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Third repatriation flight from India touches down in Sydney

It’s the first flight to bypass the Howard Springs quarantine facility in the Northern Territory.

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Tuesday’s flight was the first repatriation flight to fly into Sydney.

Horror in Malaysia as trains collide, leaving hundreds injured

More than 200 people have been injured in Malaysia when two passenger trains collided in an underground tunnel near the country’s capital.

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Health authorities tend to people injured in a train crash in Malaysia.

Cyclone Tauktae death toll exceeds 100 in India

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Cyclone Tauktae has clamed more than 100 lives on India's west coast.

China labels Australia ‘sick’ as Morrison government spends big on defence upgrades

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China’s foreign ministry has said Australia is ‘sick’ and suggested Canberra ‘take medicine’.

Why Japan’s cherry blossom blooms have experts worried this year

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Men take a break under the cherry blossoms in full bloom during their lunch break in Nakano, Tokyo, 24 March.

Myanmar mourns bloodiest day since the military coup began

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Anti-coup protesters gesture with a three-fingers salute, a symbol of resistance during a demonstration during by police crack down in Thaketa township Yangon, Myanmar, Saturday, March 27, 2021.