Ten people have been killed in a bus rollover involving about 40 people in New South Wales’ (NSW) Hunter Valley. The 58-year-old bus driver was taken to hospital for mandatory testing and subsequently arrested with charges expected. Emergency services were called to the crash site at about 11.30 p.m. on Sunday at a roundabout on…

There are fears the death toll could rise after 10 people were killed in a bus rollover involving about 40 passengers following a wedding at a New South Wales (NSW) winery. The 58-year-old bus driver was taken to hospital for mandatory testing and arrested, with charges expected. Emergency services were called to the crash site…

With the help of American multinational digital communications technology corporation Cisco, Australia is transforming Newcastle into its first digitally active ‘smart city.’ Smart cities are innovative and digitised model cities that promise high-tech infrastructure, better broadband coverage, and transparency by unifying otherwise disparate data of city maintenance and governance into a single database. Newcastle council’s smart…

With the help of American multinational digital communications technology corporation Cisco, Australia is transforming Newcastle into its first digitally active ‘smart city.’ Smart cities are innovative and digitised model cities that promise high-tech infrastructure, better broadband coverage, and transparency by unifying otherwise disparate data of city maintenance and governance into a single database. Newcastle council’s smart…

Councillors in Newcastle, United Kingdom, on Wednesday voted unanimously to cut ties with the city’s Chinese twin city Taiyuan over human rights abuses in the communist country. It’s the first decoupling of Western and Chinese twin cities after 19 Hong Kong diasporic groups launched a global campaign in July calling on more than 100 cities in…

The majority of passengers on two flights into Brisbane in the Australian state of Queensland will no longer need to spend Christmas isolating after being reduced to casual contact status on Wednesday, after a man onboard was deemed a close contact of a confirmed COVID-19 case. Queensland Health Minister Yvette D’Ath revealed that after lengthy…

LONDON—Defending champion Manchester City is on top of the English Premier League for the first time this season. And if Pep Guardiola’s team keeps playing like this, it could be difficult to knock City off its perch—even in a tight title race that saw three different teams lead the standings during Saturday. On a day…

Eleven residents at a Newcastle aged care facility in the New South Wales (NSW) Hunter region tested positive for the CCP virus on Wednesday. Ten of the COVID-positive residents at the RFBI Hawkins Masonic Retirement Village Aged care facility were reportedly fully vaccinated but were taken to the hospital as a precaution. Meanwhile, under 40…