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Sydney Airport reports 78.8% traffic recovery in Jan than pre-Covid level

Sydney Airport released a monthly report on its traffic performance, saying total of 3,120,000 passengers passed through it in January, marked a 78.8 per cent recovery compared to the pre-Covid level

India targets 7% growth this year, expects to cross it in 5 years: EAM

Jaishankar also spoke about migration mobility and said, "We've seen a very substantial movement of Indian talent to Australia. We have roughly about a million students staying in here"

T20 World Cup: Pakistan knocks New Zealand out, books a slot in the finals

Pakistan now waits for the winner of today's tie between India and England to set up the finals clash for the ICC men's T20 World Cup

NZ vs PAK T20 World Cup SF Highlights: Rizwan, Babar take Pakistan to final

New Zealand vs Pakistan T20 World Cup 2022 Semi-Final Highlights: Babar Azam and Mohammad Rizwan scored a fifty each as the men in green outplayed Kiwis in all departments to beat them by 7 wickets

NZ vs PAK T20 World Cup Semi-Final: New Zealand Predicted XI vs Pakistan

New Zealand vs Pakistan T20 World Cup Semi-Final, Predicted XI: Find out the latest team news and the predicted playing eleven of both New Zealand and Pakistan for the T20 World Cup 2022 semi-final

IND vs NED T20 World Cup Highlights: A comprehenisve 56 runs win for India

India vs Netherlands T20 World Cup Live Updates: The Indian team will be playing the Netherlands at the Sydney Cricket Ground and would look to take away another win

Global squeeze on energy supply may get worse, warns IEA's Fatih Birol

"The world has never witnessed such a major energy crisis in terms of its depth and its complexity," IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said Tuesday at a global energy forum in Sydney

Floodwaters recede in Sydney as emergency eases, heavy rain moves north

Floodwaters were receding in Sydney and its surrounding area Thursday as heavy rain threatened to inundate towns north of Australia's largest city

Homes of 85,000 people at risk in Australia, but rain eases around Sydney

Floodwaters inundated or were threatening the homes of 85,000 people around Sydney as rivers started to recede and the heavy rains tracked north of Australia's largest city

Rain eases in Sydney on Wednesday; over 85,000 homes still at risk

On the fifth day of the flood emergency, Perrottet warned that homes that remained dry during previous floods could be inundated this week

Sydney floods hit 50,000 in Australia's largest city, rescue ops underway

Hundreds of homes have been inundated in and around Australia's largest city in a flood emergency that was impacting 50,000 people, officials said Tuesday

Over 32,000 people in Sydney may need to flee amid Australia's worst floods

More than 30,000 residents of Sydney and its surrounds have been told to evacuate or prepare to abandon their homes on Monday as Australia's largest city braces for what could be its worst flooding

Australia fully open to vaccinated travellers as last state reopens border

Australia was fully open to vaccinated travellers after Western Australia on Thursday became the last state to lift border restrictions. Western Australia, which covers one third of the nation's land area, closed its borders to most international and interstate travellers in 2020 to slow the spread of COVID-19. But the state lifted restrictions on Thursday four months after Sydney began its staged reopening of quarantine-free travel and more than week after all vaccinated tourists became eligible for visas. Perth's airport was the scene of emotional reunions as the first of a scheduled 22 domestic flights and five international flights began arriving on Thursday. Western Australia had successfully stopped the local spread of the coronavirus throughout the pandemic by contract tracing and isolating carriers until the highly contagious omicron variant arrived this year. The state now reports more than 1,000 new infections every day. Australia is now finally back together, Qantas Ai

With eye on ATP Cup, world No. 2 Daniil Medvedev hits the Sydney courts

World No. 2 Daniil Medvedev hit the practice courts here as the countdown to the multi-nation ATP Cup -- the first tournament in the New Year -- began

Technology bolsters democracies, make an impact on governance: Jaishankar

Jaishankar was speaking virtually at The Sydney Dialogue panel discussion on "Democracies and Global Technology Governance"

Covid-19: Sydney opens to vaccinated after 100-plus days of lockdown

Sydney hairdressers, gyms, cafs and bars reopened to fully vaccinated customers on Monday for the first time in more than 100 days after Australia's largest city achieved a vaccination benchmark.

Sydney Airport sale a step closer after improved $17.4 billion offer

The move sent the airport's shares up 5%, with analysts saying a rival bid appeared unlikely given the scale of the funding needed and foreign ownership rules

Sydney extends lockdown, tightens restrictions to fight Covid outbreak

Sydney's lockdown was extended throughout September on Friday and tougher pandemic restrictions were imposed, including a curfew and compulsory mask wearing outdoors.

World Covid Dispatch: Delta variant now constitutes 92% of Thai infections

Delta variant of coronavirus make up 92 per cent cases in Thailand, China's latest Covid outbreak continues to expand, with more than 100 symptomatic cases reported on Tuesday

Covid-19 pandemic: Army patrols in Sydney streets; China cases surge

Sydney, Australia's largest city, is into its sixth week of a lockdown as it struggles with a spike in infections that added nearly 3,500 cases since the first one was detected in a limousine driver