Australia’s Sydney and Darwin begin COVID-19 lockdowns | Al Jazeera

Sydney, Australia’s largest city, began a two-week lockdown on Sunday as a cluster of cases of the highly infectious coronavirus Delta variant rose to 110, while an outbreak in the northern city of Darwin prompted a hard two-day stay-at-home order.

Australia to evacuate thousands as Sydney faces worst floods in 60 years - The Jerusalem post

Australian authorities are planning to evacuate thousands more people on Monday from flood-affected suburbs in Sydney's west, which is set for its worst flooding in 60 years with another day of drenching rain expected.

Evacuations after Sydney dam overflows in record rains

Sydney is bracing for its worst flooding in decades after record rainfall caused its largest dam to overflow and as deluges prompted mandatory mass evacuation orders along Australia's east coast.

US State Department issues worldwide travel alert

The United States issued a worldwide travel alert Friday (Dec 19), warning Americans to be vigilant during the holiday period, especially in the wake of a deadly siege in Australia.

Sydney this week saw a dramatic siege in a cafe that began Monday and left two hostages and a gunman dead.

Report: 2 dead as police storm Sydney cafe

A flurry of loud bangs erupted early Tuesday as a swarm of heavily armed police stormed a downtown Sydney cafe where a gunman had been holding an unknown number of people hostage for more than 16 hours. According to Australian television, two people have been killed.

Police swooped into the Lindt Chocolat Cafe shortly after five or six hostages were seen running out of the building.

Gunman in Sydney cafe identified

A gunman, who held an unknown number of people hostage in a downtown Sydney cafe on Monday, has been identified after five hostages managed to flee the hours-long siege.

The Australian Broadcasting Commission (ABC) reported that the man was known to police, but it has been told not to reveal his name.

Hostages held in Sydney cafe, Islamic flag displayed

A gunman is holding some 13 people hostage inside a cafe in central Sydney, where an Islamic flag has been displayed in the window. The crisis has sparked a security lockdown in an area home to government and corporate headquarters.

Après Sydney, le monde a commencé à entrer dans 2014 (3 Full video, Auckland - New Zealand, Sydney 2014, Dubai)

 

Sydney a embrasé le ciel austral dans une débauche d'effets pyrotechniques mardi pour le passage à l'an 2014 de l'ère chrétienne, mais c'est Dubaï qui s'offrira le "plus grand" feu d'artifice du monde.

Des tonnes d'explosifs ont été envoyées en d'immenses gerbes multicolores, à partir de l'opéra de Sydney pour la première fois depuis plus de dix ans.