News: Aruba

We have started to collect the most important news related to Aruba in November 2005. By default, most recent news are listed first.

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Aruba: news

Cheng Lei: China says journalist 'endangered national security'

Tuesday, September 8th 2020, 18:59
related countries: China

China says Australian journalist Cheng Lei is suspected of "endangering China's national security".
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Australian journalists flown out of China 'amid diplomatic standoff'

Tuesday, September 8th 2020, 8:37
related countries: China

The two journalists from different organisations left due to diplomatic tensions, local media report.
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Ashleigh Barty: French Open champion pulls out of 2020 tournament over coronavirus

Tuesday, September 8th 2020, 6:51
related countries: France

The Australian cites health risks and lack of preparation as the reasons she won't be defending her Grand Slam title.
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Australian flying foxes 'among Earth's most mobile mammals'

Monday, September 7th 2020, 16:20

Australian species roam over massive distances and help the land recover from fire, research finds.
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Yang Hengjun: Australian writer held in China 'will fight to the end'

Friday, September 4th 2020, 3:08
related countries: China

Writer Yang Hengjun says he will "never confess" to spying charges, after being detained for 19 months.
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Covid: Australian anti-lockdown suspect's arrest draws controversy

Thursday, September 3rd 2020, 5:31

Viral footage shows police handcuffing a pregnant woman in her home for allegedly "inciting" a protest.
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Cheng Lei: Why has an Australian TV anchor been detained by China?

Wednesday, September 2nd 2020, 0:57
related countries: China

The disappearance of high-profile presenter Cheng Lei has shocked her family and strained relations.
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Cheng Lei: Australian anchor on Chinese TV detained in China

Monday, August 31st 2020, 15:47
related countries: China
related places: Beijing

Cheng Lei, an Australian citizen, worked as a news presenter for government-run CGTN in Beijing.
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China launches second Australian wine probe amid tensions

Monday, August 31st 2020, 7:19
related countries: Australia, China

Australia has denied allegations of subsidising or dumping wines in China, as bilateral tensions grow.
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Rowley Shoals: The bleached Australian reef and a Covid challenge

Wednesday, August 26th 2020, 23:01

When coral bleaching was suspected in a pristine reef, scientists turned to some unlikely surveyors.
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Christchurch shooting: Grief and defiance as victims confront gunman

Wednesday, August 26th 2020, 11:35

Almost 100 survivors and relatives of victims confronted Australian gunman Brenton Tarrant.
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Masked Singer Australia suspended after seven crew test positive for Covid-19

Saturday, August 22nd 2020, 18:04

The Australian version's entire production team, including celebrities, are now in self-isolation.
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Coronavirus: Victoria records fewest new infections in a month

Tuesday, August 18th 2020, 6:28
related countries: Seychelles

It raises hopes that Melbourne residents have seen the peak of Australia's worst outbreak.
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Google says Australian law would put search and YouTube at risk

Monday, August 17th 2020, 11:23

The tech firm is fighting efforts to make it pay for local media content.
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TikTok: New-found fame for ‘No Fizzy Drink Guy’

Friday, August 14th 2020, 23:01

An Australian man documenting his addiction to soft drinks goes viral.
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Coronavirus: 'Serious mistakes' made over Ruby Princess outbreak

Friday, August 14th 2020, 11:28

An Australian inquiry is highly critical of the authorities' handling of the Ruby Princess outbreak.
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Mandatory hotel quarantine for NSW arrivals from Victoria

Thursday, August 6th 2020, 21:50
related countries: Seychelles
related places: Victoria

People entering the Australian state of New South Wales from Victoria must go into hotel quarantine.
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Beach SOS saves men stranded on tiny Micronesian island

Tuesday, August 4th 2020, 14:13
related countries: United States

The Micronesian men were spotted by Australian and US aircraft after being reported missing on Saturday.
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Coronavirus: Melbourne lockdown to keep a million workers at home

Monday, August 3rd 2020, 9:07

The Australian city announces further business closures as it struggles to contain the coronavirus.
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Coronavirus: Victoria declares state of disaster after spike in cases

Sunday, August 2nd 2020, 11:28
related countries: Seychelles

A night-time curfew is in force in Melbourne, following a spike in cases in the Australian state.
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Climate change: Coastal erosion 'to threaten more Australian homes'

Wednesday, July 29th 2020, 2:11
related countries: Australia

See the damage done by waves – and the problem will only get worse with climate change, experts say.
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Deadpool fly among new Australian 'super power' species creating a buzz

Tuesday, July 28th 2020, 20:02
related countries: Australia

A villain with the markings of the Marvel character is among 164 new species discovered in Australia.
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Kylie Moore-Gilbert: Lecturer jailed in Iran moved to remote prison

Tuesday, July 28th 2020, 10:57
related countries: Iran, United Kingdom

British-Australian woman Kylie Moore-Gilbert is moved to a notorious prison in the desert.
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Australian gymnastics: Former athletes speak out on 'abuse' culture

Thursday, July 23rd 2020, 6:02

Gymnastics Australia vows "change" after dozens of ex-athletes share stories of mental and physical abuse.
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Student files climate change lawsuit against Australian government

Wednesday, July 22nd 2020, 12:04
related countries: Australia

Katta O'Donnell is accusing Canberra of failing to disclose risks from climate change to its bonds.
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Dreamworld accident: Operator charged over Australian theme park deaths

Tuesday, July 21st 2020, 2:59

Four people were crushed to death on a water ride at the Australian theme park in 2016.
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Jenny Hocking: The Australian historian who took on the Palace and won

Tuesday, July 14th 2020, 9:56
related countries: Australia

Australia's PM was sacked in 1975 under a murky legal decision which has only now been fully revealed.
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Coronavirus: The Australian community separated by lockdown

Wednesday, July 8th 2020, 22:51
related countries: Australia, Seychelles
related places: Victoria

The closing of borders between New South Wales and Victoria has separated families in Australia.
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Alex Pullin: Australian world-champion snowboarder dies

Wednesday, July 8th 2020, 9:16

Pullin, Australia's flagbearer at the 2014 Winter Olympics, was found unconscious while spearfishing.
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Coronavirus in Australia: Melbourne returns to lockdown as cases surge

Tuesday, July 7th 2020, 11:35
related countries: Australia

Five million residents of the Australian city are again told to stay at home, as state borders close.
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Coronavirus Australia: Melbourne locks down tower blocks as cases rise

Saturday, July 4th 2020, 9:29

Nine housing estate blocks in the Australian city are locked down amid a “new phase of the pandemic”.
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Geoffrey Rush: Sydney newspaper loses appeal over defamation payout

Thursday, July 2nd 2020, 1:26

Actor Geoffrey Rush will receive a record sum from an Australian newspaper, after it lost an appeal.
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Shaoquett Moselmane: Australian lawmaker's office raided 'amid China probe'

Friday, June 26th 2020, 4:51
related countries: China

The state politician's office is the subject of an investigation by police and intelligence officials.
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'It's cold and damp': Seeking a workmate in a historic Australian tunnel

Wednesday, June 24th 2020, 15:49

Mushroom grower Dean Smith says the former 19th Century railway passage is "cold and damp" but "unique".
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ABC job cuts: Australian public broadcaster to shed 250 staff

Wednesday, June 24th 2020, 8:16

Staff will be shed across "every division" to meet recent budget cuts by the government, the ABC says.
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Australian fugitive 'found hiding in ship's air vent'

Wednesday, June 24th 2020, 4:57

The sexual assault suspect had disappeared after being rescued from a yacht in rough seas, police say.
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Dyson Heydon: Inquiry finds top Australian ex-judge harassed women

Monday, June 22nd 2020, 17:52

The country's highest court apologises to six women after an inquiry finds they were sexually harassed.
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Coronavirus: Qantas axes most overseas flights until October

Thursday, June 18th 2020, 3:17
related countries: New Zealand

The Australian airline said it will still fly to New Zealand and ramp up its domestic services.
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Australian architecture: Two Brisbane skyscrapers repurposed into one

Tuesday, June 16th 2020, 23:03

Two Brisbane skyscrapers are being stitched together to create a new "green" building.
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Australian sentenced to death in China for drug smuggling

Saturday, June 13th 2020, 13:29
related countries: China

The man was arrested at a Chinese airport with methamphetamine in his luggage, Australian media say.
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Indigenous Australian deaths in custody: 'Why I’m fighting for my uncle'

Wednesday, June 10th 2020, 15:59

Kyah Patten says she hopes Black Lives Matter momentum will force a review into her uncle’s 1981 death.
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William Callaghan: Boy with autism found after Australian mountain ordeal

Wednesday, June 10th 2020, 7:13

William Callaghan, who has non-verbal autism, is "remarkably well" after getting lost for three days.
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Indigenous deaths in custody: Why Australians are seizing on US protests

Friday, June 5th 2020, 15:15
related countries: United States

The US riots have focused Australian attention on alarming numbers of Aboriginal deaths in custody.
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Court bans Australian Black Lives Matter rally over coronavirus

Friday, June 5th 2020, 11:08

The court backed government claims that a mass gathering in Sydney posed a coronavirus risk.
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Australian man interrupts PM Morrison to say 'get off my lawn'

Thursday, June 4th 2020, 7:25

The resident stopped Scott Morrison's press briefing, complaining his lawn had "just been reseeded".
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Gough Whitlam dismissal: Australian court grants access to Queen's letters

Friday, May 29th 2020, 4:02
related countries: Australia

The Queen's letters about the 1975 sacking of Australia's PM will be made public after a legal fight.
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'Sharks everywhere': Angler films feeding frenzy in Australia

Thursday, May 21st 2020, 23:41
related countries: Australia

An Australian fisherman says he was stunned to come across dozens of sharks feeding in shallow waters.
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Scott Johnson death: Australian man arrested in gay hate killing cold case

Tuesday, May 12th 2020, 6:59
related countries: United States
related places: Sydney

US scholar Scott Johnson was found dead at the bottom of beach cliffs in Sydney in 1988.
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Richard Pusey: Australian driver 'taunted dying police at crash scene'

Monday, May 11th 2020, 5:36

Richard Pusey, who was uninjured, mocked the officers as they lay pinned under a truck say police.
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Cardinal Pell 'knew of' clergy abuse, says Australian royal commission

Thursday, May 7th 2020, 7:21
related countries: Australia

The ex-Vatican treasurer was aware of priests' abuse in Australia and failed to act, an inquiry says.
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Man, dog and five camels rescued after steep fall

Monday, May 4th 2020, 2:14
related countries: Australia

The convoy was pulled down a steep embankment in Australia after one of the camels slipped.
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Australian police shoot man dead after stabbings in Pilbara

Friday, May 1st 2020, 8:04

Several people injured at a WA shopping centre after an attack by a man with a knife.
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Coronavirus: Lockdown on a deserted Australian Island

Tuesday, April 28th 2020, 23:06

How one Australian couple ended up isolated in paradise on Fraser Island.
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Tree kangaroos: How a joey in Australia is helping save his wild cousins

Friday, April 24th 2020, 23:05
related countries: Australia, Papua New Guinea

How a joey in an Australian zoo is helping his wild cousins in Papua New Guinea.
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Tom Hanks writes to boy called Corona who said he was bullied

Friday, April 24th 2020, 2:29

The Australian boy sent a letter to the Hollywood star when he heard Hanks had caught the virus.
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Coronavirus: Australian mayor seen drinking beer fined for rule breach

Thursday, April 16th 2020, 16:40
related countries: Australia, Seychelles
related places: Victoria

The mayor in Australia’s Victoria state apologises after breaching his own social-distancing advice.
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Coronavirus: Australian scientists begin tests of potential vaccines

Thursday, April 2nd 2020, 3:06
related countries: Australia

The Covid-19 vaccine candidates will be tested on ferrets over three months in Australia.
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Green sea turtles: Vulnerable animal's hatching season draws to close

Friday, March 27th 2020, 0:14

The green sea turtle is vulnerable to extinction as the climate warms, Australian scientists say.
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Coronavirus: Melbourne zookeeper’s livestream dance goes viral

Monday, March 23rd 2020, 4:02

An Australian zoo has begun streaming its animals – but it’s a keeper who’s proved most popular.
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Coronavirus: Australia to close pubs, cafes and places of worship

Sunday, March 22nd 2020, 11:03

All states and territories will close pubs, cafes and restaurants as virus cases surge beyond 1,300.
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Catherine Hamlin: Grief in Ethiopia as trailblazing Australian doctor dies

Thursday, March 19th 2020, 16:26
related countries: Ethiopia

Australian Catherine Hamlin helped women treated like "modern-day lepers" after giving birth.
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