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A 21-second newsreel clip featuring the last known images of the extinct thylacine (or Tasmanian Tiger) filmed in 1935, has been digitised in 4K and released by the National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA). Taken from the travelogue Tasmania The Wonderland, the images (shot in 1935) are thought to be the last ever filmed of a thylacine named 'Benjamin,' months before his death in 1936.

'Precious' footage from 1935 of last-known Tasmanian tiger released

A news program shows Chinese President Xi Jinping speaking via video link to the World Health Assembly, on a giant screen beside a street in Beijing on May 18, 2020. - China supports a "comprehensive evaluation" of the global response to the coronavirus pandemic after it "has been brought under control", President Xi Jinping told the World Health Assembly on May 18. (Photo by GREG BAKER / AFP) (Photo by GREG BAKER/AFP via Getty Images)

China could shape any result in its favor by putting off the WHO investigation until after the pandemic

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Grounded Virgin planes are seen parked on a tarmac at Brisbane Airport on April 21, 2020 in Brisbane, Australia.

Virgin Australia still needs a buyer. A local government is making a bid

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MAY 12: Treasurer Josh Frydenberg delivers a ministerial statement on the Australian economy in the House of Representatives at Parliament House on May 12, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. Parliament will resume for three days this week but is otherwise adjourned until August. Australian states are now beginning to lift COVID-19 measures with national cabinet mapping out a three-stage program to help the economy return to normal, Treasury estimates it would cost NSW and Victoria $2.4 billion a week combined in lost economic activity if the states had to re-impose the restrictions it started loosening. Mr Frydenberg is facing the largest budget deficit in Australian fiscal history with Deloitte Access Economics predicting it could reach $143 billion this year and $131.6 billion in 2020-21 financial year as the economy slumps due to measures aimed at stopping the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic. (Photo by Sam Mooy/Getty Images)

Australian lawmaker tested for Covid-19 after coughing fit in parliament

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - MARCH 24: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison addresses the media and the nation during a press conference at Parliament House on March 24, 2020 in Canberra, Australia. Morrison has revealed new restrictions Australia-wide from midnight tomorrow to help prevent the spread of COVID-19. There are now 2,139 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in Australia and the death toll now stands at eight. (Photo by Lukas Coch - Pool/Getty Images)

Australia coronavirus restrictions to be lifted in three-step plan to reopen economy

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Australian Cardinal George Pell (C) is escorted in handcuffs from the Supreme Court of Victoria in Melbourne on August 21, 2019. - Disgraced Catholic Cardinal George Pell was sent back to jail after an Australian court rejected his landmark appeal against convictions for child sex abuse. (Photo by William WEST / AFP) (Photo credit should read WILLIAM WEST/AFP via Getty Images)

George Pell knew about child sex abuse allegations for decades, Royal Commission documents reveal

A Boeing [NYSE:BA]-led Australian industry team has presented the first unmanned Loyal Wingman aircraft to the Royal Australian Air Force, a historic milestone for the company and the Commonwealth. The aircraft, which uses artificial intelligence to extend the capabilities of manned and unmanned platforms, is the first to be designed, engineered and manufactured in Australia in more than 50 years.

Australian military gets first drone that can fly with artificial intelligence

Police shoot and kill man suspected of stabbing seven people in Western Australia