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Floods inundated properties on Monday as more heavy rain was set to drench Sydney, with fresh evacuation orders issued for tens of thousands of residents.

Thousands of residents across parts of Sydney were ordered to evacuate on Sunday, with torrential rain and damaging winds pounding Australia’s east coast and threatening floods in areas that were hammered in March.

Translucia Global Innovation, a subsidiary of T&B Media Global (Thailand), announced the launch of the Metaverse Research and Development (R&D) Centre in Melbourne, Australia, on Wednesday to research new technologies to connect the real and virtual worlds more harmoniously.

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A year after officially requesting Dhaka not to join the Quad alliance of India, US, Japan, and Australia, China has yet again warned Bangladesh to shun bloc politics.

Australia's new federal ministry was sworn into office on Wednesday, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appointing a record number of women to a diverse cabinet team that includes religious minorities and Indigenous Australians.

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Veteran senior politician Penny Wong is slated to take office on Monday as Foreign Affairs Minister under the Labour government of Anthony Albanese.