SYDNEY: Australia's largest coal-fired power plant will shut in 2025 — several years sooner than planned — operators announced Thursday, saying the facility is no longer viable given the low cost of renewables. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
BELGRADE: Serbia’s premier and Novak Djokovic’s family on Sunday denounced as “scandalous” Australia’s deportation of the tennis star for not being vaccinated against Covid-19, and the Serbian president said he would always be welcome in his homeland. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
MELBOURNE: David Warner has hinted he is keen for one last Ashes tour in 2023 to make amends for his failed campaign in England two years ago, drawing inspiration from veteran seamer Jimmy Anderson. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
BRISBANE: Australia’s Nathan Lyon said reaching the milestone of 400 Test wickets in Saturday’s big Ashes win and joining cricket’s greats had not yet sunk in. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
BEIRUT: Lebanon's Shiite movement Hezbollah denounced Australia's decision Wednesday to list the whole group as a “terrorist organisation”, accusing Canberra of bowing to US and Israeli demands. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
DUBAI: Australia skipper Aaron Finch on Sunday said his team bonding over golf and music during a difficult bubble life remained key to lifting their first ever Twenty20 World Cup title. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
SYDNEY: Emergency crews were scouring waters for a missing swimmer off Australia’s west coast Saturday after reports of a shark attack, with witnesses telling local media two predators were involved. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
MELBOURNE: Australia’s second-largest city will exit its coronavirus lockdown in late October if vaccine targets are met under an official roadmap released Sunday. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
SYDNEY: Australian authorities on Tuesday extended a coronavirus lockdown of the nation’s capital Canberra to mid-October, saying the measure was necessary while vaccinations are ramped up. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
SYDNEY: Australia on Thursday reported more than 1,000 new local coronavirus cases for the first time during the pandemic, as a Delta variant outbreak surged in Sydney. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd
