The Australian government is working with the airline to organise expat flights from Indonesia, which has become the global epicentre of the COVID-19 virus.

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The killing of 27-year-old Noor Mukadam on the grounds of an Islamabad mansion has roused anger over Pakistan’s record of protecting women from violence.

The vast site, spread over nearly 500 square km in the Xinjiang region, is thought to house 110 silos for launching weapons.

The notorious entrepreneur, due for release from jail in October 2022, said he was “pleased with the sale price and RIP ODB”.

The US President plans to announce “next steps” in the effort to get more Americans to get the vaccination, as the country copes with outbreaks of the Delta variant.

The change by the CDC was warranted but “I think we will get blowback because I think people might view it as backtracking,” said a Cornell University public health official.

YouTube is used for news by 33 per cent of 12- to 15-year-olds, up from 30 per cent last year and 27 per cent in 2018.

Often tearful, sometimes profane, the officers called the rioters “terrorists” engaged in an “attempted coup” during a 3-1/2 hour congressional hearing.

As prime minister, Abbott struck the China-Australia free trade deal in 2014 and lauded it as one of his government’s biggest achievements in office.

The Court of Appeal made a U-turn by agreeing to reopen the lawsuit against the mining giant, reviving a case over a dam rupture behind Brazil’s worst environmental disaster.

In his first public comments since the massacre, Robert Aaron Long calmly described how he purchased a firearm and went to the spas earlier this year.

The explosion has been classified as “an extreme threat” and residents have been told to stay inside and keep windows and doors closed.

US Defence Secretary Lloyd Austin said the Western superpower was committed to a constructive relationship with China, but took aim at Beijing’s conduct.

Tong Lim, who has been held without bail for almost a year, pleaded not guilty after he drove a motorcycle into a group of police officers at a protest in 2020.

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Hidilyn Diaz, daughter of a tricycle driver, is a national heroine for winning the Philippines’ first gold medal. Two years ago, she feared for her life.

In the few weeks since the 17-year-old posted the video urging Joe Biden for help, the number of people “liking” his Instagram page exploded to more than 4.2 million.

The long-shot bid to persuade the space agency to change course comes after Elon Musk’s SpaceX was selected in April as the primary contractor to build the moon lander.

The announcements are the “opening of the floodgates” as more government entities and companies impose vaccine mandates..

Appearing at a televised town-hall-style meeting in Ohio last week, President Joe Biden said that emergency clearance for pediatric vaccines would come “soon.”

But one government adviser said public behaviour has changed more “gradually” and “cautiously” than expected post-“Freedom Day”.

Saied called on Tunisians to remain calm and not to respond to any provocations. He also urged people not to take to the streets.

“America has helped Iraq,” said Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi. “Together we fight and defeated” the Islamic State.

Before signing up to another US-led military campaign, Australia would be well served to cast an eye to recent history and the superpower’s less-than-super record.

Chinese officials told their US counterparts they believed America was waging “a whole-of-society campaign” to bring down China during the high-level talks.

Rick Allen died in an avalanche while attempting to scale K2 in northern Pakistan, the world’s second-highest mountain peak.

What was the secret of the prodigious vitality of Winston Churchill, the Herald wondered? Was it the versatility of his mind? Or was it all in the glands?

New rules barring for-profit tutoring in core school subjects have sent shockwaves through an industry that investors had bet billions of dollars on.

From a case study for success against the virus, Taiwan is emerging from more than two months of partial lockdown as a “COVID-zero” cautionary tale.

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The decision follows a bitter dispute across the Tasman over which nation should shoulder responsibility for the woman, who lived in Melbourne for most of her life.

Across India, vigilante groups have created a vast network of local informers who tip off the police to planned interfaith marriages.

George Pell’s Vatican rival Cardinal Angelo Becciu is on trial this week, accused not only of siphoning off money, but of trying to sabotage the investigation.

“I’m not going to kid you and say it’s going to be easy,” General Kenneth McKenzie said. But he wouldn’t rule out strikes if militants launched terrorist attacks.

The death toll from Maharashtra’s monsoonal landslides and floods rose to 127 on Sunday as rescue crews in boats and helicopters tried to reach survivors.

A weekend tweet from Britain’s new health minister backfired as those who lost loved ones to the pandemic objected to suggestions of cowardice.

Angela Merkel and her chief of staff think those who won’t be vaccinated could be barred from restaurants or sporting arenas if infections continue to rise.

The French tyre company’s mode of launching its world-famous restaurant ratings guides in Asia doesn’t come without a healthy portion of cynicism.

The internet-savvy entrepreneur who employs dozens has published more than 600 articles on Facebook that cast doubt on COVID-19 vaccines since the pandemic began.

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The scenes in India echoed disasters around the world caused by deadly floods in recent weeks in China and in Germany and Belgium.

After revealing the death of his church member, Hillsong founder Brian Houston said COVID-19 vaccines are a “personal decision for each individual”.

French anti-riot police fired teargas on Saturday as clashes erupted during protests in central Paris against COVID-19 restrictions and a vaccination campaign.

Poundbury has attracted scathing reviews from the moment construction began but something big is happening here recently.

The choice of the mixed-race national icon for the lighting of the cauldron threw the spotlight on the intersection of three of Japan’s great unspokens – racism, sexism and discrimination.

Fiame Naomi Mataafa revealed the plan a day after the country’s Court of Appeal affirmed her government was legal.

“It isn’t rocket science: if you’re asking people to do something that’s difficult for them, guess what -- they’re not going to do it,” said one specialist in health data.

On the day that Bezos blasted off, the US government quietly tightened its rules, meaning billionaires could miss out on the designation of being commercial astronauts.

The scale and pace of the Taliban advance has provoked alarm among top US military and civilian officials in recent days.