The latest statistical yearbook puts the number of children born between 2000 and 2010 at 172.5 million, well above the 2010 census count.

France is courting Indonesia and has pointedly omitted Australia from its strategy as anger continues to simmer over the cancelled $90b submarines contract.

On a 42-degree day at Melbourne Park, and in front of the world’s most powerful political organisation, Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai has shown breathtaking courage.

The durability of T-cells from the Oxford University jab could be keeping older people safer than those on the European continent.

White nationalist leader Richard Spencer vowed to appeal the verdict over the Charlottesville rally, saying its “entire theory is fundamentally flawed”.

A Boston Globe survey identified at least 139 incidents in which vehicles rammed into crowds of demonstrators since George Floyd’s death in May 2020.

Brian Laundrie had been the subject of a manhunt as investigators searched for clues in the slaying of his girlfriend during their cross-country van trip together.

Auction house Christie’s had estimated the value of the manuscript at between €2 million and €3 million. 

President Joe Biden has ordered 50 million barrels of oil released from America’s strategic reserve to help bring down energy costs.

Newly released records provide the most detailed look yet at the last days of the disgraced financier, and show mistake after mistake made by jail and bureau officials.

Chun, who seized power in a 1979 coup and brutally crushed pro-democracy protests before going to prison for misdeeds while in office, died at his home in Seoul.

Television footage showed the bus charred and gutted by fire in the middle of the highway, which was wet from rain.

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Even as case rises in neighbouring countries have sparked new lockdowns, the Macron government has relied on its 70 per cent full vaccination rate for protection.

The mass vaccination of children could make a real difference to preventing the future spread of the coronavirus, medical researchers say.

Arbitrators found the actor violated his contract’s demands for professional behaviour by “engaging certain conduct in connection with several crew members”.

The royals are up in arms about a new BBC documentary, but it should be remembered they would rather nothing negative ever appeared in the media about them.

Meanwhile, German Chancellor Angela Merkel reached out to Belarusian opposition leader in exile Svetlana Tikhanouskaya in support of free elections.

Downing Street condemned the targeting of the 56-year-old, while Police Scotland confirmed it was investigating the protest.

The driver was arrested after at least five people died and more than 40 others were injured when a vehicle ploughed through a Christmas parade in the US.

A series featured several rioters who floated an unfounded conspiracy theory that the federal government facilitated the storming of the US Capitol to entrap supporters of Donald Trump. 

If President Biden announces a diplomatic boycott of the Games, other nations will follow.

Federal prosecutors had asked the judge to restrict the psychologist’s testimony, calling some of her opinions “unreliable”.

The appearance of Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai in a series of orchestrated videos after she was missing for more than two weeks has been described as “disturbing on another level” by human rights advocates.

In one video posted on social media, a red sport utility vehicle appeared to speed toward holiday parade marchers.

Prabowo Subianto has revealed a pragmatism about Australia’s submarine ambitions, saying he understands countries “will do whatever they can to protect themselves”.

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A number of demonstrators carried rifles as they traced the route Kyle Rittenhouse took last year when he shot and killed two people during protests over police brutality.

Indonesia’s plastic waste plight has been called one of the greatest environmental challenges of our time, but in a corner of West Papua, an Australian couple is out to make a difference.

The Queen spent a night in hospital for the first time in years last month for what the palace called “preliminary investigations” into an unspecified ailment.

The marchers oppose the government’s strong advice to get vaccinated and any possible moves to impose mandatory shots.

Cellphone video from the scene showed some of the roughly 80 masked people streaming out of the store, carrying bags and boxes, jumping into the cars and fleeing the scene. 

The disbarred lawyer is working on a second book after his first sold a million copies, he has a popular podcast, and is fielding offers for public appearances.

Khashoggi’s stunning killing in 2018 was carried out by members of a team of 15 Saudi government agents who worked for Saudi’s crown prince.

The former Wimbledon doubles champion had not been seen in public since she said on Chinese social media on November 2 that former vice-premier Zhang Gaoli had coerced her into sex.

Well-funded and well-organised, India’s largely Sikh farmers have managed to strike a blow against the powerful Prime Minister and hold on to their middle-class way of life.

The blazes burnt hot enough and high enough to kill thousands of giant sequoias – trees once considered nearly fire-proof.

With infections spiking again despite nearly two years of restrictions, the health crisis increasingly is pitting citizen against citizen.

A ‘co-conspirator’ is likely to testify against Ghislaine Maxwell, who claims she is the scapegoat for Jeffrey Epstein’s crimes.

Tennis greats Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal have joined the chorus of concern for the wellbeing the former doubles world number one.

In 2011, the international community agreed poorer countries should have access to life-saving vaccines, but it didn’t apply to coronaviruses.

America’s right-wing factions have found the perfect avatar for their racial and political grievances in Kyle Rittenhouse. Others are ready to disagree.

The Kalos are Yazidis, a religious minority brutalised by Islamic State. They left a squalid camp in Iraq hoping to get to Germany. They vow to try again.

Now the editor of a state-own newspaper, claims the Chinese tennis player has been staying in her own home “freely” and will make a public appearance “soon”.

But a few hours later, protesters have begun assembling in several US cities including Portland where violence led police to declare the protest a riot.

Riots broke out in The Netherlands at a demonstration against restricted access for the unvaccinated, while in Austria COVID-19 vaccines will be mandatory.

President Jair Bolsonaro and his environment minister knew the Amazon region’s annual deforestation rate was the worst in 15 years, cabinet ministers said.

Kimberley Kitching was singled out for praise for her work in Australia at a global human rights awards in London.

Campaigners hailed the decision as “groundbreaking” and predicted it could spell the end of boiling crustaceans alive around the world.

Kamala Harris became the first woman to hold the presidential reins in US history when Joe Biden was placed under anaesthesia as part of a “routine” procedure for his annual medical.