Despite its small size, the nation controls one of the biggest exclusive economic zones in the world, covering more than 3.5 million square kms of the Pacific.

She also criticised William Barr for spinning the investigation’s findings before the report was released, allowing Trump to claim he had been exonerated.

Similar motions in the parliaments of the United Kingdom, Canada, and the Netherlands have condemned the abuse as “genocide”.

The EU’s trade commissioner announced that a lucrative trade deal between the bloc and the superpower would not go ahead while sanctions were in place.

Australia’s first batch of 20,000 AstraZeneca doses arrived in Dili on Wednesday but health experts believe our vaccine support should be accelerated.

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The business hub has tightened restrictions on its population and on incoming travellers as it confronts its first significant cluster of COVID-19 cases in months.

France’s National Assembly has approved a wide-ranging climate change bill that will prevent airport expansions, ban open-air terrace heaters and reduce packaging waste.

After languishing for decades, America’s offshore wind industry gets a jumpstart, boosted by Biden’s green ambitions. But locals have a different view.

The Journal of the American Medical Association declared 2020 the year of quarantine myopia as international studies tracked serious declines in children’s sight.

The former president said people would be “very, very happy” when he reveals his decision about another presidential run.

Melinda Gates never pretended that marriage to the driven tech titan was easy - and there are several clues to the divorce announcement in their own words.

After the fourth election in two years, Israel’s Prime Minister could be pushed into opposition for the first time in 12 years.

While India’s opposition has damned the flight ban as against “ethical conduct among sovereign nations”, the President of the Indian Medical Association supports it.

Other children were taken to hospital with injuries along with the knife-wielding attacker, who was overpowered by police.

A doctor who helped bring 3000 Australians back from India in just three weeks last year says the Indian-Australian community wants a concrete government plan for the repatriation of stranded citizens.

US President Joe Biden’s decision to withdraw the last 2500 US troops is fuelling fears Afghanistan could plunge into a civil war that could return the Taliban to power.

One public health expert was left bewildered when Indian policymakers told him the situation would improve within days.

40 years ago, Britain had been put on a nationwide security alert following the death of the IRA hunger striker Bobby Sands.

Marine Le Pen has been acquitted of breaking hate speech laws several years ago when she posted images of Islamic State atrocities on Twitter.

At least 23 people were killed and 65 hurt when an overpass carrying Mexico City metro train cars partially collapsed on to a road on Monday night, authorities said.

The site included forums where members from around the globe exchanged images and videos showing children being sexually abused.

He has tested positive to COVID-19 twice but volunteer teacher Tom Delaney is in no hurry to leave India.

Bashar al-Assad has ruled Syria for 21 years, his father ruled for 30 before him.

The action comes two weeks after Biden announced he was leaving Trump’s limit of 15,000 refugees in place contrary to his campaign promise.

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Their foundation has played a significant role in the global response to the pandemic, early vaccine candidates and helping shape COVAX.

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern initiated the process in April and in a statement on Tuesday said the Queen had been informed.

Earth 300 founder Aaron Olivera says the vessel will capture ’the spirit of Silicon Valley, SpaceX, Davos, the Olympics and Disney”.

Sometimes, outsiders see what is happening more clearly than we do ourselves.

The dossier is believed to be raw intelligence that makes claims of Russian meddling and sex tapes.

The companies earlier this month applied to the FDA for potential approval of the vaccine, which has already been cleared for people aged 16 and above. 

Mexico is beginning to earn a reputation as a government that has released more drug lords than it has captured.

Even without its broader alliance, the G7 still packs a punch: combined it is much bigger than China both economically and militarily.

Facebook’s Oversight Board, an independent and international panel, will announce on Wednesday whether former President Donald Trump will be able to return to the platform.

India’s daily COVID-19 shots have fallen sharply from an all-time high reached early last month as domestic companies struggle to boost supplies and imports are limited, even as the country fights the world’s worst surge in infections.

The European Union’s executive has recommended easing COVID-19 travel restrictions next month to let foreign travellers from more countries enter the bloc.

Prince Harry called for vaccines to be “distributed to everyone everywhere” while Jennifer Lopez embraced her fully-vaccinated mother on stage at a star-studded charity concert in Los Angeles on Sunday night. 

In an expletive-laden tweet about Chinese vessels in disputed waters, Teodoro Locsin called China an “ugly oaf forcing your attentions on a handsome guy”.

The decision to approve or reject the Sinopharm and Sinovac vaccines falls at a critical time.

The United States and Iran are in active talks over the release of prisoners, a person familiar with the discussions said as Washington denied a report by Iranian state-run television that deals had been struck.

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Oxygen in India has been in short supply as it grapples with this latest wave of infections, leaving some dying COVID patients gasping for air in hospital beds.

Officials hailed Moscow’s massive facial-recognition camera network as a benign aid to residents that would enforce quarantine restrictions and catch criminals. Now it’s being deployed to crush dissent against President Vladimir Putin.

Ardern pointed to increasing differences between New Zealand and China as the member of the Five Eyes security alliance country faces increasing pressure over its reluctance to criticise Beijing.

Broadcaster RAI, which plays a central role in Italian cultural life and comes under enormous political pressure, denied trying to censor the rapper.

New data shows limiting access to the country is having its intended effect.

The incident comes as police were already facing serious questions after a woman in a taxi talked her way on to the estate after telling security guards she was a friend of the Duke.

The outcome of an election in Scotland this week might help determine whether the United Kingdom stays together or breaks apart.

Martin Smatana, a former Health Ministry official in Bratislava, said he had been amazed by how many of his friends want the Russian vaccine and say, “Screw the system, use Sputnik.”