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Screenshot from aviation tracker Aircraft Spots' Twitter feed showing the flying route of the US Navy's EP-3E on March 29, 2020 (Yonhap)A US surveillance aircraft flew over South Korea on Sunday on an apparent…

Australia’s new quarantine laws for international arrivals are now in force, with anyone arriving in the country from midnight last night forced to isolate in a hotel for 14 days.Hotels across the country have offered up thousands of…

Wuhan primary schoolteacher Xiao Ya still occasionally feels short of breath, weeks after her discharge from hospital where she spent a month being treated for Covid-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus. Even cooking a simple…

coronavirus, COVID-19 has spread across the North West, with the first cases detected in Armidale this weekend as two more Tamworth residents are diagnosed with the virus. Tamworth continues to top the region, with 11 diagnosed cases of…

More new release movies have been fast-tracked for home viewing after all Australian cinemas were ordered to shut at the beginning of the previous week.Thriller The Invisible Man and comedy Emma appeared on digital rental platforms…

(Yonhap)A British national who tested positive for the new coronavirus here may face penalties for not observing quarantine rules. The resident of Suwon, Gyeonggi Province, got tested for COVID-19 on the afternoon…

news, latest-news, A group of Tamworth boys have drummed up excitement on the local music scene, by topping the Triple J Unearthed charts with their first original song. Vanda Erich, Issie Dube, Oscar Schipp and Sam Lobbin came together…

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news, latest-news, Harrison Frear has faced tests many of us never will. Close to 18 months ago, he was involved in a car crash. The list of injuries from it was huge and included severe damage to Mr Frear's spine. But when you chat to…

Jakarta Governor Anies Baswedan has extended the state of emergency in the capital city to April 19 in an effort to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. The decision was made during a meeting involving the provincial administration, the…

PETALING JAYA - Malaysia has been chosen by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as one of the countries to run trials on the effectiveness of a drug called Remdesivir to treat Covid-19 patients, according to the National Security Council…

The Trade Development Council said on Sunday this year's exports were likely to fall by more than 2 percent as it previously forecast. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Council said nearly 20 trade events scheduled for this year…

Just over an hour later, emergency services were deployed. “There’s a lake and the descent from this lake down through the mountains is quite treacherous, which was made even more treacherous by some really bad weather, we got smashed…

The arduous process of self-isolation has been a blessing and a curse. Although we have more spare timethan ever before, some are coping with quarantine better than others.And two of England’s World Cup winners are evidently losing their…

Children tend to get less severe symptoms when they contract Covid-19 and cases can be harder to detect than in adults, new research in China has found, as health experts, parents and officials weigh the risks of sending their kids to…

(Yonhap)South Korean lawmakers are pushing to revise the law in a way that punishes those entering online chat rooms to view illegal videos of sex acts amid public outrage over an online sexual blackmail ring.Rep.…

Three South Korean COVID-19 test-kit companies have obtained preliminary approval from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the foreign ministry said Saturday.The initial FDA approval will allow the Korean test-kit makers to sell…

PREMIER Annastacia Palaszczuk has slammed the Electoral Commission of Queensland, claiming “they’ve got one job” following last night’s technical issues. “I’m disappointed frankly, I mean they’ve got one job and their job is to make sure…

SINGAPORE - Mr Hugh Mason realised on Monday (March 23) that he had lost his sense of smell. "My wife was peeling an orange and I thought, that's weird, I can't smell it ," the 53-year-old told The Straits Times on Saturday. Mr Mason,…

(Yonhap)Two military personnel, who had been reported to have fully recovered from the new coronavirus, have tested positive again, the defense ministry said Sunday.An Army officer based in Yongin, some 50…

Cricket’s hangover from Cape Town has now all but cleared with Steve Smith free to captain Australia again if called upon.With the world’s focus on the devastating coronavirus pandemic, Smith’s two-year leadership ban from the sandpaper…

SINGAPORE - The passport of a Singaporean man has been cancelled for flouting stay-home notice rules, in the first such action taken by authorities against a citizen. The Immigration and Checkpoints Authority on Sunday (March 29) said…

The Chief Secretary Matthew Cheung said on Sunday the government would launch a second round of subsidy under the Anti-epidemic Fund to help businesses that were impacted by the latest social-distancing measures.Writing in his blog,…

(Yonhap)South Korea reported 105 new cases of the novel coronavirus Sunday, bringing the nation's total infections to 9,583, the public health agency said.The death toll rose by eight to 152, according to the…

BIOSTATISTICIANS have warned that Tasmania, with its current rate of COVID-19 infection growth, could reach 500 cases as soon as April and run out of intensive care bed capacity once that number hit 1000. Megan Higgie and Ben Phillips…

The government’s forthcoming wage guarantee will include people who have already lost their jobs as a result of the coronavirus outbreak, and is designed to keep employees connected to their employers, but on Sunday Scott Morrison gave…

Ben Cousins’ life has been ruined by drugs but the fallen AFL star isn’t feeling sorry for himself. Channel 7 has been drip-feeding snippets of an interview with the West Coast premiership winner that will air on TV tonight and in one…

SINGAPORE - The Singapore Police Force said on Saturday (March 28) that two of its officers have tested positive for Covid-19. Both officers are from different units, and neither had been involved in Covid-19 related operations. The…

When Jen Macapagal first moved to Singapore to work, she was fresh out of school and eager to start a new life. However, the stress from adjusting to life here got to her and her health suffered. "I was only 21 when I first came here in…

news, latest-news, WHILE the COVID-19 pandemic may be casting doubt on many business sectors, recent rain has provided new found confidence for livestock producers. Weekly cattle and sheep sales are now closed to non-essential personnel,…

(Yonhap)South Korea said Sunday it is considering providing financial support to 10 million lower-income households as part of emergency measures in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.Under the plan, a…

(South Korean Embassy in Bolivia-Yonhap)Forty-seven South Koreans left Bolivia on a US-arranged chartered flight, the South Korean Embassy in La Paz said, after the South American nation imposed a nationwide…

Former Wallaby turned journalist Peter FitzSimons has criticised the NRL for trying to push on with its season when global trends around the coronavirus suggested that was never going to work out. Round one went ahead as normal before…

Pro-democracy lawmaker Chu Hoi-dick said Hong Kong people were merely holding back their anger at the moment, and were choosing not to "pour onto the streets" because they are focused on winning the upcoming Legislative Council…

LIFE as a small business operator can be tough at the best of times.But local business owners in the retail, hospitality, food, fitness and arts industries are now being threatened by a global health crisis.Hobart fitness instructor…

coronavirusTwo Boggabri residents have been fined after failing to follow self-isolation directions after returning home from overseas. On Tuesday, a 22-year-old man and a 23-year-old woman arrived at Sydney International Airport on a…

(Yonhap)The office of President Moon Jae-in said Sunday that it has been briefed on North Korea's latest projectile launches and is closely monitoring the situation.North Korea fired what appeared to be two…

North Korea fired what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Sunday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, the latest in a series of projectile launches even as the country is on high alert…

Channel 9 NRL presenter Erin Molan has hit out at people for continuing to mingle despite governments around the world urging people to practise social distancing to slow the spread of coronavirus. The former Footy Show host took to…

2/47 Paxton St, South Kingsville, sold via an unusual email auction. A keyboard has replaced a gavel at the unusual auction of a South Kingsville townhouse, in which three participants bid over email. While the sale price achieved by…

Shane Richardson’s decision to walk away from South Sydney was reportedly triggered by a falling out with Sam Burgess. The Saturday Telegraph reports that the pair have hardly spoken since Burgess’ career came to an end after last year’s…

Formula One could shorten grand prix weekends and race into January if that helps salvage a season ravaged by the coronavirus, according to Ferrari boss Mattia Binotto. The opening race in Australia on March 15 was cancelled and the…

community, Drawings, postcards, letters, emails - they're all welcome at Bupa Aged Care in Tamworth. The COVID-19 crisis has caused many nursing homes to restrict visitor access for health and safety reasons. But Bupa has come up with…

NRL players have come crashing back to reality as they scour the job market after coronavirus brought the season to a halt. League bosses suspended this year’s campaign after two rounds, following the lead of sports competitions around…

9 Yando St, Greensborough has hit the market — and it isn’t your usual real estate offering. A chance to buy a “grubby old pool” has come up in Greensborough. The savvy owners of the block subdivided their backyard, which has clearly…

Hospital staff in Sydney are doing everything "humanly possible" to prepare for a surge of coronavirus patients. They just don't know how big the "tsunami" will be.“I liken it to this enormous tsunami coming – we can’t quite see how…

Life as we know it is changing in unimaginable ways as the world combats coronavirus but for UFC boss Dana White, the show must go on. Like much of society, sports leagues across the globe have been shut down and suspended but the head…

As a general rule, any time you need to use the phrase “since the Great Depression” things are not going well. Right now, of course, things are not going well. They are not just going badly, they are going badly quickly. Through my…

There’s only been one breach of the new security protocol at Susan and John Slaughter’s home in the Brisbane suburb of Lutwyche. “Harry, who’s four, popped his head over the stable door in the kitchen,” says his grandmother Susan, 74.…

Jazmin Weatherall’s manager walked out of the office at the Sydney cinema where she worked and gathered the staff around. It looked as though she’d been crying. “She just said, ‘Today’s going to be our last day,’ ” Weatherall says. The…