US federal agents have since seized the cars along with $US2 million from his bank account.

The drop halted a growth streak dating to its founding in 1850 on the heels of a gold rush that prompted a flood of people to seek their fortune in the West.

With global warming opening northern routes, it is believed “Wally” became lost and swam into the Atlantic via the Arctic.

The bomb, planted on a motorbike, injured the Parliament Speaker and former president, and four others including a British national.

The Royal Mail said it was paying tribute to “one of the most iconic and enduring music artists of all time”.

The US economy added just 266,000 jobs in April, well below economists’ expectations that around 1 million jobs would be created.

The World Health Organisation has made its long-awaited decision on China’s Sinopharm COVID-19 vaccine, approving the jab for emergency use in all adults, meaning it can be rolled out globally.

The Morrison government has trashed a 50-year convention when it comes to public comment about Taiwan.

The Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting that was scheduled to be held in Rwanda in June has been postponed, despite urgings by Australia and Britain that the conference should not be delayed for a second time.

The largest diamond ever cut in Russia - a 100.94 carat stone called the Alrosa Spectacle - will be auctioned in Geneva later this month.

Nearly two months after their abduction by armed gunmen, more than two dozen students in northwest Nigeria’s Kaduna state were reunited with jubilant family members on Friday amid tears and celebratory singing.

A federal grand jury has indicted the four former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s arrest and death.

Japan’s premier extended on Friday a state of emergency in Tokyo and three other areas until the end of May to stem a surge in novel coronavirus cases fuelled by the spread of virus variants just months before the Tokyo Olympics.

Pfizer and its partner BioNTech SE have asked US regulators for full approval of their COVID-19 vaccine, which could also help raise confidence in the vaccine.

The schoolgirl pulled a handgun from her backpack and fired multiple rounds inside and outside the school in the small city of Rigby, Idaho, a sheriff said.

Local media suggested a home-made explosive device was planted on a motorcycle parked near his car.

Iron ore hit a record $US200 a tonne on Friday as concerns about Beijing’s dispute with Canberra prompt China’s importers to store up the critical resource.

The bloodshed lays bare Brazil’s perennial divide over whether, as a common local saying goes, “a good criminal is a dead criminal”.

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The letters underscore the former US president’s reputation as a womaniser.

It follows a decision in April to steer adults under 30 away from the Oxford-designed jab over the rare risk of blood clots. But Germany has gone the other way.

Young protesters against military rule in Myanmar have come up with new ways to reduce the chances of a deadly response by the authorities.

US President Joe Biden on Wednesday voiced support for a waiver in a sharp reversal of the US position, and his top trade negotiator.

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The United States is running out of people willing to get vaccinated, forcing governments and businesses to deploy unusual techniques to sway the hesitant.

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Others say a waiver would enable more manufacturers across the globe to produce vaccines and help combat dwindling supply.

A Chinese tabloid characterised reports that the rocket is “out of control” and could cause damage as “Western hype.”

Trump was banned from Twitter, where he had more than 88 million followers, and multiple other social media platforms following the deadly January 6 siege of the US Capitol by his supporters. 

Some questioned whether police were flouting a court ruling last year that forbade them from storming favelas during the pandemic unless under “absolutely exceptional” circumstances. 

The pandemic upended the use of zippered pants and changed people’s eating and drinking habits. There are now indications that it has caused some Americans to abandon washing themselves.

In the town of Susner in Madhya Pradesh state, patients were being treated outdoors under trees, on blankets on the ground.

French fishermen angry over loss of access to waters off their coast have gathered their boats in protest off the English Channel island of Jersey.

There is no time to lose in transitioning to a world run on clean technology but it will have its risks and obstacles, write two senior European lawmakers.

Beijing’s decision to suspend a high-level economic dialogue with Australia has no practical effect. But it conveys important information nonetheless.

China has sent a message that dialogue at the political level will be cut off after the superpower suspended the China-Australia Strategic Economic Dialogue.

Health authorities are quarantining all patients and staff within the compound until they can determine who had contact with the coronavirus patient.

The former journalist, popular television host and finance minister has been given a chance to oust Benjamin Netanyahu.

The decision was made following the detection of two community cases in Sydney.

The explosion of frustration could presage unrest across Latin America, where several countries face the same combustible mix of health and economic crises.

You can’t force a company to provide service to a jerk. That is the simple truth behind the Facebook and Insta ban on the former president.

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The details of the waterfront compound have been kept incredibly private by the Gates family — so much so that a tour of the property went for $45,000 at a charity auction.

Usually, discarded core rockets reenter soon after lift-off normally over water and don’t go into orbit like this one did.

China’s response to European sanctions for its human rights violations has blown up a trade deal seven years in the making and pushed Europe closer to the US.

As prosecutors and police officers chatted over coffee, local mobsters were watching and listening.

A post-Brexit dispute has escalated as 100 French fishing boats plan to block Jersey’s port and France threatens to cut off the island’s power.

The US pair say they had acted in self defence because they thought the two police officers were thugs out to get them after a botched attempt to buy drugs.

Researchers say the flat-to-plump pasta is not only fun to make but uses less packaging, has a smaller carbon footprint and cooks faster than traditional dried pasta.

While some jokingly predicted a baby boom when the pandemic first struck, many experts suggested the reverse might happen.