along with US sanctions have shaken trust in the US dollar over recent years. As a result, a number of global central banks have been boosting their national reserves of gold bullion.Feb 18, 2019 12:43Business News
- Australia to reopen notorious migrant detention center after govt. fails to block medevac billThe Australian government will be reopening the Christmas Island detention center, likened to a maximum security prison, after the opposition streamlined a bill to allow migrant detainees to seek medical help on the mainland.Feb 13, 2019 03:05World News
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