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First shipment of AstraZeneca vaccine lands in Australia
The first shipment of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine has landed in Australia today, ahead of the third week of the country's overall inoculation rollout.The shipment landed just before 9.30am at Sydney airport, on an Emirates flight.A total of 300,000 doses were...
Kidnapped school students freed in Nigeria, but others still missing
Students, teachers and relatives abducted two weeks ago from a school in northern Nigeria have been freed.The students, teachers and family members were abducted February 17 by gunmen from the Government Science College Kagara.Niger State Governor Abubakar Sani Bello...
Auckland to enter seven-day lockdown after mystery local COVID-19 case
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Arden has announced Auckland will move to a stage three lockdown for the next seven days due to an unexplained case of COVID-19.From 6am on February 28, Auckland will move to Alert Level 3, while the rest of New Zealand to Alert...
Melissa Caddick investors likely to face ‘significant shortfall’
The mystery behind suspected Sydney fraudster, Melissa Caddick, is deepening following the grisly discovery of a second body part expected to be linked in the coming days through DNA testing.The remains were found just hours after police revealed a foot belonging to...
US Food and Drug Administration endorse single-shot COVID-19 vaccine
United States health advisers endorsed a one-dose COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson on Friday, putting the nation on the cusp of adding an easier-to-use option to fight the pandemic.The acting head of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said in a...
More human remains wash up on NSW coast
More human remains have washed up on the southern NSW coastline, days after the foot of missing Sydney woman Melissa Caddick was found by campers on the South Coast.Police were called to Mollymook Beach, 60km south of Nowra, late last night after members of the public...
Eighteen arrested in Geelong in major crackdown on illegal guns
Specialist firearm detectives from Victoria Police have arrested 18 people in Geelong and its surrounds as part of a major crackdown on illegal guns and other weapons.The crackdown, named Operation Shield, saw 29 properties raided since Tuesday, February 16.In total,...
Police appeal for help to find girl, 14, missing from Brisbane
Police are appealing for the public's help to find a 14-year-old girl after she disappeared from a Brisbane home late last night.The teenager was last seen leaving a home on Jude Street in Bracken Ridge at around 10.30pm last night.READ MORE: More human remains wash...
Sydney man and woman both charged after row culminates in ‘stabbing’
A woman and man are both facing domestic violence charges following a row inside a south-west Sydney apartment during which the man was allegedly stabbed.Emergency services were called to the unit on Minto Road in Minto, near Campbelltown, to reports of a stabbing at...
Victoria records no new local COVID-19 cases on first day of eased restrictions
Victoria has recorded no new coronavirus cases today as the state wakes to its first day of eased COVID-19 restrictions.No cases were detected state-wide in the past 24 hours - either in the community or in hotel quarantine.The results come from more than 10,000...
More human remains wash up on NSW coast after Melissa Caddick’s foot found
More human remains have washed up on the southern NSW coastline, days after the foot of missing Sydney woman Melissa Caddick was found by campers on the South Coast.Police were called to Mollymook Beach, 60km south of Nowra, late last night after members of the public...
Search continues for missing Victorian baby boy
The search continues for a Victorian baby boy reported missing, with police appealing for the public to help find him.Three-month-old Buddy, from Yarroweyah, was last seen in Tocumwal, New South Wales, near the Victorian border about 6pm on Thursday.Police understand...