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Channel Nine journalist Mackenzie Colahan tweeted this video of Burleigh Heads in Queensland earlier tonight.

It's another concerning sign that some people are making some reckless decisions when given a little more freedom of movement.

At least 29 Rohingya refugees from a fishing boat floating in the Bay of Bengal for weeks have landed on an island in southern Bangladesh, officials said Sunday.

The refugees, including 15 women and six children, landed on Bhasan Char island on Saturday and are believed to be from one of several boats stuck at sea, said Tonmoy Das, local chief government official in Noakhali district.

At least two dozen Rohingyan migrants died on the boat and many more boats are believed to remain adrift. Credit:AP

Das said food, doctors and a team of 10 policemen were sent to the island to take care of the refugees.

An official from Bangladesh's Refugee Commissioner's office in Cox's Bazar district said the office was aware of the development. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

Rights groups say hundreds of Rohingya are stranded on at least two fishing trawlers between Bangladesh and Malaysia. The refugees reportedly attempted to illegally reach Malaysia, but failed because of strict patrols to keep out the coronavirus.

More than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims came to Bangladesh starting in August 2017, when the military in Buddhist-majority Myanmar began a harsh crackdown against them in response to an attack by insurgents.

Global rights groups and the U.N. have called the campaign ethnic cleansing involving rapes, killings and torching of thousands of homes. Currently more than 1 million Rohingya live in Bangladesh.

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A-League club owners are hopeful the competition's long-term relationship with Fox Sports can be salvaged, with arrangements for the resumption of the season set to progress this week.

As revealed by The Age and The Herald, Football Federation Australia has belatedly received the near $12 million quarterly payment from Fox that was due last month after tense discussions led by chief executive James Johnson.

Perth Glory's Bruno Fornaroli stands over Sydney FC's Kosta Barbarouses in their clash at Netstrata Jubilee Stadium on March 14 - one of the final matches of the A-League before COVID-19 forced it into recess.Credit:Getty Images

The money enables planning for the final rounds of the A-League season to move ahead, with FFA and the clubs waiting on Friday's national cabinet meeting before finalising the specifics of when, where and how matches will be played.

Perth Glory chairman Tony Sage said his fellow club owners were "very happy" that Fox had paid FFA and was optimistic that the three seasons left on the A-League's broadcast deal would be honoured.

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Cricket Australia officials have told stakeholders a $50 million loan with the Commonwealth Bank is a “done deal”, a development that has triggered fresh questions about the governing body’s decision to stand down most of its staff for a saving of $3m.

As Australia coach Justin Langer, himself reduced to a part-time wage, said a renewed emphasis on club and state cricket coming out of coronavirus was “an amazing opportunity”, the fallout from CA’s painful cost cutting last month continues.

The board of the Australian Cricketers’ Association, whose president is former Test all-rounder Shane Watson, will convene early this week to formalise a position on the state of the game’s finances, which have been painted in a bleak manner by CA chief executive Kevin Roberts.

There will be another session, meanwhile, between CA and state associations on Tuesday around the proposal for them to take a 25 per cent reduction in grants from head office.

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Beijing: From the United States to Europe and Asia, people in many parts of the world are emerging from their homes as virus-related restrictions begin to ease and springtime temperatures climb.

But the global pandemic took a turn for the worse elsewhere. India on Sunday reported more than 2600 new cases, its biggest single-day jump. That followed record increases in neighbouring Pakistan and Russia the previous day.

People filling the street in Barcelona on Saturday, able to exercise for the first time in months.Credit:Getty

China, which reported two new cases, saw a surge in visitors to tourist spots, many newly reopened, after a relaxation of domestic travel restrictions ahead of a five-day holiday that runs through Tuesday.

Nearly 1.7 million people visited Beijing parks on the first two days of the holiday, and Shanghai's main tourist spots welcomed more than a million visitors, according to Chinese media reports. Many spots limited the number of daily visitors to 30 per cent of capacity or less, keeping crowds below average.

Masks were worn widely, from runners in Spain to beach-goers in the southern United States. In New York City's Central Park, joggers moved past each other without a glance on Saturday, and a steady stream of folks left tips for a trio working their way through a set of jazz standards alfresco.

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After the chaos, the confusion and then the confirmation, the Warriors finally touched down in Australia on Sunday afternoon - and one of the club's most senior figures thinks it might be the making of the club.

Their chartered flight from Auckland to Tamworth, the country music capital whose airport was given special status to accept an international flight for one day only, might have arrived later than scheduled - but it didn't really matter.

The New Zealand Warriors' quarantine facility at Tamworth.Credit:AAP

The moment they stepped onto Australian soil meant the NRL had cleared arguably its biggest hurdle to the competition resuming on May 28.

Stephen Kearney's men will have the odds stacked against them, set to resume training this week after being subject to harsh lockdown laws in New Zealand for weeks and knowing they'll be in Australia for an indefinite period of time.

"There's no point going over unless you're going to give your best," Warriors owner Mark Robinson said. "It might be the making of the club, you just never know. The players have been thinking about the club as well as themselves, and I think that's a great thing that has come out of it, to be honest."

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Beijing: China's most populous cities saw a spike in outbound travellers, tourists and day-trippers on May 1, first day of a long holiday weekend, led by Wuhan, epicentre of the coronavirus epidemic that first struck the country late last year.

The number of people travelling outside their home cities jumped nearly 50 per cent at the start of the Labour Day weekend, compared with the first day of the Tomb Sweeping holiday on April 4, according to Reuters calculations on data from China's internet giant Baidu Inc.

Chinese women wear traditional clothing and protective masks as they wait to cross a road in a tourist area during the May holiday in Beijing.Credit:Getty Images

The increase in outbound travel during the five-day holiday, one of China's peak tourism periods each year, would help lift the travel and hospitality sectors that have been hit hard by disruption from the coronavirus pandemic.

The spike in tourism was led by increases in travellers from Wuhan, Beijing, Dalian, Tianjin and Jinan, with China having eased curbs on travel and relaxed rules on quarantine amid dwindling cases of the coronavirus.

Hundreds of sightseeing spots have also been reopened, including the Forbidden City in Beijing, as authorities sought to revive and repair local economies.

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The number of new coronavirus infections and deaths reported for Germany were the lowest since March 31.

There were 890 additional infections, taking the total to 164,967, according to data from Johns Hopkins University. Fatalities rose by 76 to 6812 and the death rate remained at 4.1 per cent of those infected.

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen said the €7.5 billion ($12.9 billion) of funds targeted by the bloc to develop and manufacture a coronavirus vaccine "are just the start" as more money will be needed over time, according to an interview with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle.

The European Commission will host a virtual summit meeting on May 4 for leaders to make a push to raise the funds.

The World Health Organisation and the leaders of France and Germany on Thursday launched a drive to accelerate development of a vaccine, stressing it should be available to everyone, without favour shown to the country that develops it.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel promised her country will make a "distinct" financial contribution to the effort, adding she didn't want to disclose the amount yet. A total of €8 billion are needed to make vaccination, medication and adequate diagnostics available for "all people on earth," she said in her weekly podcast.

Germany is co-hosting Monday's donor conference.

"Common action is a must," said Merkel. "Only joint, international, multilateral action will allow us to overcome the pandemic."

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Former AMA President and Wentworth MP Professor Kerryn Phelps has voiced her support from Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews in his government's cautious approach to re-opening schools.

In a post on Facebook and video on Facebook Watch, Prof Phelps explained her support.

"Teachers across Australia have worked so hard to set up remote learning, with schools remaining open for children whose parents are not able to home school them," Prof Phelps said.

"We have right balance. We must not take risks with the health of children and teachers and school administration staff, especially while there is still a high degree of uncertainty.

"I agree with the Victorian government that now is not the time to relax the precautions in schools."

Major players in the gaming industry have been accused of giving "self-serving advice" to government as part of a Victorian taskforce charting a course out of lockdown rules for the state's entertainment industry.

Tony Mohr, executive director of the Alliance for Gambling Reform, said he was "pretty alarmed that a group of gambling industry heavies" was part of a state government-appointed group that had met in recent weeks to address the crippling effect of the lockdown on the industry.

Tony Mohr, the executive director of the Alliance for Gambling Reform. Credit:Alliance for Gambling Reform

The advisory group – set up before the pandemic – includes Crown Resorts, Tabcorp, Woolworths' pokies arm ALH, the Australian Hotels Association, Community Clubs Victoria and the RSL.

Crown's former head of gaming, Neil Spencer, is the taskforce head.

Mr Mohr said: "These industries are known for being very dogmatic in their pursuit of profits from gambling."

"We are really concerned their advice is self-serving and not in the interests of public health efforts we are fighting right now."

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