The candidate to be Germany’s next leader said he regrets the more the impression that he gave, saying it was “inappropriate.

Britain has also opted against mass COVID-19 vaccinations for all children and teenagers, based on a “risk-benefit” analysis for the protection of children.

In a sign of escalating tensions between the Silicon Valley company and the White House, Facebook says it has removed millions of posts and stepped up enforcement against repeat offenders.

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Critics have lambasted the documentary director’s decision as “manipulative” and “extremely weird”.

The gunshots caused panic among fans inside the stadium, some of whom ducked for cover in the team dugouts.

Pancho lost the power of speech after his stroke. Now a computer can predict what he’s thinking about saying. Next challenge: fixing autocorrect.

The death toll in devastating flooding in western Germany and Belgium rose to at least 170 on Saturday after burst rivers and flash floods this week collapsed houses and ripped up roads and power lines.

Syrian President Bashar Assad was sworn in Saturday for a fourth seven-year term in the war-torn country, pledging to overcome the impact of Western economic sanctions and retake territory still out of his control after 10 years of fighting.

“Fox has been almost single-handedly responsible for the politicisation of public health in the US,” said one of Rupert Murdoch’s former top executives.

Ties between the boxing star and President Rodrigo Duterte soured last month after Pacquiao railed at what he called Duterte’s soft stance on Beijing’s aggressiveness in the South China Sea.

Tokyo 2020 CEO Toshiro Muto confirmed that a visitor from abroad who is involved in organising the Games had tested positive.

Fuelled by days of heavy rain, the floodwaters also left thousands of Germans homeless after their dwellings were destroyed or deemed to be at risk.

Four states accounted for more than 40 per cent of all new COVID-19 cases in the US last week.

The directive to the Indian-administered part of the disputed territory came less than a week before Muslims mark Eid ul-Adha by offering prayers and slaughtering livestock.

The border stone was found half buried during excavation work one-and-a-half months ago for the redevelopment of a piazza by the Mausoleum of Augustus.

Out of the ashes of defeat in soccer, black role models have brought Britain to the edge of a unifying national ‘moment’.

The Eiffel Tower greeted tourists on Friday for the first time in nearly nine months, reopening to the public even as France introduces new virus rules aimed at taming the fast-spreading Delta variant.

Danish Siddiqui was part of the photography team that won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for documenting the Rohingya refugee crisis.

In one of the largest deployments of soldiers since the end of white minority rule, the military has been activate to halt riots that have killed more than 100 people.

At least 69 people have died in Germany as swollen rivers caused by record rainfall across western Europe swept through towns and villages.

The ruling was based on separate cases filed by two Muslim women in Germany who were suspended from work for wearing a hijab.

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The Kennedys, who are as close as the US gets to aristocracy, can be said to define generational wealth.

About a third of people tested for COVID-19 are positive. Experts say that’s just a fraction of the real caseload.

As the Delta variant spreads among younger people across the US, unvaccinated students will be barred from class, campus, even from uni housing.

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Oliver Daemen of the Netherlands will be joining Blue Origin founder on the company’s first crewed spaceflight after the winner of a $US28 million auction postponed.

The former PM said she was going to disappoint the London audience, revealing she was hoping to return home herself for Christmas and do home quarantine.

China must not be allowed to “sportswash” its genocide of Uighurs, said one MP, referring to the soft power victory Beijing stands to gain from hosting the games.

In a rare departure from his usual deference to powerful member countries, the WHO chief said he was asking China to be more transparent as scientists search for the origins of the coronavirus.

The 64-year-old, who was widely lauded for his fearless reporting on the underworld, was shot on July 6 after making one of his regular appearances on a current affairs TV show.

Fifty years ago, a junior Australian diplomat learned about Henry Kissinger’s covert mission to Beijing. What happened next had real consequences in Canberra.

Indonesia has entered the “worst case scenario” as the Delta strain wreaks havoc, recording more new COVID-19 cases than any country in the world.

A new book by Washington Post journalists claims General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made plans to block any possible Trump coup attempt.

Australia has already repeated its opposition to the bloc’s proposed carbon tariffs, which could be introduced as soon as 2023.

Former US president George Bush criticised the US withdrawal, saying he fears Afghan women will “suffer unspeakable harm”.

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The US space agency says the global flood tally could quadruple as the gravitational effects of the lunar cycle combine with climate change in the years ahead.

A vision at a lake helped monks discover the Dalai Lama, who turned 86 this month. Why will superpowers one day wrangle over his successor?

When you dig into the detail of the laws being proposed in various states, they’re often far less significant than the Democrats’ alarmist rhetoric suggests. 

Poland says the country’s laws trump those laid down by Brussels in row that opens door to quitting the European Union.

By voiding the emergency decree, the ruling opens the door to the cancellation of fines for breaching lockdown restrictions imposed during the period.

As vaccine hesitancy gave way to desperation, the south-east Asian nation renegotiated its deal with Pfizer and now it delivers more than 400,000 shots a day.

The Brazilian President has been hospitalised to identify the cause of chronic hiccups, the President’s office said, in the latest health scare for the far-right leader.

One Australian whose booking had been cancelled said “I understand Australia wants zero cases but those stranded will never get home at this rate.”

US prosecutors charged four Iranians with the elaborate plan to abduct a high-profile critic of the regime’s treatment of women from her Brooklyn home.

The admission that the footage of Sir Richard Branson was prerecorded is embarrassing for Virgin Galactic, which has a cross-promotional deal with Trek Bicycle Corp.

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The case of a defrocked Catholic priest accused of systematic child abuse in East Timor has taken a dramatic twist.