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Australia's federal government is urging states and territories to take a "proportionate and targeted" response to Sydney's growing covid cluster.
Shaun Bindley reports
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Australia's federal government is urging states and territories to take a "proportionate and targeted" response to Sydney's growing covid cluster.
Shaun Bindley reports
IN: With a testing blitz
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DUR: 48 secs
GENERIC: http://fsnradionews.com/feeds/1218sydney-sb-gen/mp3
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Hong Kong democracy activists are calling on the United States to make it easier for Hong Kongers fearing political persecution to move there.
A US senate committee is debating ways to support the Hong Kong democracy movement, following actions from the UK and Canada to offer a pathway to citizenship for Hong Kongers looking to leave the city.
Richard Kimber reports.
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US President Elect Joe Biden has named Deb Haaland as his pick for Interior Secretary.
She would be the country's first Native American Cabinet Secretary.
From Washington Jagruti Dave reports.
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A panel of independent experts in the US has voted in favour of giving Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine Emergency Use Authorisation.
It is now one step closer to being approved for emergency use across the country.
Jagruti Dave reports from Washington.
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Hackers believed to be working for the Russian government may have penetrated America's nuclear weapons agency in addition to several other government departments.
For months the hackers have been rooting around in key US government systems without being detected, and President-elect Joe Biden is calling it a "massive cybersecurity breach".
From Washington, Simon Marks reports.
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Dozens of US states have filed an antitrust suit against Google.
They say the tech giant operates an illegal monopoly in the markets for online search and search advertising.
Technology Correspondent Rachel Silverman has details.
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The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld sanctions imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) on Russia over doping. It reduced the term of the ban in half, but Russia will not have any formal presence at the next two Olympics or any other world championships in the next two years. Daria Bondarchuk reports from Moscow.
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Millions more people in England will be placed under the toughest COVID rules, as the country tries to slow the infection rate.
The government made the announcement amid warnings that the Health Service could soon be overwhelmed.
John Bevir (Beaver) reports.
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Uganda is now less than a month away from presidential elections set to test the democratic process- widely seen to be coming under mounting threat.
The January 14th polls will see President Yoweri Museveni - who has ruled the country since 1986 run for re-election following a brutal crackdown on the opposition.
Now, President Museveni has reinstalled his son as chief of the country's elite military unit, amid a wider shake-up of its security forces.
Leon Solomon reports:
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The UK government is announcing a review of Covid-19 restrictions in towns and cities across the country, as it comes under pressure over plans for Christmas.
Nina-Maria Potts has more:
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