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Voting under way in climate-dominated Aussie election

3:21 pm May 18, 2019

Sydney: Australians flocked to the polls Saturday capping a bitterly fought election that may be the first anywhere decided by climate policy. Between 16 and 17 million people are expected to vote across the vast island-continent, with the opposition centre-left Labor party tipped for victory. Casting his ballot in Melbourne, would-be prime minister Bill Shorten […]

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India joins global initiative to combat extremism online

11:36 pm May 15, 2019

New Delhi: India joined France, New Zealand, Canada and several other countries on Wednesday in launching a major initiative in Paris to combat terrorism and extremism online and secure the internet. The initiative — ‘Christchurch call to action’ — was named after the New Zealand city where 51 people were killed in an attack on […]

Australia holds first election debate as race tightens

12:19 pm April 29, 2019

Sydney: A fresh opinion poll showed Australia’s bare-knuckle election campaign tightening significantly but the centre-left opposition Labor party maintaining a narrow lead ahead of a first televised leaders’ debate Monday. The Newspoll survey showed Labor’s edge over the conservative governing coalition narrowed to two percentage points, well within the margin of error. For months the […]

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