An antiquities expert was astonished when women at his New York book launch recognised their friend’s Park Avenue table in a photo of a long-lost mosaic.

In a new interview the former US first lady also talks about how the pandemic helped her and her husband reclaim “stolen moments” with their daughters who returned home from college to quarantine with their parents.

While the government has clamped down on free expression in recent years, the young have rejected some conservative norms of the past, even if only in how they wear their hair.

The President said every adult in the US would be able to get vaccinated by May, and racism against Asian-Americans was as “un-American and it must stop”.

Nepal has reopened to foreign tourists who test negative for the coronavirus and spend one week in quarantine, although some question the move.

Ten years after the tsunami hit Japan’s east coast, the survivors are still rebuilding their lives. Many are grateful for the Australians that lent a hand.

By conducting an investigation first, New York state legislators would have the evidence they need to lodge a legal case against the governor over sexual misconduct allegations.

Taking in Harry and Meghan’s revelations to Oprah, some readers implored others to explain what “motivated such pettiness” towards the couple. Others questioned why the pair, while pleading for privacy on one hand, had granted a tell-all interv...

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Two hours of TV, 179 questions and a family code of silence collide to unleash a right royal war.

The move by Barcelona publisher Univers marks the second instance of backlash in Europe against a white person being chosen to translate the book by Amanda Gorman.

Joe Biden’s top foreign affairs officials will raise a “long litany” of complaints about China, including economic pressure on US allies such as Australia.

More than a third of those intending to vote for her said they intended to plump for Le Pen out of anger towards or opposition against Macron.

Anxiety turned to grief after news that police investigating Sarah Everard’s disappearance had found remains in a wood outside London.

Biden signed the measure before a prime-time speech he plans later to herald the anniversary of the lockdown and offer hope amid a growing number of vaccinations.

US President Joe Biden is a supporter of expanded gun control measures but the House legislation may face a tougher battle in the US Senate.

Some health experts said there was little evidence to suggest the AstraZeneca vaccine should not be administered and that the cases of blood clots corresponded with the rate of such cases in the general population.

It is the first ever sale by a major auction house of a piece of art that does not exist in physical form.

The move offers jurors an additional option for conviction and finally resolves an issue that might have delayed former police officer Derek Chauvin’s trial for months.

Prince William is yet to speak to Prince Harry after this week’s bombshell interview with Oprah Winfrey.

China has passed new laws that will see Hong Kong’s opposition effectively wiped out, drawing immediate international condemnation.

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New Zealand teen battles wind and rain for 36 hours at his local playground to beat the world record for swinging - held by another local teen.

The Australian-Saudi citizen was arrested last month upon arrival in Morocco, where he had travelled to join his wife and baby daughter.

Two 15-year-old teens have been arrested over the killing of a 14-year-old girl whose beaten body was found in the Seine in Argenteuil, west of Paris.

At least 27 people have died and 39 are injured after a bus carrying students, teachers and parents plunged off a winding road in the West java province of Subang.

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Backed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, the bill marks a major shift in a country bedevilled for years by violence between feuding drug cartels.

Twelve-year old Darelyn Maldonado expected to go back to class a week after her teacher said her school would close briefly because of a new virus.

The US will soon have enough doses for 500 million people, more than the current population of the US, about 330 million people.

Joe Biden’s stimulus bill - the biggest anti-poverty initiative in 50 years - is wildly popular. No wonder the Republicans want to talk about Dr Seuss.

Facebook’s standoff with Australia prompted one Democrat to lash out at the company for “threatening to bring an entire country to its knees”.

“Both nations see space as the next great power battleground,” said one Washington-based analyst.

Experts say the $US1.9 trillion bill will cut child poverty in half and deliver financial relief to the Americans who have been hit hardest by the pandemic. 

The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations said the next emerging disease could be even worse than COVID-19.

Russia accused the social media giant of failing to take down pornographic and other banned content, escalating a growing push against foreign social networks.

Sarah Everard, 33, was last seen on March 3 as she walked home from a friend’s house in south London.

‘If I have to fall on my sword for expressing an honestly held opinion about Meghan Markle and that diatribe of bilge, so be it.’

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The broadcaster’s fierce criticism of the Duchess of Sussex prompted tens of thousands of complaints to the media regulator. 

Last month, Democratic senators called for sanctions on Juan Orlando Hernandez and a determination “whether he is a specially designated narcotics trafficker”.

International travellers may soon be able to enter China or travel around Europe without quarantine if they can prove they’re vaccinated.

“I begged them not to shoot the children,” she says in the video.

A new 25,000-page report quotes Uighur exiles and Chinese government documents detailing China’s treatment of an estimated population of 12 million Uighurs.

The head of European Medicines Agency had said approving Sputnik V would be “comparable to Russian roulette”.

Governor Asa Hutchinson has signed into law a bill that bans abortion except to save the mother’s life. Another 13 states have proposed outright bans.

The “if in doubt, blame the staff” mantra can be a convenient foil, but there is some justification to Harry and Meghan’s exasperation with interfering aides.

The White House said the first ever leaders-level meeting showed the Biden administration is deeply engaged with the Indo-Pacific.

Harry and Meghan’s claims have prompted a mix of defensiveness and introspection in newsrooms and triggered fiery scenes on breakfast television.

The House is expected to vote on the $US1.9 trillion stimulus plan as soon as Wednesday (Thursday AEDT).