Amid public anger, the federal and state governments commissioned independent enquiries. New South Wales (NSW), which recorded the highest death toll from the fires at 25, on Tuesday became the first to release findings. Its Minister for Police and Emergency Services David Elliott said the state...
It took the death toll of this wild weather that is sweeping away the eastern part of the country to 11, among which eight victims are in the state of Queensland. The severe weather system, which has been ravaging Queensland and the northern NSW since last week, is expected to continue t...
Australian death toll in tsunamis rises to eight, 10 others missing feared dead
CANBERRA, March 26 (Xinhua) -- Australia's COVID-19 death toll has increased from eight to 12 in a single day. Victoria has recorded its first three deaths related to COVID-19 over the past day. All three deaths in the state were men in their 70s who were being treated in hospital ...
“We offer our sincerest condolences to the family on their loss,” the State Department said in an emailed statement to The Associated Press. Landlocked Laos is one of Southeast Asia’s poorest nations and a popular tourist destination. Vang Vieng is particularly popular amo...
Dave Hogbin was killed by a crocodile after he fell from a steep bank into the Annan River in Queensland state, his family said.
The deadliest wildfires in Australia's history burned people in their homes and cars and wiped out entire towns, officials discovered Sunday as they reached farther into the fire zone. The deathtoll1rose to 108 by early Monday. Blazes have been burning for weeks in the southeastern state of ...
write from their rooms in miserable tenements across the road from each other. They are cold and hungry and they get sick from their privations. They can’t even have an in-person relationship because they can’t afford to marry and her reputation would be ruined by gossip if he were to...
(State Library of South Australia [SLSA]1836; SAC1837:9; Zapor2020:52).South Australiandeparted Plymouth on 22 December 1836 under the command of Alexander Allen, with a contingent of 70 British and German emigrants, including David McLaren (the South Australian Company’s second commercial ...
Maldives' main state-owned Indira Gandhi Memorial Hospital has called on retired healthcare workers to enlist in the fight against COVID-19. The government of Maldives has decided to subsidize the cost of water and electricity for the next two months in order to provide financial support to the...