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LONDON – “Today we are part of the world again”. After two years of severe restrictions to limit the pandemic, theAustralia this morning reopened its international borders with these words: the first to touch the ground, at 6:20 on Monday morning Sydney time, was a Qantas Airlines flight from Los Angeles. To welcome passengers at the airport, banners reading “Welcome Back”(Welcome back), an orchestra, balloons, free snacks and a quartet of drag queens handing out plush koalas and kangaroos.