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Australia’s capital Canberra to enter virus lockdown
Australia's capital Canberra was ordered into a seven-day lockdown on Aug. 12, after a single COVID-19 case was detected in the city that has largely avoided virus restrictions.
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About 400,000 people in the nation's political hub will be under stay-at-home orders from 5:00 pm local time, joining millions more already under lockdown in Australia's southeast.
Sydney hits new COVID case record as outbreak spreads
Sydney posted a new record of COVID-19 infections on Aug. 10 as the city struggles to control an outbreak that is sending other Australian regions into lockdown.
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New South Wales state announced 356 new cases, a fresh record for a Delta-variant outbreak that began in mid-June and continues to grow in a population with low vaccination rates.
Sydney police call for military to enforce lockdown
Police in Australia's largest city have requested military help to enforce a coronavirus lockdown as infections in Sydney reached a new record on July 29.
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Commissioner Mick Fuller said New South Wales police had asked for 300 Australian Defence Force personnel to be deployed "to boost its operational footprint".
Health Ministry Orders Termination of Contract for New Children's Hospital
The Health Ministry has ordered the termination of a contract for building a new children's hospital which would involve the completion of a complex of buildings nextdoor to Sofia's Alexandrovska Hospital.
Sydney tightens lockdown amid ’stubborn’ outbreak
Australian authorities ordered more businesses to close on July 17 along with a slew of new restrictions in the country's largest city as a weeks-long lockdown failed to quash an outbreak of Covid-19.
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Bulgaria Elects: Voter Turnout is 29.1 percent by 17.00 pm (updated)
The turnout was 29.1% as of 5 pm This is shown by the data from the exit poll of Gallup International.
Official CEC data at 4 pm indicated that 27.2% of eligible voters went to the polls.
"Lightning strike" - Vučić: We are not interested in conflicts VIDEO / PHOTO
The combined tactical exercise with combat shooting "Lightning Strike 2021" - the largest in the last few decades, began today at the military range in Pester.
Turkey extends condolences over deadly US building collapse
Turkey has extended condolences over June 24's deadly building collapse in the U.S. state of Florida.
"We have received with sorrow that there were dead and injured due to the collapse of a 12-story building on June 24, 2021, in Florida, U.S., and that many people were left under the rubble," the Turkish Foreign Ministry said in a statement on June 26.
EU Commission expects swift solutions to resume STA funding
Brussels – Commenting on the new government regulation on the Slovenian Press Agency (STA), the European Commission has said that it expects swift solutions to unblock the agency’s funding, noting such solutions should completely preserve the STA’s autonomy. It should be checked whether the regulation is in line with existing acts governing the STA, it added.