Tag: #melbourne
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Australia’s Victoria Reports Deadliest Day of Pandemic with 25 Fatalities
Australia’s Victoria has reported the deadliest day of the pandemic with 25 fatalities.
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Australia Suffers Deadliest Day of Pandemic
Australia has suffered its deadliest day of the pandemic.
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Australian City to make Mask-Wearing Compulsory
An Australian city will make mask-wearing compulsory.
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Swathe of Melbourne ordered into lockdown as virus spikes in Australia
Melbourne, June 30 (AFP/APP): Hundreds of thousands of people across Melbourne’s north and west were ordered to stay at home Tuesday as Australia’s second-biggest city struggled to contain a spike in coronavirus cases. The state of Victoria has recorded 233 COVID-19 cases since Thursday — mostly in Melbourne — a major surge in a country that has otherwise…
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PIA: First passenger flight touched down Melbourne
Lahore: Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) continues its gigantic operation to bring back stranded Pakistani citizens from different countries. In one such destination, a PIA flight took off from Allama Iqbal International Airport on Friday for Melbourne, Australia. PIA flight landed in Melbourne for the first time in history. “This is the first time in the…
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PM Khan’s Efforts for bringing back Pakistanis from Melbourne: Lucman
Lahore, 19th April: Famous journalist, Mubasher Lucman has expressed his gratitude to the Prime Minister, Imran Khan on bringing the overseas Pakistanis back to the country. Mubasher Lucman pays tribute on his Twitter handle to the brave step taken by PM Pakistan and the CEO of Pakistan International Airlines. He praised their efforts to bring…
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New Zealand skittle Bangladesh to salvage women’s T20 World Cup win
Melbourne, Feb 29 (AFP/APP): New Zealand salvaged a remarkable 17-run victory over Bangladesh Saturday to set up a crunch clash against defending champions Australia for a place in the women’s T20 World Cup semi-finals. Coming off a narrow loss to India, the White Ferns won the toss and opted to bat on a slow Junction…
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Chinatowns feel brunt of virus panic
Melbourne, Feb 18 (AFP/APP): Normally bustling century-old Chinatowns from Melbourne to San Francisco have fallen quiet and businesses are struggling to survive as fears over the deadly novel coronavirus outbreak ripple around the world. “Scaremongering is rampant” complains Max Huang, owner of the Juicy Bao restaurant in Melbourne’s historic Chinese district. “Customers won’t come in…
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Rain hits cricket’s star-studded Australia bushfire fundraiser
Sydney, Feb 6 (AFP/APP): A star-studded charity game to aid Australian bushfire relief was on Thursday moved from the Sydney Cricket Ground to Melbourne due to forecast torrential rain, forcing some players to drop out. Shane Warne and Ricky Ponting were to come out of retirement to skipper the teams on Saturday to raise money…
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‘I can still win Slams’ – Federer has no plans to retire
Melbourne, Jan 30 (AFP/APP): Injury-hit Roger Federer said Thursday he had no plans to retire and insisted he was still in good enough shape to win Grand Slams after crashing out of the Australian Open semi-finals to Novak Djokovic. The 38-year-old fell to the Serb 7-6 (7/1), 6-4, 6-3, admitting he only had “a three…