KUALA LUMPUR, March 11 — Malaysia has been offered the opportunity by the Commonwealth Games Federation (CGF) to replace Victoria, Australia, as the host of the 2026 Commonwealth Games.

SYDNEY, Aug 19 — Australia's state of Victoria will pay AU$380 million (about US$243 million or RM1.13 billion) after the state decided to withdraw from hosting the 2026 Commonwealth Games, reports Xinhua.

SYDNEY, Sept 22 — An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.8 jolted the Australia's state of Victoria at 9.15am local time Wednesday.

SINGAPORE, Oct 30 — Singapore will lift its border restrictions for visitors from Mainland China and Victoria, Australia from November 6, 2020, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) yesterday.

SYDNEY, July 6 — Australian officials are closing the border between Australia's two most populous states from Tuesday for an indefinite period as they scramble to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus in the city of Melbourne.

SYDNEY, June 30 — The Australian state of Victoria introduced the country's first lockdown measures specifically targeted at local suburban areas after a spike in coronavirus cases in Melbourne, the nation's second largest city.