Capital City Canberra

Australia's Canberra on Tuesday extended its hard lockdown by a further two weeks as the capital city struggles to contain a surge in the highly infectious Delta variant.

Australian officials declared a state of emergency for the capital city of Canberra and surrounding regions on Friday, as soaring temperatures and strong winds threatened to propel a large bushfire beyond the control of firefighters.

Bushfires near the Australian capital Canberra forced the city's airport to close on Thursday, as passenger flights were halted to make way for aircraft working to extinguish the blazes, authorities said.

An Australian lawmaker of Indian origin, Deepak-Raj Gupta, has mooted the idea of making Lucknow and Canberra "sister cities" after discovering the grave of landscape designer and architect of the Australian capital Walter Burley Griffin in Lucknow's Nishatganj cemetery.

Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla met war widow Daphne Dunne in Sydney today, as they were mobbed by royal fans as they continued their six-day tour of Australia.

Ride sharing app Uber has officially launched Uber X services in Canberra on Friday after the nation's capital became the first Australian city to regulate ride sharing.

The Australian city of Canberra Wednesday said it would become the first capital in the world to regulate ride-sharing services such as Uber, even as the controversial apps face legal challenges elsewhere.

Australia's Canberra on Tuesday extended its hard lockdown by a further two weeks as the capital city struggles to contain a surge in the highly infectious Delta variant.

Australian officials declared a state of emergency for the capital city of Canberra and surrounding regions on Friday, as soaring temperatures and strong winds threatened to propel a large bushfire beyond the control of firefighters.

Bushfires near the Australian capital Canberra forced the city's airport to close on Thursday, as passenger flights were halted to make way for aircraft working to extinguish the blazes, authorities said.

An Australian lawmaker of Indian origin, Deepak-Raj Gupta, has mooted the idea of making Lucknow and Canberra "sister cities" after discovering the grave of landscape designer and architect of the Australian capital Walter Burley Griffin in Lucknow's Nishatganj cemetery.

Britain's Prince Charles and his wife Camilla met war widow Daphne Dunne in Sydney today, as they were mobbed by royal fans as they continued their six-day tour of Australia.

Ride sharing app Uber has officially launched Uber X services in Canberra on Friday after the nation's capital became the first Australian city to regulate ride sharing.

The Australian city of Canberra Wednesday said it would become the first capital in the world to regulate ride-sharing services such as Uber, even as the controversial apps face legal challenges elsewhere.