Cardinal George Pell has spent the northern winter watching as a scandal over Vatican corruption has unfolded: “We must act within the norms of justice,” he says.

Yang Hengjun will face trial for espionage, a development that is sure to strain already fraught ties between Beijing and Canberra.

The two prison workers were accused of shopping online instead of monitoring Epstein on the night the convicted sex offender took his own life.

Rebuilding Gaza will pose a daunting challenge to Hamas, which has run the besieged territory since seizing power in 2007, with a reconstruction bill that could run into the billions. 

Republican congressman Mike Gallagher says he fears the Chinese Communist Party sees a moment of “strategic opportunity” to assert its dominance in Taiwan.

On TikTok, President Emmanuel tells youths to use the app on anything cultural, including digital platforms...as long as they’re French

The Wales brothers’ responses to Bashir revelations are as different as they are as people - but we knew they would be.

One of the dating sites reported that people who display their vaccination status were 14 per cent more likely to get a match.

Relations between China and the United States have grown increasingly tense, with the world’s two largest economies clashing over everything from Taiwan and China’s human rights record.

The first colleague to confront Martin Bashir over the famous TV tell-all says the BBC should offer more than a “generic apology”.

Julia Gillard had a choice after she left office: join the crowded ranks of opinionated former prime ministers or pursue a second act.

Some 6 million to 8 million people may have now died from COVID-19 or its effects since the start of the pandemic, compared with 3.4 million deaths recorded in official data, the WHO says.

A truce between Israel and Hamas took hold on Friday after the worst violence in years, but brief clashes broke out around Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem where similar scenes had touched off the Gaza conflict.

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People ran in panic from the SEG Plaza on Tuesday after the tower began to wobble - even though there was no seismic activity in the area.

Hamas claimed Netanyahu had agreed to call off the planned evictions of Palestinians in the nearby Sheikh Jarrah neighbourhood.

Israeli and US officials may tout the return of calm after a ceasefire, but experts fear the opposite.

While things in the United States are still not entirely back to normal, the population is rapidly being inoculated and more people are out on the streets enjoying their freedom.

As COVID cases reach record highs, opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim called on the Prime Minister to resign. “There is no coherence and clear incompetence.”

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The cases share elements of the #MeToo movement and other collective outpourings on social media - but have a decidedly Korean twist.

The scoop of the decade has its own dark story, including a cover-up by the world’s most revered public broadcaster.

The FDA issued an import alert on April 30, to prevent the syringe and needle configurations from entering the United States.  

Princess Diana’s two sons have issued a blistering rebuke of the BBC after an investigation found it covered up a major scandal involving a famous interview of their mother.

Hamas, the Islamist militant group that rules the Gaza Strip, scheduled public celebrations for what it deemed a victory over a militarily and economically stronger foe.

The US President said he now saw “a genuine opportunity to make progress” in the Israel-Palestine conflict following news of a ceasefire in Gaza.

The reporting requirements could also allow the US government to gain insight about companies that are extorted to pay hackers ransoms, almost invariably in cryptocurrency, to regain control of their IT systems.

The preliminary finding is the first of its kind on the effectiveness of two doses of AstraZeneca in a real-world setting, Public Health England said.

The Russian President alleged that some of the country’s foreign foes dream about biting off pieces of Russia’s vast territory, warning that Moscow would knock out their teeth if they ever try.

An inquiry into how the BBC secured a 1995 interview with Princess Diana has found that the journalist involved had acted deceitfully and the broadcaster had covered it up.

Top Hamas officials are now saying they expect a ceasefire within days but the air strikes continue.

I discuss with my friends how to prepare for the next, inevitable attack. We ask each other: have you packed your bags? Have you remembered all your documents? Food? Clothes for the children?

As a human rights lawyer, Rachel Lord took a dim view of Israel until she lived there with her children while her husband, Dave Sharma, served as Australia’s ambassador. Now she doesn’t take a firm position on who is right or wrong in the conflic...

The prime ministers of Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam and Cambodia condemned Western nations for vaccine nationalism as Asia endures its fourth COVID wave.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, telling him the US is seeking “a more stable and predictable relationship with Moscow”.

The city-state used a new ‘fake news’ law to order social media giants to correct claims from New Delhi’s chief minister about a Singapore virus variant.

Italian prosecutors claim the 93-year-old actress’ former assistant “exploited her vulnerability” when he sold more than $500,000 worth of her art and antiques.

“Every morning when I awake, every night when I sleep, I think of you,” Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin told the crowd of police.

A new book claims Obama preferred Trump as president over rival Ted Cruz, believing that the hard-right Texas senator would take the country in a dangerous direction.

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Biden came into office without any grand plans to reshape the Middle East. His main focus has been on strategic competition with China. But presidents do not get to choose which events they must respond to. 

After hanging out underground for 17 years, a new brood of periodical cicadas has officially popped up in people’s back gardens.

Of all the thousands of deaths in India in recent days, these two seemed to really unsettle people, perhaps because the twins were just in their 20s and had looked so healthy.

Over the past two days, House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy and Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell worked to kill a bipartisan bill to establish the commission to investigate the violence that left five dead.

The landing made China only the third nation to touch down safely on Mars, after the United States and, very briefly, the Soviet Union.

The former US president attacked New York state’s attorney-general for launching a criminal probe of his family business, saying he was “being unfairly attacked and abused”.

The US President greatly increased pressure on Israel to end the war with the Palestinians, telling Benjamin Netanyahu that he expected “significant de-escalation” by day’s end.

The baby will be the first for Beatrice, the eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah, Duchess of York, and her property developer husband Edoardo Mapelli Mozzi.

High Commissioner George Brandis told Tory MPs that opposition to the deal had “no basis in fact, reality or economics”.

Israeli attacks have damaged at least 18 hospitals and clinics and destroyed one health facility, the World Health Organisation said. Nearly half of all essential drugs have run out.