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BRISBANE: Cash-strapped Virgin Australia collapsed on Tuesday, making it the largest carrier to buckle under the strain of the coronavirus pandemic, which has ravaged the global airline industry. In an announcement to the Australian Stock Exchange, Virgin said it planned to keep operating flights despite handing over the keys to…

BRISBANE: Cash-strapped Virgin Australia collapsed on Tuesday, making it the largest carrier to buckle under the strain of the coronavirus pandemic, which has ravaged the global airline industry. In an announcement to the Australian Stock Exchange, Virgin said it planned to keep operating flights despite handing over the keys to…

by: Jessica Mao Apr 17, 2020 With the COVID-19 pandemic affecting not only economies, livelihood, and industries worldwide, but also the mental health of individuals, organizations such as Mind Medicine Australia are taking initiative to ensure support for those impacted mentally and emotionally are at its maximum. The charity has…

The Hague (AFP) - Agence France-Presse photographer Yasuyoshi Chiba won the prestigious World Press Photo of the Year Award on Thursday with a picture of a mobile-lit Sudanese demonstrator reciting protest poetry in which judges saw a symbol of hope.Chiba's picture, taken during the popular uprising in Sudan calling for…

Mind Medicine Australia is advocating for the use of MDMA and psilocybin, which is found in magic mushrooms, to treat people struggling with mental health issues after lockdown. Read this next: New research shows MDMA can be comedown-freeThe registered charity, which supports scientific research into psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy, has called on…

Many Australians are shocked to find themselves in the queue of the unemployedFor many in Australia, the bushfire catastrophe now seems a distant memory as the coronavirus pandemic takes this country deeper into the unknown.The "miracle economy" that avoided recession during the 2007-2008 financial crisis, avoided the worst of the…

April 15 (Reuters) - The year started with protests, bushfires and a missile strike.New Year’s Day saw another huge pro-democracy rally in Hong Kong; bushfires in Australia destroyed more than 18 million hectares of forest and left at least 34 dead; while a U.S. missile killed Iran’s top general and…

In the wake of the Australian bushfires, the New South Wales government wanted to name one of the air tankers after Archie, the not-royal, very much civilian son of Meghan Markle and Prince Harry. And because the former Sussexes want their son's life to be as normal as possible, the two of them…

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle have turned down a request to name an Australian bushfire plane after their son Archie.The Duke and Duchess of Sussex politely refused permission when asked by the New South Wales government.They expressed gratitude for the "kind offer" but said Archie had "not yet entered public…

Hard-hit tourism and hospitality hubs Byron Bay and Cairns are among important regional centres likely to emerge slowest from the economic rubble of the coronavirus crisis, says an international team of researchers. Key points:Six Queensland communities are 'vulnerable' to lasting coronavirus economic disruptionCentres with economies diversified across mining and agriculture…