England’s chief medical officer says Omicron was spreading at a “phenomenal pace” and that “substantial numbers” of people will need hospital treatment in the coming weeks.

In a 2½-hour televised wide-raging interview, Macron said the Australian government behaved badly when it pulled out of the contract to buy the vessels from France.

In October last year, Kim Jong-un apologised. The millennial dictator had to find a way to connect with his starving people.

As a member of one of America’s most storied political dynasties, JFK’s daughter should bring gravitas and glamour to the role of US ambassador.

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Vladimir Putin facing threats if his forces attack Ukraine, heard Xi Jinping propose they cooperate to “more effectively safeguard the security interests of both parties”.

The announcement of the Tasmania-born princess comes as Denmark reported its largest number of new COVID-19 infections since the start of the pandemic.

Speaking to foreign journalists in London on Thursday AEDT, Alok Sharma said Australia would have to meet the promises it made in November.

Some children, emboldened by the bishop’s preaching, spoke up with the power of revelation: “I always knew it, that my dad was Santa Claus,” one child announced.

The plot to kill Michael Kretschmer is the latest in a series of incidents that underscore the anger of some Germans over restrictions on the unvaccinated.

Infections are at a record high but the Prime Minister did not announce any new restrictions, saying he wanted to stick by his Christmas promise.

The federal charges included two counts alleging that Chauvin deprived Floyd of his rights by kneeling on his neck as he was handcuffed and not resisting, and then failing to provide medical care.

Robert F. Kennedy jnr has used his star power as a member of one of America’s most famous families to open doors, raise money and make his anti-vaccine group thrive.

Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorneys will likely focus on portraying her accusers as untrustworthy at her sex abuse trial.

A two-dose Pfizer vaccination appears to provide just 33 per cent protection against infection during South Africa’s current Omicron wave.

The Duke’s latest 11-page legal memorandum describes Virginia Giuffre’s civil claim against him as “ambiguous at best and unintelligible at worst”.

“He has to lead now. It has gone too far and gotten out of hand,” the president’s son texted. Three Fox News hosts also asked for Trump to tell rioters to go home.

In a country beset by war, and divided by rebels and by a Saudi-backed government “The joy was for all, even those who are fighting each other”.

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Authors of a new report card on the state of the top of the world say it is “hugely surprising” to see things changing so fast.

Some 99 Conservatives opposed plans for the COVID passes, a much higher number of rebels than was expected.

Barry Sherman, who founded generic drugmaker Apotex, and his wife, Honey, were found dead in their Toronto mansion on December 15, 2017.

Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya vowed to continue her campaign against authoritarian ruler Alexander Lukashenko after a court in the country jailed her husband for 18 years.

The World Meteorological Organisation said the temperature “more befitting the Mediterranean than the Arctic” was registered on June 20, 2020, during a heat wave that swept across Siberia.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the delays in getting ambassadors to their posts were a ‘huge problem’ that was hampering efforts to tackle foreign policy challenges.

Amir Khan Muttaqi says the Taliban government wants good relations with all countries and has no issue with the US, and he’d like $US10m released.

Australian parents accuse the Japanese government of causing them “untold pain and suffering” but the ambassador to Australia says they’re merely confused.

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Under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has a Hindu nationalist base, the national government has taken steps in recent years to promote the religion and to sideline Muslims and other groups.

Dunn’s supporters hailed the breakthrough and said it was the first time the US had allowed one of its diplomats to face justice abroad.

The statue of the first grand wizard of the Ku Klux Klan was ordered taken down by the executor of the estate of the man who erected it.

Bob Innes, who set up the website in 2005, said: “I thought nobody can be that stupid, and boy have I been proven wrong.”

Nassar, who had been the main doctor for Olympic gymnasts, was sentenced in federal court on charges of molesting female gymnasts under his care and possessing child sex abuse material.

Norway is setting record highs both in terms of new COVID-19 infections and hospitalisations, partly due to the spread of the Omicron variant of the virus.

It would be entirely consistent for Beijing to use its monopoly control of the digital yuan as another layer in its “techno authoritarianism” for use at home and abroad.

The Tesla CEO was named Time magazine’s “Person of the Year” for 2021, a year that saw his electric car company become the most valuable carmaker in the world.

Jimmy Lai, the founder of the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, has already been jailed for taking part in pro-democracy protests.

The video used during a presentation by Taiwanese Digital Minister Audrey Tang caused an immediate flurry of emails among US officials.

Positive cases to be followed along the streets, their contacts and mask-wearing habits recorded, in new program going live in January despite privacy concerns.

Beyond the laughs, analysts see an effort to improve the image of a leader in need of support in a country struggling through a years-long crisis.

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US prosecutors have presented a succession of women making powerful accusations against Ghislaine Maxwell, but one large elephant remains in the room.

The plane is based on a design of a Two-Stage Vehicle X-plane by Ming Han Tang, the Chinese-born chief engineer of NASA’s early hypersonic program in the late 1990s. 

In a televised statement, PM Boris Johnson said British adults would be offered a third shot of vaccine by the end of this month in response to the Omicron “emergency”.

At least 100 people were believed to have been killed in Kentucky alone after the tornadoes tore through the US Midwest and South on Friday night.

Wallace’s announcement even took the guests on his show Sunday by surprise; they were not tipped off ahead of time.

International sanctions against the Taliban have made it difficult to get funds into the country since the group took power in August.

Its latest Defence Assessment shows New Zealand raising the alarm.

At a meeting in England on Sunday, G7 delegates said they were united in their condemnation of Russia’s military build-up near Ukraine.

Voters in New Caledonia have rejected independence in a referendum boycotted by separatist groups and closely watched around the South Pacific.