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Chile’s vaccination rate among top; Protests in Holland; Infections in Papua New Guinea.

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Chile An (albeit cautious) success story in Chile: After posting some of the world’s worst numbers...

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Spain launching vaccination certificate; Iceland sequences all its COVID cases; 10 positive at Australian Open

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Spain Spain is planning to launch a vaccination certificate in order to bolster its beleaguered tourism...

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Eighty percent of Darwin, Australia’s Greek community are descended from the first Greek settlers there from the island of Kalymnos. Although the migration first...

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Melbourne

This corrugated iron church in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia, was built for the 2000 movie Goddess of 1967, starring Rose Byrne. Australia actually has...

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Australia

“To the Australian Aborigines, water is sacred, even elemental, and the source of life. Water is...”

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Tasmania

The Tasmanian pepperberry is harvested wild from the island of Tasmania in Australia, with the leaf and berry used in everything from cocktails to...

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Australia

Boxing Day in South Africa falls in summer and is a public holiday, which means lots of businesses are closed. Cape Town Tourism has...

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Australia

A significant portion of Australia’s whiskey is produced on the rugged and isolated island of Tasmania, 150 miles south of the mainland—a place that...

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Australia

This corrugated iron church in Lightning Ridge, New South Wales, Australia, was built for the 2000 movie Goddess of 1967, starring Rose Byrne. Australia...

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