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Politicians want to hear from police bosses about how an operation to clamp down on street robberies in Dalston escalated into “violent scenes”.

The City of Victoria has approved the creation of two new community ­gardens — one in Vic West and one in South Jubilee — in recognition of Year of the Garden.

Advertisement But while it marked a moment of sorrow, the death toll arrived amid a growing belief that America’s worst coronavirus days may be behind it. “We are seeing the recovery from explosive spread over the holidays,” Tom Frieden, the former head of the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age. “It’s encouraging to see cases really plummeting, and with that we’re seeing a plummeting in hospitalisations and even...

With the White House flags flying at half-mast in the US, President Joe Biden addressed the nation on Tuesday (NZT) to mark what he described as a “truly grim, heartbreaking milestone”: a half-million Americans dead from the coronavirus. “We have to resist becoming numb to the sorrow,” Biden said, before attending a candle-lit vigil and participating in a minute’s silence. “We have to resist viewing each life as a statistic or a blur or on the news.” The 500,000 figure, Biden no...

Advertisement Washington: When Alston Green thinks about America’s response to the coronavirus pandemic, he feels a sense of shame. The US has already recorded more than 280,000 deaths and continues to set new records for daily cases, deaths and hospitalisations. Johns Hopkins University reported that 3124 Americans died from COVID-19 on Wednesday, topping 3000 for the first time. "I have been very disconcerted at how many Americans are so selfish and only thinking of their own personal inter...