Australia
25 Feb 2021
Facebook banned pages belonging to the YPG (translated: People's Protection Units) at the behest of Turkey, according to a latest exposé by ProPublica.
25 Feb 2021
The Australian news media code has caused great upheaval in the social media space. After Facebook's recent shutdown of news feed in the country and quick reversal, the social media giant has pledged to invest $1 billion to "support the news industry".
23 Feb 2021
After successfully getting Google to capitulate and pay for news, Australia learned the hard way that Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is made of sterner stuff. Facebook's Aussie news ban also wiped out critical resources involving suicide helplines and COVID-19 information channels.
23 Feb 2021
Facebook has walked back the uncompromising and abrupt total ban it had imposed on sharing Australian news sites. The bold move had blocked Facebook's Australian users from viewing and sharing news.
18 Feb 2021
Facebook has chosen to play hardball with Australian authorities by refusing to buckle under the pressure of implementing the country's contentious news media code. The social media platform has blocked its Australian users from viewing and sharing news.
16 Feb 2021
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has apologized to a former political adviser who said she was raped inside the Parliament building two years ago by an unnamed colleague.
15 Feb 2021
Australian media firm Seven West Media has struck a deal with tech giant Google to pay for journalism, according to an announcement made by the two companies on Monday.
10 Feb 2021
A tsunami warning has been sounded for New Zealand, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, and other nations in the South Pacific after a 7.7-magnitude earthquake hit the region on Thursday, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said.
05 Feb 2021
They say it doesn't hurt to try, but Google will beg to differ; especially, if that involves blackmailing entire countries.
05 Feb 2021
Google has announced the launch of its News Showcase in Australia. The program will feature news snippets from partner media outlets in the country.
02 Feb 2021
An out-of-control wildfire burning northeast of the Australian city of Perth has destroyed an estimated 30 homes and was threatening more on Tuesday, with locals across the region told it's too late to leave.
01 Feb 2021
Last month, Google had threatened to disable its flagship search engine in Australia to coerce the government from passing a controversial new law forcing Google to pay local media outlets for sharing their news content.
30 Jan 2021
Australian pacer Mitchell Starc has turned 31 on Saturday.
28 Jan 2021
Last week, Matt Damon announced his entry to the shooting schedules of Thor: Love and Thunder, and this week, MCU's next big-screen outing began shooting with a lot of grandeur.
27 Jan 2021
Protesting farmer, Navreet Singh had returned from Australia to his hometown in Uttar Pradesh's Rampur to celebrate his recent wedding.
27 Jan 2021
Cricket Australia (CA), on Tuesday, congratulated those in the cricket community named Officer in the General Division of the Order of Australia (AO) and recipients of Medal of the Order of Australia in the General Division (OAM).
19 Jan 2021
The Indian cricket team beat Australia in the Brisbane Test to clinch the four-match series by a 2-1 margin.
19 Jan 2021
The Indian cricket team scripted history in Brisbane to beat Australia in the fourth Test match.
17 Jan 2021
Washington Sundar and Shardul Thakur headlined the Indian innings in the final session on Day 3 of the ongoing Brisbane Test.
15 Jan 2021
Australia's Nathan Lyon is playing his 100th career Test match.
12 Jan 2021
Australia's young opening batsman Will Pucovski is in doubt for the fourth Test match against India.
10 Jan 2021
Australian batsman Marnus Labuschagne has been enjoying a purple patch with the bat at home in Test cricket.
07 Jan 2021
After doing well in the second session on Day 1 of the third Test at the SCG, Australia dominated the third session as well.
06 Jan 2021
Ace spinner Ravichandran Ashwin will be eager to make his presence felt once again when Team India takes on Australia in the third Test, starting tomorrow at the SCG.
06 Jan 2021
Australia and India gear up for the third Test of the four-match series, starting Thursday at the SCG.
31 Dec 2020
Melbourne Stars leg-spinner Adam Zampa has been suspended for one match of the Big Bash League for using an audible obscenity during the game against Sydney Thunder on December 29.
29 Dec 2020
Australia have been fined 40 percent of their match fee and penalized four World Test Championship points for maintaining a slow over-rate in the recently-concluded Boxing Day Test against India.
29 Dec 2020
Team India handed Australia a one-sided defeat in the Boxing Day Test.
28 Dec 2020
After an eventful first session on Day 3, the Indians shone with the ball in the second innings of the Boxing Day Test.
25 Dec 2020
'Boxing Day' is the day when sporting action takes place all over the globe.
24 Dec 2020
The Melbourne Cricket Ground remains the preferred backup venue for the third Test of the ongoing Border-Gavaskar Trophy.
24 Dec 2020
Legend Sunil Gavaskar believes a number of Indian players are subject to different rules in the present Indian cricket team.
24 Dec 2020
Australia are set to have an unchanged playing XI for the impending Boxing Day Test in Melbourne.
23 Dec 2020
Australian players David Warner and Sean Abbott have been ruled out of the Boxing Day Test against India due to bio-security protocols.
22 Dec 2020
The Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) president Sourav Ganguly and secretary Jay Shah are working on plans to improve the performance of Team India Down Under.
22 Dec 2020
US President Donald Trump on Monday presented the Legion of Merit to PM Narendra Modi for his leadership in elevating the strategic partnership of the two countries and the emergence of India as a global power.
22 Dec 2020
Sir Donald Bradman's first-ever Test cap has been sold for a whopping $340,000.
21 Dec 2020
India were handed a crushing defeat by Australia in the opening Test (D/N) at the Adelaide Oval.
20 Dec 2020
All-rounder Daniel Christian's blistering knock helped Sydney Sixers seal a comprehensive victory over Adelaide Strikers in the recent Big Bash League fixture.
20 Dec 2020
The third Test between Australia and India is set to take place as scheduled in Sydney even though a fresh wave of COVID-19 cases has struck the nation.
