By North Asia correspondent Jake Sturmer, Yumi Asada and Rebecca Armitage Posted about an hour agoFri 14 Feb 2020, Edited, Compiled & Copied by GW Rehder 14/02/2020 Video: Japan confirms 61 passengers infected with coronavirus on quarantined cruise ship It started with just one infected passenger. Then there were a […]
Disasters
Western Australia’s Pilbara region rattled by earthquake amid cyclone recovery
ABC Pilbara By Karen Michelmore, Rebecca Parish, Susan Standen and Courtney Fowler Edited, Compiled & Copied by GW Rehder 13/02/2020 A 4.3-magnitude earthquake has struck off the Pilbara coast of Western Australia, less than 48 hours after a severe tropical cyclone swept through the region. Key points: Locals in the […]
Australians in Wuhan told no more evacuation flights planned out of coronavirus epicentre
By Bang Xiao and Neelima Choahan Updated about 2 hours agoWed 12 Feb 2020, Edited, Compiled & Copied by GW Rehder 12/02/2020 It’s been 19 days since Australian Shirley Xiang, her husband Tony Chen and their three children, Christopher, 10, Summer, 4, and Matthew 2, became trapped in an apartment […]
The question I get asked the most: How much of what China is reporting on coronavirus is actually true?
By China correspondent Bill Birtles Edited, Compiled & Copied by GW Rehder 12/02/2020 Doctors reprimanded for “spreading rumours”. Multiple accounts of families in Wuhan with deceased relatives who never got tested. An army of state media workers being sent to the epicentre to help “guide” public opinion about the outbreak. […]
Coronavirus: Diamond Princess passengers bored and isolated in quarantine, but many still love cruises
By North Asia correspondent Jake Sturmer in Yokohama Updated 28 minutes agoTue 11 Feb 2020, Edited, Compiled & Copied by GW Rehder 11/02/2020 In total isolation and with symptoms starting to hit, a 61-year-old Australian woman who caught coronavirus on board the Diamond Princess is passing the time by planning […]
Five Australians among 41 new cases of coronavirus on board Diamond Princess cruise ship
By North Asia correspondent Jake Sturmer and Yumi Asada in Yokohama Edited, Compiled & Copied by GW Rehder 11/02/2020 An Australian woman has told of her confusion at being tested for coronavirus aboard the Diamond Princess, as 41 new infections are confirmed on board the cruise ship docked at Yokohama, […]
Coronavirus update: Information about the outbreak and how you can protect yourself
Edited, Compiled & Copied by GW Rehder 10/02/2020 The World Health Organisation (WHO) has declared the new strain of coronavirus a global public health emergency. The number of confirmed cases of the flu-like infection as of Sunday afternoon had passed 37,000,and more than 800 people have died, surpassing the death […]
Percy’s War
Copied, edited & compiled by GW Rehder 28/01/2020 Jill Slack The assassination on June 28, 1914, of the heir to the Austrian throne by a Serbian nationalist, triggered events which led to the four blood-soaked years which were The Great War. A little over a month after the assassination, […]
Sugihara saved more people than Schindler — including Linda Royal’s family. And she wants the world to know
ABC Radio National By Alice Moldovan for The Religion and Ethics Report Posted about 3 hours agoMon 27 Jan 2020, Copied, edited & compiled by GW Rehder 27/01/2020 The only thing Linda Royal’s father ever said about the man who saved her family was that he had “kind eyes”. That […]
Coronavirus is infectious even during incubation, and its ability to spread worldwide is strengthening, say Chinese authorities
Updated 52 minutes agoMon 27 Jan 2020, Copied, edited & compiled by GW Rehder 27/01/2020 The ability of the new coronavirus to spread is strengthening and infections could continue to rise, China’s National Health Commission has said, with nearly 2,000 people in China infected and 56 killed by the disease. […]
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