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Beaches remain closed after a surfer died in a shark attack at Greenmount beach on Tuesday evening.  Getty 

Surfer killed by shark on Australia's Gold Coast

September 9, 2020
High waves crash a shore as Typhoon Maysak approaches Jeju Island, South Korea, on Wednesday, September 2, 2020. AP

Two Koreas on high alert as typhoon approaches peninsula

September 2, 2020
Workers remove a fallen tree that struck and killed a 4-year-old boy during a storm in Melbourne, Australia on August 27, 2020. AAP Image via AP

Storm kills three and knocks out power in Melbourne

August 28, 2020
In July alone, the Amazon experienced a 28 per cent increase in the number of fires over the same period last year. WWF

Global wildfires reach an ominous all-time high

August 28, 2020
Members of the public wait outside Christchurch High Court, New Zealand, in solidarity with the victims of Brenton Tarrant during his sentencing. Getty

'Inhuman' Christchurch mosque shooter sentenced to life in prison

August 27, 2020
Weedad Mohamemd Hosen gives her victim impact statement during the sentencing hearing of the Australian gunman at the Christchurch High Court after he pleaded guilty to 51 charges of murder, 40 of attempted murder and one of terrorism in Christchurch, New Zealand. AP

'Fire awaits you', Christchurch mosque attacker told at sentencing

August 26, 2020
This file photo taken on November 12, 2019 shows residents defending a property from a bushfire at Hillsville near Taree, 350km north of Sydney. Australia's unprecedented 2019-2020 bushfires were "clearly" fuelled by climate change, according to the findings of a government inquiry released on August 25, 2020. AFP

Australia bushfires clearly fuelled by climate change, inquest finds

August 25, 2020
Kyron Gosse, nephew of mosque shooting victim Linda Armstrong, gestures as he makes his victim impact statement during the sentencing hearing at the Christchurch High Court. AP

Christchurch mosque shooter should consider 'beauty of diversity' in prison, says victim's daughter

August 25, 2020
Australian white supremacist Brenton Tarrant attends the hearing on his sentencing in Christchurch on August 24, 2020, after being convicted of murdering 51 Muslims in two New Zealand mosques last year. AFP

Christchurch mosque shooter 'spent years preparing for attack'

August 24, 2020
Aya Al Umari holds a photo of herself and her brother Hussein, who was killed in the Christchurch mosque attacks in March 2019. AP

Survivors will face New Zealand mosque gunman at sentencing

August 23, 2020
A chemist works at AstraZeneca's headquarters, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced Australians will be among the first in the world to receive a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine, if it proves successful, through an agreement between the government and UK-based drug company AstraZeneca, in Sydney, Australia, August 19, 2020. AAP Image/Dan Himbrechts via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVE. AUSTRALIA OUT. NEW ZEALAND OUT

Australia to give free Covid-19 vaccine as new cases slow

August 19, 2020
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks during a press conference on August 14, 2020 in Wellington, New Zealand. Getty

New Zealand deputy PM calls for election delay due to Covid-19

August 16, 2020
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern walks to a press conference in Wellington, New Zealand, Friday, Aug. 14, 2020. AP

New Zealand coronavirus outbreak grows as Jacinda Ardern extends lockdown

August 15, 2020
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is applauded by colleagues after making an adjournment speech at Parliament. Getty

Coronavirus: New Zealand marks 100 days of virus elimination

August 9, 2020
A vendor prepares chickens to sell at a market in Manila on August 6, 2020. The Philippines plunged into recession after its biggest quarterly contraction in four decades, data, as the economy reels from Covid-19 coronavirus lockdowns. AFP

Philippines economy suffers deepest contraction and plunges into recession

August 6, 2020
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Flydubai is offering travellers departing Dubai PCR tests for Dh180. EPA

842 new cases, Oxford vaccine trial, Dubai Police save toddler - The Daily Update

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TOPSHOT - (L-R)Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan wave from the Truman Balcony at the White House after they participated in the signing of the Abraham Accords where the countries of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates recognize Israel, in Washington, DC, September 15, 2020. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the foreign ministers of Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates arrived September 15, 2020 at the White House to sign historic accords normalizing ties between the Jewish and Arab states. / AFP / SAUL LOEB

Beyond the Headlines: Abraham Accord between the UAE and Israel

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DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES. 17 OCTOBER 2018. BIG PICTURE OPTION. Reflections on mirror panels on the ceiling of the DU stand at GITEX. (Photo: Antonie Robertson/The National) Journalist: None. Section: BIG PICTURE.

How the events industry is staging a comeback: Business Extra

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left), US President Donald Trump, and UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed. AFP

UAE signs Abraham Accord, 674 cases, Apple's new products - The Daily Update

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