Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi reached USA on September 23 (as per Indian time). The PM will be engaged in a number of high-profile meetings. Over the entirety of his US visit, PM Modi will address 76th session of United Nations General Assembly, meet US President Joe Biden and Vice-President Kamala Harris, attend Quad summit and more.

PM Modi's US visit day 1 schedule: Meet with Australian PM Scott Morrison, global CEOs

US President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison welcomed their new security ties ahead of their bilateral meeting alongside the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York City.

WION-USA Direct: US President Joe Biden meets Australian PM Scott Morrison on UNGA sidelines

The United States did not directly mention China in announcing its historic new security partnership with Australia and Britain last week, but it didn’t have to.

Australia is making a risky bet on the US

Facing intense heat from their allies US President Joe Biden and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison met on the sidelines of the UNGA. Watch this report to know more.

WION-USA Direct: US President Joe Biden and Australian PM Morrison meet on UNGA sidelines

Indian PM Narendra Modi, Japanese PM Yoshihide Suga and Australian PM Scott Morrison heads to Washington, for the first in-person meeting of the Quad bloc on Friday. Watch this bulletin for more latest information.

UN General Assembly: Narendra Modi, Yoshihide Suga and Scott Morrison heads to Washington

The US President Joe Biden is infamous for forgetting and confusing things and he has made the headlines once again for the same reason. Recently while announcing that the US will share its nuclear technology to help Australia in creating a multi-billion dollar fleet of nuclear-powered submarines.

Awkward Aukus: Joe Biden forgets Scott Morrison's name, calls him 'that fellow down under'

Terming the criticism he has been receiving for travelling between Canberra and Sydney over the Father’s Day weekend despite COVID-19 lockdown as a “cheap shot", Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has defended himself, saying that the health authorities exempted him since he is an “essential worker”.

Australian PM brushes aside criticism for Father’s Day trip to Sydney amid lockdown

Australia is currently battling its worst COVID-19 outbreak. The government's pandemic modeling adviser has said that the country can proceed with reopening plans when it reaches 70 to 80 percent vaccination levels.

Australia sets targets to reopen after lockdown, PM says COVID-19 lockdowns unsustainable

Australia's conservative prime minister rejected growing calls Tuesday to adopt more ambitious emissions targets, insisting the country was doing enough to tackle climate change.

'Won't be signing blank cheque': Australia rejects emissions targets despite damning UN report

Australia has been ranked last out of nearly 200 countries in terms of climate action. The Sustainable Development Report by Cambridge in its global assessment on achieving sustainable development goals has ranked Australia in the last position for climate action among 193 countries it evaluated.

Sustainable development report ranks Australia last on climate action

Australia's competition watchdog is looking into a claim that Facebook Inc refused a publisher's request to negotiate a licensing deal, the regulator told Reuters, setting the stage for the first test of the world's toughest online content law.

Facebook rejects talks with Australia publisher in test for online law

Australia's Victoria state authorities said on Friday they had detected the highly infectious Delta COVID-19 virus variant for the first time in the latest outbreak in Melbourne, stoking concerns of a major spike in cases.

Australia's Victoria detects two cases of Delta Covid-19 variant for first time in latest outbreak

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrived in New Zealand for annual talks with Jacinda Ardern. New Zealand PM welcomed Morrison is a traditional Powhiri welcome ceremony. Both delegations greeted each other with a traditional Maori greeting.

Australian PM Scott Morrison attends welcome ceremony in New Zealand

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrived in New Zealand on Sunday for high-level talks hours after the country's government chose to support Canberra in its dispute with China on barley tariffs, signalling goodwill to work on differences in how to approach Beijing.

New Zealand backs Australia in trade spat with China ahead of Ardern-Morrison meeting

Australia will close its Kabul embassy in three days before the withdrawal of its last troop of troops from Afghanistan, informed Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday. Last month, Morrison announced that the remaining 80 Australian troops in Afghanistan would be withdrawn.

PM Scott Morrison: Australia to shut its embassy in Afghanistan ahead of troops pull-out

Australia's COVID-19 travel ban has now been challenged in a federal court by a 73-year-old citizen who has been stranded in Bengaluru, India. The Morrison government is resisting growing pressure to lift the travel ban imposed last week until May 15.

Australian citizen sues Morrison govt over Indian flight ban

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said that it is 'highly unlikely' that anyone will be jailed for returning to Australia from India under the country’s harsh biosecurity laws, as he resists calls from the peak medical association for the penalties to be dropped.

Scott Morrison says it is ‘highly unlikely’ Australians returning from India will be jailed

A video of a Cameroonian woman pleading for help with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has gone viral. The woman, on her knees, says she is living through trauma every day. What's her story?

Gravitas: Cameroonian woman's plea of help goes viral

An Australian court on Wednesday agreed to hear a challenge to the country's controversial ban on citizens returning home from coronavirus-hit India. A federal court said it would urgently hear a case brought by a 73-year-old man living in Bangalore who wishes to return.

Australian court to examine contentious India travel ban

A distraught woman knelt at the feet of Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Tuesday to plead for help with her family in Africa. Morrison had just finished a news conference in the Queensland city of Rockhampton when the woman approached the prime minister.

Woman drops to feet of Australian PM Morrison, pleads for help

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has retreated from a threat to fine and imprison Australians returning from Covid-wracked India. Morrison on Tuesday said it was "highly unlikely" that travellers from India would face the maximum penalties of five years jail and a A$66,000 fine for breaking border rules as he faces pressure to overturn them.

PM Morrison retreats from threat to jail Australians escaping Covid-wracked India

Australia Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Wednesday that the country will spend A$747 million ($580 million) to upgrade four military bases in its north and expand war games with the United States.

PM Scott Morrison says Australia to upgrade military bases, expand wargames with US

Elation marked the opening on Monday of a long-anticipated travel bubble between Australia and New Zealand. The start of quarantine-free travel was a relief for families who have been separated by the coronavirus pandemic as well as to struggling tourist operators.

COVID-19: Tears of joy as Australia opens travel bubble with New Zealand

A tropical cyclone off Australia's west coast destroyed several homes and cut electricity to tens of thousands of people overnight before weakening in power on Monday.

Cyclone Seroja causes 'widespread damage' in Australia's west coast

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