Topic: Scott Morrison

New Zealand announced Tuesday it will be re-opening its borders with Australia later this month after slamming them shut to travel a year ago in an effort to stymie the spread of the coronavirus.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison demoted his defense minister and attorney general on Monday amid accusations of rape and misogyny in separate scandals, but says he'll keep both in senior positions.

More than 18,000 people in Australia have been evacuated from their homes as rain continues to flood the southeastern state of New South Wales. 

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga will be the first foreign leader to visit President Joe Biden in-person at the White House when he visits Washington, D.C., next month.

President Joe Biden met virtually on Friday with the leaders of Australia, Japan and India for a quadrilateral summit promoting independence and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region.

South Africa, which has been battling to contain a more contagious COVID-19 variant been spreading globally, has experienced a downward trend in deaths and cases.

Australia's medical regulator on Tuesday approved use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as the country plans to begin inoculating its citizens against the coronavirus next week.

Australian news network Seven West Media will join Google News Showcase as a publishing partner in a multimillion-dollar agreement, Google announced Monday.

Google threatened to disable its search engine in Australia if the government passes new regulations that would force large tech companies to negotiate with news organizations to present the content they produce.

More than one year after COVID-19 first surfaced in Mainland China, the pandemic has been accelerating worldwide to more than 1.9 million deaths and nearly 90 million cases despite restrictions and vaccines' development.