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Australia rediscovers 'football's Ashes' after 69 years
AFP, Published on 25/04/2023
» SYDNEY - A long-lost trophy crafted to celebrate matches between Australia and New Zealand has resurfaced, football officials said Tuesday, solving a sporting mystery that has puzzled historians for almost 70 years.
Crowds join Anzac Day services for Australia, NZ forces
AFP, Published on 25/04/2022
» SYDNEY - Crowds of Australians and New Zealanders joined Anzac Day services at dawn on Monday to honour their armed forces as the countries' leaders pointed to new global threats and the war in Ukraine.
Diving into history: Gallipoli shipwrecks open to public
AFP, Published on 06/10/2021
» GALLIPOLI (TURKEY) - Hulking hulls of mighty warships greet divers off Turkey's western shore, testament to a World War I battle that gave birth to nations and is now an underwater museum.
WHO warns over virus immunity as global death toll nears 200,000
AFP, Published on 25/04/2020
» GENEVA - The World Health Organization warned on Saturday that recovering from coronavirus might not protect people from reinfection as the death toll from the pandemic approached 200,000 around the globe.
WHO warns over virus immunity as global death toll nears 200,000
AFP, Published on 25/04/2020
» GENEVA - The World Health Organization warned on Saturday recovering from coronavirus may not protect people from reinfection as the death toll from the pandemic approached 200,000 around the globe.
Virus toll nears 200,000 as UN urges global vaccine push
AFP, Published on 25/04/2020
» WASHINGTON: The global coronavirus death toll approached 200,000 on Saturday as the United Nations launched an international push for a vaccine to defeat the pandemic.
Driveway vigils mark Anzac Day
AFP, Published on 25/04/2020
» SYDNEY: Australians and New Zealanders held dawn Anzac Day vigils from the isolation of their own driveways on Saturday to honour their armed forces, unable to gather at war memorials because of coronavirus lockdowns.
Prince William attends emotional Anzac Day ceremony in New Zealand
AFP, Published on 25/04/2019
» WELLINGTON - Britain's Prince William paid tribute to Australian and New Zealand troops on Thursday at an emotional Anzac Day ceremony, six weeks after the Christchurch mosques massacre.
'Scared' Muslims avoid Christchurch mosques
AFP, Published on 12/04/2019
» CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand: Four weeks on from the New Zealand mosques massacre, the Christchurch Muslim community was struggling to get worshippers to overcome their fears and return to Friday prayers.
Cheers, emotions as Australia and New Zealand mark WWI armistice centenary
AFP, Published on 11/11/2018
» SYDNEY - Australia and New Zealand launched global commemorations Sunday to mark the centenary of the end of World War I, combining a "roaring chorus" of peace and hope with sombre ceremonies to remember the more than 80,000 of their nationals who died in the carnage of the trenches on the other side of the world.