The country added more than 81,000 COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the country's total caseload to over 6.39 million.
Sreoshi Mukherjee reports.
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A limited travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand has been finalised, with flights expected to resume in two weeks.
Shaun Bindley reports
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California has passed a law creating a task force to explore how the state might provide reparations for slavery.
It's the first bill of its kind in any US state.
Ira Spitzer has more from San Francisco.
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The number of people claiming unemployment insurance for the first time in the US, has remained under a million for the fifth consecutive week.
But at 873,000, the total is still well above anything the U.S. had seen since before the pandemic.
More recently announced layoffs suggest the labor market is going to become weaker after several months of gains.
US Correspondent Kate Fisher reports
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The Trump administration has capped the number of refugees it will admit into the United States next year at a historic low.
The State Department sent its notification to Congress just hours before the start of the government's fiscal year.
US Correspondent Rachel Silverman has more.
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In Germany, Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny has blamed the Kremlin for the chemical attack that almost cost him his life. As he continues his recovery, he said he thought he was going to die when he realised he had been poisoned.
Trent Murray reports.
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A former altar boy, abused by catholic priest Daniel Hourigan in the late 70's, is free to sue the church again after a Supreme Court judge found the $32,500 paid in compensation by the church in 1996, was inadequate.
Shaun Bindley reports.
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