WPA reject Malaysia’s appeal on men’s shot put F20 result
TOKYO: Malaysia received bad news when World Para Athletics (WPA) rejected its appeal on the men’s shot put F20 (intellectual impairment) result in Tokyo Paralympic Games, last night. National athlete Muhammad Ziyad Zolkefli who broke the world record twice and would have won the gold in the event was classified as Did Not Start (DNS) […]
Disrupted sleep may lead to declining cognitive function of elderly men
CANBERRA: Australian researchers have found that disrupted sleep for elderly men may contribute to declining cognitive functions, reported Xinhua. In a study published recently, the team from the Adelaide Institute for Sleep Health (AISH) at Flinders University in South Australia (SA) measured a group of 477 older men’s cognitive function after interrupted sleep. Participants were […]
Fire, wind and water: The new normal in a land Down Under
WINDSOR, Australia: Seventeen-year-old Rory Kirkland has lived in Australia for three years, but he has already experienced the full range of the country’s extreme weather, from searing heat to unprecedented bushfires and now floodwaters lapping the door of his family home. Most of the year, the Hawkesbury River meanders calmly through the sandstone escarpment, valleys […]
Facebook strikes content revenue-sharing deal with Australian News Corp media company
MOSCOW: Facebook has signed a multi-year content deal with one of Australia’s largest media companies, News Corp, to be able to use its materials on its own platforms following the introduction of media bargaining laws in Australia, Sputnik quoted a News Corp press release. “News Corp announced today that it has reached a multi-year agreement […]
Melbourne orders snap Covid lockdown, but Australian Open plays on, without fans
MELBOURNE: More than six million people were ordered into a snap, five-day lockdown Friday to contain a new coronavirus outbreak in Australia’s second most populous state, forcing the Australian Open tennis tournament in Melbourne to shut fans out. The lockdown across Victoria state from midnight (1300 GMT) was ordered out of fear a small outbreak […]
Australia vows not to rush vaccine rollout, citing UK ‘problems’
SYDNEY: Under mounting pressure to speed up coronavirus vaccinations, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday said he would not take “unnecessary risks” and emulate Britain’s emergency drug approval. While vaccinations are already well underway in many countries, Australia’s pharmaceutical authority is not expected to rule on candidate drugs for around another month, and is […]
New Zealand to open borders with Australia next year
ANKARA: New Zealand on Monday announced that the country’s Cabinet has agreed to open borders with Australia early next year, according to state-run media. The Cabinet meeting, chaired by Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, has agreed in principle to establish a travel bubble with Australia early next year, Anadolu Agency quoting the Radio New Zealand reported. […]
Australia’s Queensland renews bid for 2032 Olympics
SYDNEY: Officials in the Australian State of Queensland reaffirmed their bid to host the 2032 Olympic Games on Monday, after having put their effort on hold to deal with Covid-19. State Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk told reporters that plans are underway to reestablish an “Olympics taskforce” and determine the next stages required to bring the Games […]
Australia begins production of Oxford-developed Covid-19 vaccine
SYDNEY: Australia commenced locally manufacturing a Covid-19 vaccine candidate developed by the University of Oxford from Monday, with roughly 30 million doses planned to be made, reported Xinhua news agency. Despite still undergoing clinical trials, the vaccine, which was co-developed by pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca, is considered one of the more promising vaccines globally. Australian biotech […]
SARS-CoV-2 can survive for 28 days on surfaces
CANBERRA: Australian researchers have found that SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes Covid-19, can live for up to 28 days on common surfaces including banknotes and glass. The Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) on Monday published the new research on the “survivability” of the deadly virus, Xinhua News Agency (Xinhua) reported. The research found […]
