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FILE - In this file photo dated Thursday June 24, 2021, European Council President Charles Michel, left, greets Luxembourg's Prime Minister Xavier Bettel during an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels. The government of Luxembourg said Monday June 28, 2021, that Prime Minister Xavier Bettel has tested positive for COVID-19 and is in isolation for 10 days. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, FILE)
The Latest: Hong Kong to ban flights from UK to curb virus

By The Associated Press Jun. 28, 2021 06:35 AM EDT

A woman receives a COVID-19 test at a testing station in Nelson Bay, Australia, Monday, June 28, 2021. Australia was battling to contain several COVID-19 clusters around the country on Monday in what some experts have described as the nation’s most dangerous stage of the pandemic since the earliest days. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Australia battles several clusters in new pandemic phase

By Rod Mcguirk Jun. 27, 2021 11:59 PM EDT

Former NSW Premier Barry O'Farrell joins a CEDA panel discussing Australia's economic strategy in India in Sydney on Aug. 2, 2018. Around half the passengers due to fly from India to Australia on Saturday after a two-week travel ban have been grounded because they either have COVID-19 or are considered a close contact of someone who does. Now Australian High Commissioner to India O’Farrell said “a number” of passengers booked to fly would not board the flight at New Delhi on Friday, May 14, 2021 because they had tested positive to COVID-19. (Joel Carrett/AAP Image)
Passengers miss India-Australia flight because of COVID-19

By Rod Mcguirk May. 14, 2021 05:04 AM EDT

Students walk around the University of New South Wales campus in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020. Australia has welcomed its first group of international students to arrive since the coronavirus pandemic began, with a charter flight carrying students from mainland China, Hong Kong, Japan, Vietnam and Indonesia landed Monday in the northern city of Darwin. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)
Australia hosts first group of overseas students since virus

Nov. 30, 2020 08:24 PM EST

A man dressed in a martial arts uniform addresses supporters as protesters gather in Sydney, Saturday, June 13, 2020, during a day of demonstrations across Australia in support of the Black Lives Matter movement and refugee rights. Protesters in Sydney, Adelaide and Perth were urged to stay away by government officials concerned about the risk of spreading the new coronavirus. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)
Thousands gather for Black Lives Matter rallies in Australia

By Rick Rycroft Jun. 12, 2020 11:21 PM EDT

Quarantine officials disinfect as a precaution against the new coronavirus at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, June 1, 2020. South Korea is reporting a steady rise in cases around the capital as officials push to require entertainment venues to register their customers with smartphone QR codes so they could be easily located when needed. (Kim In-chul/Yonhap via AP)
The Latest: US Marines arrive in Australia despite pandemic

By The Associated Press Jun. 01, 2020 02:11 AM EDT