Australian Brenton Tarrant, currently serving a life sentence for killing 51 people, has told his lawyer his guilty pleas were obtained under duress.

Moviegoers in Thailand are shunning a decades-old tradition that paid respect to the king at cinema screenings.

Hospitals in India are once again overwhelmed. The disease has changed — dengue, not coronavirus — but the dysfunction remains the same.

As world leaders address a global climate summit in Britain, drought has descended yet again in northern Kenya, the latest in a series of climate shocks rippling through the Horn of Africa.

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Cornell, Columbia and Brown universities had alerted students to threats but deemed campuses safe a few hours later.

The Biden administration fears backlash over any pledge to phase out fuel-guzzlers as the President struggles to get his climate bill through Congress.

The much-loved Sesame Street character’s vaccination status has evoked an angry response from a number of US politicians and pundits, including prominent Republican Ted Cruz.

Drought has descended in northern Kenya

Twenty-five people were transported to the hospital, Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner said, and 13 are still hospitalised after the Travis Scott concert turned deadly.

The document addressed to obstetricians comes in reaction to the hospital death of a 30-year-old mother whose 22-week pregnancy had medical problems.

The US “stands firmly with the government and people of Iraq as they strive to uphold Iraq’s sovereignty and independence,” US President Joe Biden said.

The document under discussion could ultimately require Australia to submit new emission reductions goals next year.

Taiwan’s representative at Glasgow says that with a firm commitment Australia could yet play a leading role in the Asia Pacific region.

Andrew Liveris says neutralising emissions by 2050 will require political consensus to endorse carbon pricing.

Eight people were tragically killed at the rapper’s show in Houston, but it is not the first time authorities have investigated his rebellious show.

Fragile peace risks being shattered as Prime Minister Albin Kurti claims Russia is encouraging Belgrade to be aggressive.

Seven security guards of Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi were injured in the unmanned attack in Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone area.

Archaeologists at Pompeii have unearthed 2000-year-old extendable beds likened to Ikea furniture for the ancient world.

The stampede occurred as hundreds of people rushed to get through the gates to see the rap star perform at his Astroworld music festival in Texas.

The tanker burst into flames at a busy intersection after colliding with a truck, turning the night sky orange, photos and video show.

Hours of shocking vision captured by undercover investigators for an animal rights group put fresh scrutiny onto the trade of Australian live cattle.

Alexandre Benalla who caused a scandal that put a dint on the French President’s early popularity has been sentenced by a court in Paris.

Despite the struggle to get here, a no vote by some in his own team, and a delay on his other bill, the approval is a big win for the US President.

A remote Siberian town has embraced nuclear heating as one potential solution to climate change. Worried at first, its residents have now embraced it.

Benny and Björn say the UK doesn’t take the competition seriously - but give them a top act and they’ll change that.

The man had fallen from an upper floor at the Russian embassy in Berlin last month.

The heir to the British throne is expected to acknowledge the end of an era for the monarchy while emphasising “Little England’s” continued Commonwealth links.

The funeral on a sunny and chilly day drew dignitaries and friends from across a wide political and military spectrum.

China, for so long a beacon of strong pandemic management, is suddenly looking vulnerable. Consumers are hoarding vegetables and toilet paper.

A prosecutor told the jury that three white men on trial for the killing of Ahmaud Arbery wrongly assumed the worst about the black man when he jogged through their neighbourhood.

The results for Pfizer’s antiviral pill appear to surpass those seen with Merck & Co Inc’s pill molnupiravir.

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Australia’s neighbour has a bold new coal goal with a significant caveat. It will cost a bomb and Indonesia can’t afford to pay for it.

The WHO says 500,000 more people could die of COVID-19 in Europe in the next three months.

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In sentencing, the New Zealand High Court judge considered the pressure the mother was under and the pain she suffered.

Sound judgement, prudent decision-making and adherence to required procedures, “could have prevented the incident”, the US Navy said.

The hotly anticipated rule is one of the White House’s most strenuous attempts to increase vaccination rates. It’s already being fought by Republicans.

In the weeks since its discovery on August 30, the potato has become something of a celebrity near Hamilton.

Governments have made pledges on deforestation, methane, net-zero emissions goal, and financing.

OECD chief calls for the phase-out, as the COP26 climate summit shifts focus on how to eliminate coal.

Igor Danchenko is the third person to face charges in special counsel John Durham’s probe into the origins of the Russia investigation.

“It is with a sad face that I have to tell you ... that my prostate biopsy’s came back with an aggressive cancer,” Joe Exotic said.

The drug has been closely watched since data last month showed it could halve the chances of dying or being hospitalised for those most at risk of developing severe COVID-19 when given early in the illness.

The lawyers for the two white men accused of shooting down an unarmed black jogger only allowed one black juror to be seated.

During last year’s festival of lights, pollution emissions from the firecrackers alone contributed to the Indian capital recording its worst air quality in years.

“There are many parallels between COVID conspiracies around Bill Gates and theories about witches in the past,” said one researcher.

The agreement would attempt to build consensus between wealthier and poorer nations around overseas financial support to stop backing fossil fuel projects.

In North America, all three countries reported drops in weekly cases and deaths, and there has been a notable decline in hospitalisations in the US and Canada.