Monthly Archives: March 2025

Thousands still without power in storm-hit Australia

Thousands still without power in storm-hit Australia

(UPDATE) SYDNEY, Australia — Australian energy firms raced on Tuesday to reconnect more than 120,000 homes and businesses still blacked out by gales and floods that bashed the country’s east coast.Cyclone Alfred, which hovered just offshore before making landfall as a tropical low last Saturday, battered a 400-kilometer (250-mile) stretch …

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Australia to play England in historic day-night Test at MCG

Australia to play England in historic day-night Test at MCG

MELBOURNE (AFP): Australia will play England under lights at the Melbourne Cricket Ground to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Test cricket in 2027, it was announced Tuesday. The match, from March 11-15, will commemorate the first ever Test, played between the two arch-rivals in Melbourne in 1877. It will be …

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