Reported measles cases fell by more than 80 per cent last year compared with 2019, but many children missed their vaccine doses leaves them vulnerable.

Beneficial oxygen levels have increased and toxic phosphorus levels have declined, helping the river to recover from its 1950s doomed state.

Asia’s largest billion-dollar gallery opens in the middle of a political storm over censorship in Hong Kong.

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As prices soar for gasoline and other goods across America, the prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House in 2024 grows more plausible each day. 

While Biden and Xi have berated each other on the world stage, their climate envoys have been working behind the scenes towards common goals.

The two met at the Elysee presidential palace, as part of a weeks-long effort by Washington to mend relations with France, America’s oldest ally.

John Kerry called the joint declaration a “road map for our present and future collaboration” on climate change.

There is a strong expectation that the language that would pressure the Morrison government to embrace tighter emissions goals will be softened or removed.

Kyle Rittenhouse broke down in tears on the witness stand at his murder trial as he described how he was being pursued by the first man he shot and killed during a night of turbulent protests in Kenosha.

The grandfather of the six-year-old boy is wanted on kidnapping charges after allegedly taking the boy back to Israel when his parents and brother all died in the cable car disaster in Italy.

Meghan told a former senior aide that a handwritten letter she wrote to her father might be leaked to the press, hence her being “meticulous” with her wording.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “We need to pull out all the stops if we’re going to keep 1.5C within our grasp”.

Less than 48 hours after saying it would suspend joint maritime patrols, Jakarta is planning to resume them.

Europe wants to be the world’s first carbon-neutral continent by 2050. Lufthansa says passengers may have to help foot the bill.

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The Twitter boss has not directly responded to Prince Harry, but has since posted a screenshot of his full inbox notification.

The campaigner has married Asser Malik, general manager of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s High-Performance Centre, in a small private ceremony in Birmingham.

The announcement by French President Emmanuel Macron will revive debate over the role of nuclear technology in combating climate change.

Belarus has been accused of sending primarily Middle Eastern refugees to the EU’s border in an attempt to destabilise the bloc in retaliation for sanctions.

One ethics expert said that the Republican’s threatening behaviour could violate both House ethics rules and federal criminal statutes.

The congresswoman arrived at the COP26 summit to support American efforts to reclaim leadership after a four-year absence under former president Donald Trump. 

Two couples gave birth to each other’s babies after a mix-up at a US fertility clinic.

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Authorities have issued a please explain on the eve of Foreign Minister Marise Payne’s visit to Jakarta.

Nagaenthran Dharmalingam was due to be hanged on Wednesday morning and become the first prisoner executed in Singapore since 2019.

As the number of billionaires grows and COVID-19 added incentives for avoiding crowds, the global luxury boat industry is rebounding fast.

In the three months since the Taliban took over, the number of children with nothing to eat has increased.

Until now, the government has footed the bill for citizens, permanent residents or holders of a long-term work visa who become sick.

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Many people who joined the protest said they were not against vaccination but against the government mandates.

Later that night, a high-energy scene turned deadly when the crowd surged towards the stage as Scott performed.

The Belfast-born singer opposes restrictions to curb the spread of the virus, and has released several songs criticising lockdowns.

Evan Neumann “asked uncomfortable questions” following the 2020 US elections, then “lost almost everything and is being persecuted” by the US government.

The REvil ransomware gang was behind the ransomware attacks on meat processor JBS in Australia in May.

Democrat disunity almost scuttled Joe Biden’s $US1.2 trillion lifeline for Americans.

The images show the outlines of a US aircraft carrier and at least one destroyer sitting on a railway track in China’s north-western desert.

The Malaysian man was to become the first prisoner executed in Singapore in two years, but his lawyers believed he should be spared because of an intellectual impairment and mental illness.

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.