In some countries, 60 per cent of working-age people earn their living day to day in the informal economy. With strict lockdowns in place, some earn nothing.

New Orleans’ Zaila Avant-garde, 14, correctly spelt a word for a common Australasian shrub to become the national bee’s first African-American champion.

The decision to WFH during lockdown was a gift to employers, not the other way around.  

Jovenel Moise’s daughter hid in a bedroom during the attack and a maid and another worker were tied up by the attackers who shouted “DEA operation” as they entered the property, a judge said.

“Children, put your phones away and go to sleep.” Tech company Tencent’s new feature locks out Chinese teens trying to breach the nation’s 10pm e-game curfew.

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Around 2000 visitors a day are expected to pay the equivalent of $30 each for the privilege of a BYO lunch on the royal lawn.

A Pasteur Institute study finds that two doses of the widely used vaccines are needed to provide strong immunity against the highly infectious mutation.

“TV and Twitter, your honour, mean nothing,” Michael Avenatti told the judge who sentenced him to two-and-a-half years for his blackmail attempts.

Taliban forces have been gaining ground rapidly, leading critics to say the Biden administration is rushing its withdrawal and risking a humanitarian disaster.

Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Thursday agreed to hold the Games without spectators.

The European Union has handed down $1 billion in fines to four major German car manufacturers on Thursday.

While the Taj Mahal has partially reopened, life for locals remains in limbo: no longer totally shut down but far from fully normal or safe.

The Green Party candidate had been accused of plagiarism. She’s previously had to correct details in a resume and belatedly declare payments from her party.

That assurance was disclosed as part of a British High Court agreement to hear the US appeal for the Wikileaks’ founder’s extradition.

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The toll is three times the number of people killed in traffic accidents around the world every year.

The ‘once-in-a-millennium’ heatwave North America just endured could return every decade, according to new modelling that says climate change was the culprit.

Haiti’s communications secretary did not provide further details about the slaying of Jovenel Moïse and the wounding of his wife.

For two weeks after the tower collapsed, officials stressed their focus on finding survivors. But now the search teams must bring up the bodies.

Johnson does not want “an anti-China spirit” to “pitchfork away every investment from China” but pressed pause on the buyout of a chip maker.

WHO’s emergency chief Dr Michael Ryan said the idea that vaccinations mean life can return to normal in Europe “is still a very dangerous assumption”.

Britain’s High Court has granted the US government permission to appeal a decision that the WikiLeaks founder cannot be sent to the US to face espionage charges.

The former US president said he was filing suits against three of the country’s biggest tech companies, claiming he had been wrongfully censored by them.

Japan’s government is reportedly preparing to issue a state of emergency this month in Tokyo and will keep it in place until August 22, after the end of the Olympic Games

Australia will send 2.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine as well as testing kits and ventilators.

Rising food prices are a global problem and a worrying trend that threatens economic stability, say experts.

Laurent started secondary school at six and university at eight. He says he’s “just Laurent”.

It says it’s for fuel for a research reactor, but the US and Europe say it can be used to make the core of a nuclear bomb.

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As the fans sing: ‘good times never felt so good’. On the eve of the Euro 2020 semi-final, England’s manager Gareth Southgate is reinventing British patriotism.

A quick guide to Sinovac and Sinopharm and what they mean for global protection.

Three suspects have been detained, including the possible shooter, after crime reporter Peter de Vries was shot in the head as he left a television studio.

As Australia tears itself apart over the risks of AstraZeneca, near neighbour Indonesia is rapidly approaching a COVID-19 catastrophe.

Larry Rudolph, who has managed Spears’ career for 25 years, says the singer plans to retire and he wishes her “all the health and happiness in the world”.

“They put their cigarettes out on my face,” says Venerable Bagdro. Now he fears Tibet is being overlooked as the world focuses on Xinjiang and Hong Kong.

Kurt Campbell, Joe Biden’s top adviser on Asia, says he does not expect a thaw in China-Australia tensions anytime soon.

The 19-year-old British man was driven by the deluded belief that the killings would help him win a lottery jackpot, a court heard.

Authorities said they had pinpointed an area in the sea where the plane went missing after losing contact with air traffic control in Russia’s far east.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said “ideologies” posed risks to national security and urged parents, teachers and religious leaders to observe the behaviour of teenagers and report those who break the law to the authorities.

Amid rising tensions with China, the Philippine coast guard has trained a new unit of 81 female radio operators hoping their warnings will deter Chinese boat crews.

The mortuary at Fiji’s largest hospital is now full, the country’s health ministry says, and people are getting increasingly worried.

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“The situation is really bad,” Tbilisi Pride director Giorgi Tabagari said as activists went into hiding after protesters raided their office.

Itty and Tzvi Ainsworth moved to South Florida four years ago from Australia to be closer to their children.

This will be the first time any major country tests what happens when unrestricted transmission meets widespread vaccination coverage. 

“Has she said anything about me? Is she going to talk? Will she roll on anybody?” Trump is alleged to have said in a new book from biographer Michael Wolff.

In a country with high infection numbers and no real contract tracings, researchers worked out how to link clusters to children’s parties.

It was only after the looters moved in that Afghans patrolling the fence realised the Americans were gone: “In one night they lost all the good will of 20 years.”

“It will be a very stressful situation for everyone,” says the head of The Board of Airline Representatives of Australia, bracing for six weeks of cuts to arrivals.