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Wed, 27 Oct 2021 17:53:50 +1100
The tentacles of Hong Kong’s national security laws reach Australia
Restrictions on umbrellas at an Adelaide festival and at a Hong Kong stall in Brisbane has migrants worried about speaking out.

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 16:47:17 +1100
Trump defends his ‘friend’ after criminal charges recommended for Bolsonaro over COVID
The Brazilian President could face charges for a litany of offences including spreading false information claiming vaccinated people in the UK were contracting AIDS faster.

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 15:50:33 +1100
Kamala Harris keeps Biden at arm’s length as his support drops
The frequency of meetings, both private and public, between the US leader and his Vice-President has declined dramatically.

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:47:30 +1100
Aung San Suu Kyi denies first of ‘absurd’ charges
No journalists, diplomats or observers were allowed into the especially built court hearing the ousted leader’s testimony.

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 13:32:23 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 12:59:15 +1100
How Italy fought its way back from COVID chaos
A regional approach has helped Italy get on top of the virus - and may have lessons for Australia.

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 09:12:31 +1100
Potential legal woes for Baldwin grow after shooting tragedy
Experts predict a tremendous legal fallout from the death of Halyna Hutchins, definitely in civil lawsuits and potentially in criminal charges.

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 08:29:52 +1100
In unanimous vote, US panel backs Pfizer vaccine for 5-year-olds
An advisory panel voted unanimously, with one abstention, that the vaccine’s benefits in preventing COVID-19 in the 5-11 year-old age group outweigh any potential risks.

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 07:38:55 +1100
Allied investment: Britain blocks China from nuclear plant stake
New rules on investment are considered a big win for those who had been demanding the government rid Britain’s critical infrastructure of Chinese involvement.

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 06:49:14 +1100
Macho men hotline the latest weapon against domestic violence
The idea of the Calm Line, as it is called, is not just to prevent violence against women, but to address what many experts say is one of its root causes.

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 06:17:08 +1100
White House on defensive over Xinjiang and solar panels
The US has warned businesses about the risks of supply chains and investments in China’s Xinjiang region which supplies much of the world’s solar industry.

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 04:21:31 +1100
Queen will not attend Glasgow climate summit following advice to rest
The 95-year-old monarch has “regretfully” decided that she will no longer travel to Glasgow.

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 03:34:24 +1100
UN warns world set for 2.7-degree rise on today’s emissions pledges
Ahead of crunch climate talks in Glasgow, a United Nations report has delivered a stark warning that current commitments to cut greenhouse gas emissions put the planet on track to dangerous warming.

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 20:38:59 +1100
Australia’s travel lane with Singapore to open on November 8
The link will enable Australians to fly to Singapore and back without quarantining and is expected to also include Singaporean students and business travellers.

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 19:01:30 +1100
Millions in lockdown as Beijing pursues COVID-zero fortress
The sudden restrictions come 100 days out from the start of the Winter Olympics and two weeks before a key Chinese Communist Party meeting in Beijing.

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 18:00:00 +1100
‘Woefully unprepared’: World lacks capacity to end pandemic, warns WHO panel
An oversight panel has set out a blueprint for what countries must do in the next two months to fix this pandemic and cope with the next.

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 17:51:59 +1100
Princess Mako’s wedding pushes world’s oldest monarchy closer to extinction
Mako married her fiance Kei Komuro today with only a press conference for ceremony, exiting the Japanese Imperial family and leaving behind just 12 women and five men.

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 13:55:40 +1100
Boris Johnson hails Scott Morrison’s ‘heroic’ net zero policy
The British Prime Minister singled out political events in Canberra as a sign world leaders were beginning to take climate change seriously. 

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 13:23:04 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 11:17:42 +1100
‘Psychopath’ Saudi ruler plotted to kill king with poison ring: ex-spy
In August 2019, Saad al-Jabri filed a 107-page lawsuit in the United States, alleging that the Crown Prince “dispatched a “hit squad” to kill him in October 2018.

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 07:38:04 +1100
Donald Trump jnr sells T-shirts mocking Alec Baldwin ‘Rust’ set tragedy
Baldwin’s impression of former president Donald Trump on Saturday Night Live long angered the businessman-turned-politician.

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 06:31:57 +1100
Facebook used to trade and sell maids in the Middle East, prompting threat
A facebook investigation found domestic workers frequently complained of being locked in their homes, starved, unpaid, and repeatedly sold.

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 05:57:31 +1100
‘Very clearly a target’: Julian Assange’s fiancée Stella Moris fears CIA will kill her
Stella Moris likened a reported CIA plot to kidnap or kill the WikiLeaks founder to that of Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.

Tue, 26 Oct 2021 03:23:54 +1100
Sudan’s military takes power in coup, arrests Prime Minister
Thousands of people flooded into the streets to protest the coup that threatens the country’s shaky progress toward democracy.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 18:46:40 +1100
‘War room’ at Willard Hotel near White House was Trump team ‘election fraud’ command centre
Activities at the Willard, mapped out in memos and pursued by a team of presidential advisers and lawyers, add to a picture of an effort to pull off a second Trump term.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 17:21:15 +1100
Military force arrests Sudanese PM, ministers in apparent coup
Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok has been put under house arrest after an unidentified military force besieged his house.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 15:30:45 +1100
Baldwin pointed gun at camera, affidavit says, as filmmakers back gun ban after Halyna Hutchins killed
Alec Baldwin was pointing a revolver at a camera during rehearsal when the weapon fired and struck the cinematographer in the chest, according to documents just released.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 13:21:14 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 12:59:17 +1100
Cambodia confronts The Met with spreadsheet of ‘looted antiquities’
The country says dozens of “highly significant” items were plundered from Khmer shrines between 1970 and 2000 before being donated or sold to the New York museum.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 11:57:34 +1100
Reopened England’s new COVID wave expected to crash soon
New modelling shows the rising numbers of cases of the last month will soon be reversed, even without the reintroduction of restrictions.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 08:52:58 +1100
From the Archives, 1953: Queen Elizabeth is crowned
On June 2, 1953, large crowds flocked to London to see Queen Elizabeth crowned in Westminster Abbey. At the moment of the crowning, the crowd outside the Abbey rose in a great body. Hats came off, heads were bowed. Then down came the rain.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 07:35:11 +1100
‘Degrading’: French police under fire for crude treatment of rape victims
The hashtag #doublepaine (double sentenced) was launched after a 19-year-old reporting a rape was asked by police in graphic terms if she experienced pleasure.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 07:04:11 +1100
Cocaine succession fears after capture of ‘world’s most wanted’ drug lord
Analysts suspect that Colombian trafficker Dairo Usuga, known as Otoniel, will soon be replaced by “another drug lord who may be much worse”.

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 05:54:08 +1100
Florida’s top doctor refuses to wear a mask, back vaccines
Florida state Senator Tina Polsky told governor Ron DeSantis’ pick for Surgeon General that she had serious health issues, but Joseph Lapado would not mask up.

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 17:43:39 +1100
Italian ex-minister slams decision to call Richard Gere as witness to kidnapping trial
Right-wing politician Matteo Salvini has been charged with kidnapping over an incident in 2019 when he was interior minister.

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 17:07:05 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 16:57:20 +1100
‘Remarkably good at her job’: Why the Queen is already back at work after hospital stay
She may be 95 years old, but the Queen holds fast to the concept that a monarch must be seen to be believed.

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 16:46:31 +1100
‘Needle spiking’ of women in Britain stirs alarm over new kind of assault
A number of police forces in England are investigating reports of women unknowingly being injected with syringes at crowded night spots.

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 13:29:32 +1100
Top oil exporter Saudi Arabia pledges net-zero emissions by 2060
The announcement from the major fossil fuel producer was timed to make a splash before the start of the global COP26 climate conference being held in Glasgow, Scotland.

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 12:48:56 +1100
Britain reports most weekly COVID-19 cases since ‘freedom day’
Soaring COVID-19 cases are causing worries in Britain, and have led to a tightening of restrictions across many nations in Europe.

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 11:40:13 +1100
Turkey risks deep rift with West as Erdogan orders removal of 10 ambassadors
Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says he has told his foreign ministry to expel the ambassadors of the United States, NZ and other Western countries for demanding the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala.

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 10:23:20 +1100
Two set workers handled gun before Alec Baldwin pulled trigger in fatal shooting
The husband of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has also spoken out after she was shot to death on the New Mexico set of a Western movie featuring Alec Baldwin in an incident that has stirred debate about gun safety in films.

Sun, 24 Oct 2021 05:00:00 +1100
How Japan hit the sweet spot to crush the latest wave of COVID
It took an Olympics without spectators, four states of emergency, and the resignation of a prime minister, but after four months, Japan has crushed its sharpest coronavirus wave.

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 17:29:35 +1100
‘We’ve been in limbo’: Singapore students at front of queue for Australia
Tens of thousands of international students have been stranded outside Australia but a deal struck with Scott Morrison by Singapore’s leader has given some new hope.

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 13:35:44 +1100
Biden sparks confusion with ‘potentially dangerous’ Taiwan gaffe
The answer Biden gave to a question at a public forum forced the White House to quickly clarify that the administration was not announcing any changes to its existing policy on Taiwan.

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 12:48:38 +1100
Pablo Escobar’s ‘cocaine’ hippos legally accepted as people in US court
After the drug lord was killed in 1993, his giraffes, zebras and flamingos were sent off to zoos, but four giant hippos were allowed to remain in a pond.

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 12:18:31 +1100
Skewed money exchange means aid donors help finance Syrian regime: report
The currency manipulation deprives impoverished Syrians of much-needed funds and allows Bashar al-Assad to circumvent sanctions for atrocities enforced by Western countries.

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 11:47:19 +1100
‘Focus on the good’: Fresh whistleblower claims Facebook let hate, criminal activity to go unchecked
Though Facebook has been remarkably successful since going public in 2012, the new filings argue investors face serious downside risks they cannot understand.

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 11:37:12 +1100
Baldwin didn’t know weapon contained live round: court documents
Actor Alec Baldwin was handed a loaded weapon allegedly by an assistant director who indicated it was safe to use in the moments before a cinematographer was fatally shot, court records show.

Sat, 23 Oct 2021 11:13:07 +1100
Cambodia 30 years on: time for Australia to act again
There are no fig-leaves left - Cambodia cannot now be described as anything other than a dictatorship. Australia must raise its voice for democracy there.



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