In interviews with former US officials, the journalists say eight offered details about the potential plot to assassinate Assange.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reported to be mulling calling in the army to deliver supplies to petrol stations.

As Joe Biden was negotiating a new submarine partnership with Scott Morrison, the US was secretly working on another deal.

The Governor’s plan would allow her to declare a state of emergency to replace the healthcare workers as tens of thousands face losing their jobs for failing to get the COVID vaccine.

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Lines of mourners paid their respects to the 22-year-old whose death has sparked a manhunt for her boyfriend.

Police reported at least 50 fights and disturbances during the night. Norwegian venues did not require vaccination certificates nor negative test results.

Switzerland’s referendum brings the Alpine nation in line with most other Western European nations.

The Opposition Leader celebrated his victory over the hard left while former party leader Jeremy Corbyn spoke from a fire truck parked outside the conference.

The Social Democrats are in pole position to form a coalition government after the outgoing Chancellor’s party recorded its worst election result since 1949.

Female spies should be seductive and James Bond shouldn’t be remade to be sensitive, says the daughter of the Russian double agent who originally inspired Ian Fleming.

Critics of the pact disregard the many relationships outside the Anglosphere we are deepening and enriching.

TV legend Andrew Neil has come out swinging against his former employer GB News and Angelos Frangopoulos, who used to run Sky News Australia.

Sunday’s violence was the deadliest between Israeli troops and Palestinian militants in the occupied West Bank in recent weeks.

Rubbish-seeking boars are over-running the streets of Rome and residents have had enough.

Despite polls suggesting it would struggle to hold power, the coalition government of Prime Minister Katrin Jakobsdottir comfortably won a second term.

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Video of a Thai suspect being suffocated with a plastic bag by an officer known as “Joe Ferrari” shines the spotlight on a culture of corruption within the force.

As Germans vote for a new leader on Sunday, the Alternative for Germany party is campaigning on a platform protesting against lockdown restrictions.

An anti-corruption school in Aceh is trying to change the world’s third-largest democracy one student at a time.

The medical journal has been heavily criticised over its ‘dehumanising’ and ‘sexist’ phrase to describe women.

Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou arrived in China on Saturday after more than 1,000 days under house arrest in Canada following a deal with US prosecutors to end a fraud case against her.

The Taliban hanged a dead body from a crane in the main square of Herat city in western Afghanistan, a witness said on Saturday, in a gruesome display that signalled a return to some of the Taliban’s methods of the past.

Dusting off the old swimming cap, togs and goggles for that first dive into a Sydney swimming pool will be a much-needed chance to cure the "lockdown longueur" many have suffered after nearly 14 weeks of staying at home.

As energy rationing looms in a nation powered by hydro-electricity, businesses lobby for an extra hour of evening sunlight before lights come on.

Singapore’s latest move to combat COVID-19 appears to shift away from the country’s stated transition toward living with the virus.

An employee of the security firm that monitored the singer has revealed in a new documentary that all her texts, messages and calls were sent to her father.

The leaders deliberately avoided mentioning China by name, but countering the rising superpower dominated every aspect of the summit.

No Australian prime minister in recent history - and perhaps ever - has packed so many important meetings into one trip.

Shortly after Meng Wanzhou flew from Vancouver after years of house arrest, Canadian PM Justin Trudeau announced that two Canadians jailed in China were freed.

Morrison says he spoke to the leaders of India and Japan about the new submarine deal before it was revealed - after admitting Macron learned about it by text.

The New York City Office of Chief Medical Examiner confirmed the Emmy-nominated actor had taken fentanyl-laced heroin and cocaine before he died.

Climate action is one of the biggest issues in the German election this weekend, as green protests around the world demanded action now.

How will the nation recover from Angela Merkel’s political dominance?

A veteran TV news executive says CNN anchor Chris Cuomo, the brother of former New York governor Andrew Cuomo, sexually harassed her by squeezing her buttocks at a party in 2005.

China accounts for the majority of the global production of the minerals used in crucial technologies - from smartphones and cars to cruise missiles.

“No one is safe unless we are all safe,” was the common refrain.

The advisers said boosters should be offered to people 65 and older, nursing home residents and those aged 50 to 64 who have risky underlying health problems.

In life, Gabby Petito sought fame. In death, she’s become a consumable brand.

If Australia did - as Paris claims - stab France in the back, nowhere is the pain felt more acutely than in Cherbourg.

Some of China’s most impressive tourist attractions capitalise on the fear factor.

The wrapping of the Arc de Triomphe is a fitting tribute to the artists who first dreamt of the project in 1961 but concluded the idea was probably too bold.

A parliamentarian and three activists were told to avoid countries with China extradition treaties after they were named in a Hong Kong trial.

French President Emmanuel Macron aims to become the next putative leader of Europe. But Italy’s savvy Premier Mario Draghi might be the man for the job.

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The leaders of the United States, Australia, India and Japan are meeting in Washington in person for the first time on Saturday AEST. Here is what they want.

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The House committee wants to know why Bannon told members of congress the day before the riots: “all hell is going to break loose tomorrow.”

People may be permitted to video punishments as a deterrent to others, says Taliban hardliner Mullah Nooruddin Turabi.

When the villagers left the Shengsi Islands in the early 1990s, China’s property market was at the start of a boom that would last until this year.