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An Australian MP said China’s ban on Australian beef exports is punishment for the Australian prime minister’s proposed international inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus. “It’s a bastard act,’’ Liberal-Nationals MP George Christensen said. “It’s just wrong. China has just gone into full, bullying, threatening, coercion mode. That’s what I think.” Australia is set …

Australia will keep its borders closed to foreign visitors for at least three more months to prevent the introduction of coronavirus cases into the country. “The international situation at the moment is such that any relaxation of border measures would be very risky,” Australia’s chief medical officer Brendan Murphy told a government inquiry on the country’s …

Facebook and Google will now have to pay local media firms a cut of the advertising revenue they rake in when using their content, the Australian government said Monday. Australian treasurer Josh Frydenberg said that the decision came after Facebook and Google parent company Alphabet failed to adequately address complaints by Australian media companies that …

Prince Andrew accuser Virginia Roberts Giuffre says she has tested negative for the coronavirus, calling it “the best news.” “I just have pneumonia, very happy,” tweeted the 36-year-old mom, who had previously said she was “so scared” as she posted a photo of herself getting tested in a hospital in her hometown of Cairns in …

Awkwafina broke her silence on the worldwide coronavirus pandemic Tuesday, slamming the “cruelty” of language people have used to discuss the crisis. The “Nora From Queens” star, whose real name is Nora Lum, posted a picture of herself in a mask to her 1.5 million followers on Instagram, noting that she has “been away working …

Australian airline Qantas is forcing most of its employees to stop working as the coronavirus pandemic threatens to gut its finances. Australia’s flag carrier and its budget subsidiary Jetstar will “stand down” two thirds of their 30,000 employees until at least the end of May to preserve jobs for the long term, the company said …

Tom Hanks says he feels the “blahs” but has no fever as he and wife Rita Wilson

Tom Hanks and Rita Wilson are on the mend after testing positive for coronavirus last week. Five days after announcing they have coronavirus, the couple have left the hospital in Australia and are continuing their quarantine at a house they rented there, a rep for Hanks on Monday. The couple announced their diagnosis on social …

An Australian journalist has tested positive for coronavirus just days after twice meeting Tom Hanks’ infected wife Rita Wilson. “I bet Tom and Rita feel bloody terrible,” Nine Network entertainment editor Richard Wilkins said after confirming he contacted COVID-19. Wilkins said he only got tested after the Hollywood couple announced last Wednesday that they were …