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Thu, 28 Oct 2021 19:14:20 +1100
Relief as new Delta cases down nearly 60 per cent in US
The seven-day national average has plummeted since the latest wave’s peak in September.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 18:12:11 +1100
World Bank halts cash to Sudan in blow to coup leaders
After isolation from the international financing system during the three decades of Bashir’s rule, Sudan had gained access to $2.6 billion in financing.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 15:44:58 +1100
Payne labels censorship ‘unacceptable’ as Australian festival comes under fire
The government funding for the OzAsia Festival is at risk over claims of political interference in a Hong Kong performance.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:49:05 +1100
NZ eases quarantine but won’t welcome tourists yet
The Ardern government has changed COVID requirements to allow more New Zealanders abroad to come home.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 14:03:56 +1100
‘It has all of our attention’: Pentagon confirms Chinese hypersonic weapon test
It comes as President Joe Biden vowed to stand with Taiwan and ASEAN nations against China’s “coercive” actions.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 12:43:51 +1100
Unwell Julian Assange briefly attends court as US presses for extradition
US authorities told British judges that if they agreed to extradite the WikiLeaks founder on espionage charges, he could serve any US prison sentence he received in Australia.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 11:59:05 +1100
Inexpensive anti-depressants could treat early stage COVID-19
The outcome of study on the pills’ effects were so strong that independent experts recommended stopping the study early because the results were clear.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 07:45:22 +1100
‘I want you gone’: Fox News host flooded with hate mail after encouraging vaccination
Fox News host and cancer survivor Neil Cavuto shared angry messages he received from viewers after testing positive for COVID-19 last week.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 07:13:37 +1100
‘Not a solution’: On eve of COP26, India rejects net zero carbon emissions target
India, the world’s third-biggest emitter of greenhouse gases after China and the US, is under pressure to announce plans to become carbon-neutral by mid-century.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 06:26:29 +1100
India’s top court probes spying charges against Narendra Modi’s government
The government in an affidavit has not told the court whether it used the Israeli equipment for spying, citing security reasons.

Thu, 28 Oct 2021 04:44:35 +1100
Sheriff says Alec Baldwin’s gun shot live lead round on New Mexico set
Authorities say they have not ruled out the possibility of laying charges over the shooting last week that killed cinematographer Halyna Hutchins during a rehearsal.

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 22:41:22 +1100
Sudan coup critics arrested, families say, as pressure mounts on military
Sudanese security forces detained three prominent pro-democracy figures, according to their relatives and other activists on Wednesday, as internal and international pressure mounted on the country’s military to walk back its coup.

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 22:24:19 +1100
Duchess of Sussex was target of organised hate campaign on Twitter, report says
Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, has said that she was the “most trolled person” in the world. A report seems to vindicate her claim.

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 17:53:50 +1100
The tentacles of Hong Kong’s national security laws reach Australia
Inside the Lucky Dumpling Market on the Moon Lantern Trail in Adelaide, Janet Leung wanted to put up some umbrellas. That’s when the trouble started.

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.



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