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Joe Biden sets new requirements for the largest employer in the US and urges local governments to pay people to get COVID jabs to boost vaccination rates.

Society

Snapchat is experiencing a massive issue as of Thursday evening, with more than 125,000 users reporting problems on Downdetector. Snap says there’s an issue preventing users from logging in.

Culture

Ontario medical experts are sounding the alarm over Alberta’s recent decision to significantly ease its COVID-19 restrictions, warning the move could cause ripple effects across the country — and the globe.

Culture

Punggol Primary School will move to home-based learning from Thursday until Aug 6.

Education

SYDNEY: Australia’s biggest city Sydney posted a record one-day rise in locally acquired COVID-19 cases on Thursday (Jul 29), and authorities warned the outbreak would get worse despite a lockdown of 6 million people poised to enter its sixth week.

West Coast News

Health Minister Yvette D’Ath says genome sequencing has confirmed that a man who travelled to Brisbane from the Philippines acquired the Alpha variant of COVID-19 while in transit and not in hotel quarantine. But masks are required for another week across Sou…

West Coast News

​A prototype app using Microsoft Azure’s artificial intelligence to diagnose pneumonia has won its developer an international award.

West Coast News

Researchers have shown that the massive gravity of a black hole actually bent X-ray echoes from around its back, providing more evidence for general relativity.

Education

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s biggest city Sydney posted a record one-day rise in local COVID-19 cases on Thursday and warned the outbreak would get worse, as authorities sought military help to enforce a lockdown of 6 million people poised to enter its sixth…

West Coast News

Thirteen more cases of COVID-19 have been linked to the Calgary Stampede and doctors say the full repercussions of the event likely won’t be known for weeks.