Topic: Scott Morrison

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.

Australia halted testing Friday for a potential COVID-19 vaccine after researchers said some volunteers in the early-stage clinical trials had falsely tested positive for HIV.

Australia has demanded China apologize for posting a "repugnant" and "offensive" doctored image on Twitter of an Australian soldier threatening the life of an Afghan child as relations between the countries fray.

Kylie Moore-Gilbert, a British-Australian academic who has been jailed in Iran for more than two years, has been released.

Australian special forces committed 39 unlawful killings during operations in Afghanistan, according to a new report released Thursday that recommended federal police investigate 19 soldiers.

Following nearly a decade of negotiations, the leaders of 15 Asia-Pacific nations have signed the world's largest trade agreement they say will aid their recovery from the coronavirus pandemic.

Australia will appoint a special investigator to prosecute allegations of war crimes by Australian soldiers in Afghanistan.

Coronavirus cases are surging at record levels in Europe where the disease has had an up, down and up situation since the pandemic hit early this year with nations adding restrictions to control spread.

Australia has partially lifted a COVID-19 travel ban on New Zealand, allowing Kiwis to enter two of its states within two weeks.