Australian Indigenous actor David Gulpilil has died aged 68.Gulpilil enjoyed an acting career spanning 50 years, appearing in iconic films such as Walkabout, The Last Wave, Crocodile Dundee, The Tracker and Rabbit Proof Fence, before he was diagnosed with lung cancer in 2017.
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South Australia has tightened its border rules following the emergence of the Omicron COVID-19 variant.All international travellers and people arriving in SA from high-risk Australian locations will again be required to quarantine for 14 days.
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South Australia will take whatever action is necessary to protect people from the new Omicron COVID-19 variant, Premier Steven Marshall says.SA has already tightened its border restrictions for international arrivals, lifting the quarantine requirement from seven to 14 days.
NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said 141 travellers were added to the state's health quarantine facility. Source: ABC News
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Honduran opposition leader Xiomara Castro has declared victory in the presidential election as initial results pointed to a landslide win.The result would put the left back in power for the first time since Castro's husband was ousted in a coup 12 years ago.
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Lee Elder, who broke down racial barriers as the first black golfer to play in the Masters and paved the way for Tiger Woods and others to follow, has died at the age of 87.The PGA Tour announced Elder's death, which was first reported Monday by Debert Cook of African American Golfers Digest.
Just when the Australian economy is showing a sharp recovery from the impact of the Delta variant of the coronavirus, the new Omicron strain could blunt the rebound, economists warn.The national cabinet will convene on Tuesday to discuss Omicron, which has already found its way into Australia with five cases suspected in NSW and the Northern Territory.
Hundreds of environmental protesters have blocked major roads in Serbia to protest against new laws they say will give free rein to foreign mining companies.Serbia's government has offered mineral resources to companies including Chinese copper miner Zijin and Australia's Rio Tinto, but green activists say the projects would pollute land and water in the Balkan nation.
The Morrison government is sticking to its argument that Labor must agree to its version of an integrity commission before introducing legislation to parliament.The government says draft legislation has been available for scrutiny for some time but Labor says it does not go far enough.
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His wife saw text messages between her husband and another woman discussing the alleged plot while calling his work to tell them he was sick, police said.
Virgil Abloh, fashion's highest profile Black designer and the creative mind behind Louis Vuitton's menswear collection, has died of cancer, Vuitton's owner LVMH said.LVMH said Abloh, 41, had been battling cancer privately for years.
The new Omicron cases have forced the UK to reimpose some Covid restrictions. Learn more about how the new strain is affecting the world.
Israel is set to ban the entry of all foreigners into the country, making it the first country to shut its borders completely in response to the potentially more contagious Omicron coronavirus variant.It also says it will reintroduce counter-terrorism phone-tracking technology in order to contain the spread of the variant.
Two cases of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Canada, provincial health officials say.The cases of the variant, which was first detected in southern Africa last week, were reported in two people in Ottawa who had recently travelled to Nigeria, the Ontario government said on Sunday.
