28 February 2021
A sudden drop in cases has given India a golden opportunity to beat coronavirus. But with its ambitious vaccination program falling behind and new variants threatening to breach the borders, experts fear the window of opportunity is rapidly closing.
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28 Feb: New sanctions are placed on a former Saudi intelligence official, but not Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, as a report concludes the Crown Prince likely ordered the 2018 murder of dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi.... more
28 Feb: Seemingly endless lockdowns have brought many small businesses to their knees in the UK, but Australian baristas hope that offering Londoners a decent flat white and a little bit of conversation may be enough to keep them trading.... more
28 Feb: US correspondent Kathryn Diss reported live from the Capitol Building in Washington as rioters stormed inside. "The ABC bureau spent most of the year preparing for this very moment, when tensions boiled over. We just didn't know when or where it would be,... more
27 Feb: Police have charged a 52-year-old man with assault after he allegedly hit a man several times who was volunteering on Labor MP Sabine Winton's re-election campaign in Wanneroo, in Perth's northern suburbs.... more
27 Feb: An independent review into Western Australia's hotel quarantine system is underway to determine whether ventilation is adequate, after a security guard tested positive for COVID-19, sparking a five-day lockdown in Perth and parts of regional WA earlier th... more
27 Feb: Three men are found guilty for a second time of killing a Perth mother of three who was dumped critically-injured outside a hospital campus after falling out of a moving car.... more
26 Feb: Rotating its mast 360 degrees to take dozens of images, the Mars Perseverance rover provides a panoramic look at the Jezero Crater site on the Red Planet.... more
26 Feb: Seven weeks of investigations and comments are bringing clear points of security failures into focus, including intelligence sharing, confusion over the chain of command and poor leadership.... more
26 Feb: Prime Minister Scott Morrison last week became one of the first Australians to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. His vaccination unleashed a wave of anti-vaccine misinformation on Facebook.... more
RUGBY NRL side the Sydney Roosters have recruited a former French magician as a secret weapon More...
BUSINESS Rocket Lab is on the verge of listing on the US technology based NASDAQ index, in a deal that values the New Zealand-US startup at 5.7 billion dollars More...
