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Lawyer Claire Gibbs speaks to reporters outside the High Court in Canberra, Australia, on Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. Gibbs told that her two clients who identify as indigenous Australians will sue the government for wrongful detention. Australia's highest court has ruled that the government can't deport Aboriginal people even if they are not Australian citizens. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

Australian court rules indigenous people can’t be deported

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Indonesian president urges closer Australian partnership

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

A firefighter controls a spot fire near Bredbo, south of the Australian capital, Canberra, Sunday, Feb. 2, 2020. The threat is posed by a blaze on Canberra's southern fringe that has razed more than 21,500 hectares (53,000 acres) since it was sparked by heat from a military helicopter landing light on Monday, the Emergency Services Agency said. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Rain extinguishes Australian wildfire and causes flooding

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Britain's Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, left, and Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne pose for photographs ahead of a bilateral meeting at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2020. (Lukas Coch/Pool Photo via AP)

UK and Australia commit to free trade negotiations

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

In this Jan. 31, 2019, fiel photo, students walk on the Northeastern University campus in Boston. As concerns about China's virus outbreak spread, universities all over the world are scrambling to assess the risks to their programs. (AP Photo/Rodrique Ngowi)

Universities cancel study-abroad programs amid virus fears

By MICHAEL MELIA and KANTELE FRANKO - Associated Press

Australian bank official says virus is an economic unknown

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian Parliament remembers victims and heroes of fires

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2020, file photo, an employee sprays disinfectant on a train as a precaution against a new coronavirus at Suseo Station in Seoul, South Korea. Halting the spread of a new virus that has killed hundreds in China is difficult in part because important details about the illness and how it spreads are still unknown. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Unknowns of the new virus make global quarantines a struggle

By KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

Australian deputy prime minister survives internal revolt

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Wildfires threaten Australian capital and southeast towns

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

A helicopter drops water on a fire near Bumbalong, south of the Australian capital, Canberra, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. The threat is posed by a blaze on Canberra's southern fringe that has razed more than 21,500 hectares (53,000 acres) since it was sparked by heat from a military helicopter landing light on Monday, the Emergency Services Agency said. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

More homes destroyed in southeast Australia wildfires

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australia defends plan to create island quarantine camp

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 2019, file photo, Las Vegas Aces' Liz Cambage (8) plays against the Washington Mystics during the first half of Game 4 of a WNBA playoff basketball series in Las Vegas. Cambage started a GoFundMe page to raise money to help after fires that have devastated her native Australia. The money raised will be divided and distributed equally between many groups, including the Australian Red Cross Disaster Recovery and Relief and World Wildlife Foundation Australia. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

WNBA star Cambage devastated by fires in native Australia

By DOUG FEINBERG - Associated Press

Former Australian Open champion Margaret Court holds up the women's Australian Open trophy, the Daphne Ackhurst Memorial Cup, as her 50th anniversary of her Grand Slam is celebrated at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Navratilova sorry for protocol breach, not for Court protest

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

Folau moves to Europe, faces backlash over anti-gay views

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

Wildfire smoke billows behind a mountain range on Tuesday, jan. 28, 2020, close to Canberra's southern outskirts. The rapidly-spreading wildfire sparked by a military helicopter on Monday is threatening homes on Tuesday on the outskirts of the Australian capital. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

Wildfire threatens homes on Australian capital’s outskirts

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Former Australian Open champion Margaret Court holds up the women's Australian Open trophy, the Daphne Ackhurst Memorial Cup, as her 50th anniversary of her Grand Slam is celebrated at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Court gets recognition, without addressing Australian crowd

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

Coco Gauff of the U.S. reacts after losing a point to compatriot Sofia Kenin during their fourth round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Coco Gauff falls in Australian Open fourth round to Sofia Kenin

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

Switzerland's Roger Federer makes a forehand return to Hungary's Marton Fucsovics during their fourth round singles match at the Australian Open tennis championship in Melbourne, Australia, Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Roger Federer overcomes slow start, reaches Australian Open QFs

By Howard Fendrich - Associated Press

This Friday, Jan. 24, 2020, aerial photo provided by the New South Wales Police, shows wreckage, center, is strewn at the crash site of a firefighting air tanker near Numeralla, south west of Sydney. Three crew from the U.S. were killed when their C-130 Hercules tanker crashed while fighting wildfires in Australia, their employer, Canada-based Coulson Aviation, said in a statement. (NSW Police via AP)

3 dead US fire bombers retrieved from Australian forest

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press