Australia to open borders for one group: International students
(WorldNews India)

While Australia`s borders remain firmly closed to overseas visitors, the government plans to make a notable exception as it races to save its fourth-biggest export: Education. In time for the new semester, authorities are working on a plan to allow 350 international students to be flown into Canberra, the nation`s capital, later this month to resume classes. Under a trial program that could be rolled out nationally, the universities and territory government will foot the bill for their two-week mandatory quarantine in hotels. It`s a sign of just how reliant Australia`s higher education sector has become on overseas students, who make up roughly a quarter of all enrollments — the...