President Xi Jinping is isolated from world leaders just as his country - still pursuing COVID-zero - is from the world.

Health authorities allowed the Vuse tobacco flavoured pods produced by British American Tobacco, saying they can reduce smokers’ exposure to harmful chemicals.

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The government’s new position on royal succession and gay marriage comes ahead of Princess Amalia’s 18th birthday in December.

What most needs doing in the hunt for COVID-19’s origins is something that the new advisory group will be powerless to get: evidence from China.

People should win the prize for science, the head of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said, “because they made the most important discovery”.

Here’s a quick guide to some of the key terms ahead of the United Nations’ climate crisis summit in Glasgow next month.

Bereaved families reacted to the report with outrage, furious that the people who died of COVID-19 received scant mention in the 150-page document

The influencer had been on a cross-country trip with her boyfriend, when she was reported missing on September 11 by her parents, in a case that has drawn attention.

Only 10 years ago diesel cars accounted for 75 per cent of new sales in Norway. Today they make up just 2.3 per cent.

Older adults without heart disease shouldn’t take daily low-dose aspirin to prevent a first heart attack or stroke, an influential US health guidelines group said.

Chinese government-controlled media has threatened Australia with further trade strikes after former prime minister Tony Abbott accused Beijing of bullying Taiwan.

France wants to be a leader in green hydrogen by 2030 and build new, smaller nuclear reactors as part of a road map aimed at decarbonising the country’s industry, President Emmanuel Macron said.

The North Korean leader used a rare exhibition of weapons systems as a backdrop for his effort to drive a wedge between Washington and Seoul.

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A bat-filled cave complex close to wildlife farms is under scrutiny in China’s Hubei province.

Vladimir Chishov, the Kremlin’s ambassador to the EU, earlier suggested Europe could have more gas if it stopped treating Russia as “an adversary”.

“The segregation of toys by a social construct of what is appropriate for which gender is the antithesis of modern thinking,” one of the law’s sponsors wrote.

Earlier Enrico Michetti said Rome’s citizens should revive the stiff-armed Roman salute because that way they could greet each other without the risk of touching and spreading COVID-19.

Observational data on Sinopharm and Sinovac shots “clearly showed that in older age groups ... the vaccine performs less well after two doses”, the health body said.

None of the National Earthquake Information Centre’s stations had found any evidence of an earthquake in the region during the past seven days.

Beijing regarded Australia as something of a nuisance, but it is becoming a leader among nations coalescing against China’s threats.

Researchers estimate the facility, which dates back some 1500 years, could produce about 2 million litres of wine a year.

British police have announced they will not take any action against Prince Andrew after a review prompted by a Jeffrey Epstein accuser who claims that he sexually assaulted her.

The future king said it would be a “disaster” if next month’s COP26 summit collapsed, and appeared taken aback when told Morrison still did not know whether he would go.

The prize is the last awarded of this year’s crop.

The findings are a boost to the British drug maker’s efforts to develop coronavirus medicines beyond vaccines.

The blaxe is the latest blow to a nation grappling with a deep economic crisis and crippling fuel and power shortages.

Health care workers must be fully vaccinated by December and teachers and education workers by the start of 2022.

As rival city Singapore opens up for business and tourism, China has demanded that Hong Kong hold the line on COVID infections.

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Using electric motors and the wheels of an old military transport vehicle, the Bosnian home can turn a full circle in 22 seconds.

The Queen and other senior royals will use their popularity around the world to convince key nations that Britain is serious about talks, experts say.

A US Navy nuclear engineer and his wife have been charged with trying to pass secrets about US nuclear submarines to a foreign country.

The push came after anti-vaccine protesters, incited by extreme-right leaders, stormed an office building in Rome.

The health scare happened as parties attempted to negotiate a new government after populist billionaire Andrej Babis narrowly lost the Czech Republic’s election.

The pollster who advised George W. Bush to refer to global warming as climate change also said he wants to come to Australia to fix the climate debate as a way of making up for questioning the science.

Malaysia has been under lockdown or heavy movement restrictions for five months, suffering an infection and death rate that on a per capita basis has exceeded Indonesia.

Chinese President Xi Jinping had a day earlier said his nation sought a “peaceful reunification” with Taiwan.

Moderna, whose coronavirus vaccine is among the best defences against COVID-19, has been keeping poorer countries waiting and earning billions in profit.

Take it from someone who has been enjoying freedoms for months now: life snaps back quite rapidly.

The German authorities say they have the evidence to charge convicted sex offender Christian Brueckner.

On Taiwan’s 110th birthday, let’s celebrate the reality of its sovereignty.

The Bolshoi, one of Russia’s most prestigious theatres, said the incident occurred during a set change.

The resignation was designed to save his coalition government after he was placed under investigation on suspicion of corruption.

Russian authorities said on Saturday 29 people had died from alcohol poisoning this week in a region near Kazakhstan after consuming locally-produced spirits that contained methanol.

A top British government official is backing a phone company’s proposal for a new tracking service to help protect women walking alone, an idea pitched amid ongoing outrage over the slayings of two young women who were targeted near their homes in ...

Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong has moved to ease anxiety and confusion in the city-state, maintaining it is still on track to “live with COVID” despite its troubles opening up.

Indonesian Tourism Minister Sandiaga Uno hopes to have Australian travellers returning to a re-branded holiday island by the end of the year.

A vocal and influential group of chiropractors has been capitalising on the pandemic by sowing fear and mistrust of vaccines.