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Fri, 17 Dec 2021 17:13:50 +1100
Japan’s Ambassador to Australia defends child custody laws
True mates recognise that there are differences between our legal systems, in the spirit of fairness, mutual understanding and respect.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 17:10:02 +1100
Boris Johnson suffers shock defeat in Tory heartland as scandals bite
The seat, in its various constituencies, has been held by the Tories for nearly two centuries. It was lost on Friday on a swing of 34 per cent.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 16:12:06 +1100
Communist Party’s ‘leading influencer’, Global Times editor steps down
“The officials and I have a tacit understanding,” he once said of his relationship with Beijing and its foreign policy.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:56:50 +1100
Warrant issued for Alec Baldwin’s mobile phone in ‘Rust’ investigation
The warrant authorises investigators to examine text messages, email correspondence, and other activity stored on the device.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:33:21 +1100
Ex-Epstein worker tells jury she ‘looked up’ to Ghislaine Maxwell
Cimberly Espinosa testified at the sex abuse trial of Ghislaine Maxwell that she worked on a daily basis with Maxwell for six years and had only admiration for her.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 13:22:17 +1100
Berlin’s 24-hour party people want UNESCO world heritage status for techno
The party that started when the Berlin Wall fell never really stopped. But the DJs who set the beat are now leading the fight to save raves from COVID oblivion.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 12:56:16 +1100
Travis Scott concert victims were crushed, accidentally suffocated
The medical examiner’s report confirms some families’ worst fears, said a lawyer representing them.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 12:09:16 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 09:38:43 +1100
Clot risk: CDC panel recommends Pfizer, Moderna over J&J’s COVID vaccines
A strange clotting problem prompted the US to temporarily halt the single-dose J&J shots last April while scientists investigated.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 07:56:46 +1100
A 3D-printed pod inflames assisted suicide debate
“You say goodbye to everybody and climb in,” Australian inventor Dr Philip Nitschke said.He wants to make the pod available next year in Switzerland.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 07:09:44 +1100
After tornadoes devastate Trump country, a willingness to set aside politics as Joe Biden visits
As Biden arrived in Mayfield, Kentucky, he came to perhaps the most conservative place he has visited as president, the one where open hostility would be most apparent.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 05:31:54 +1100
Lee Harvey Oswald talked to KGB, declassified JFK documents reveal
Both President Biden and former President Donald Trump delayed releases of JFK documents at the behest of the FBI, the CIA and other national security agencies.

Fri, 17 Dec 2021 03:45:45 +1100
Queen cancels pre-Christmas lunch as Britain reports new daily record for COVID cases
Authorities reported 88,376 new confirmed cases in a day, almost 10,000 more than the previous record set a day earlier.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 20:52:30 +1100
UK travellers to France face stricter rules to slow Omicron
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.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 18:33:16 +1100
Macron admits to many mistakes, slamming Australia not one of them
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.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 17:06:30 +1100
After 10 years under Kim Jong-un, N Korea is in a state of purgatory
In October last year, Kim Jong-un apologised. The millennial dictator had to find a way to connect with his starving people.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:20:23 +1100
Democrat royalty: ‘Sweet Caroline’ Kennedy headed to Australia
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.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:07:41 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 11:28:54 +1100
‘Old, esteemed friends’: Putin and Xi unite against the West
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”.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 09:45:59 +1100
Princess Mary tests positive for COVID-19
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.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:58:21 +1100
Scott Morrison pressured to stick to COP promise on 2030 targets
Speaking to foreign journalists in London on Thursday AEDT, Alok Sharma said Australia would have to meet the promises it made in November.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 06:54:40 +1100
Italian bishop gives children some bad news: There is no Santa Claus
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.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 05:58:46 +1100
German police raid anti-vaxxers, foil plot to murder premier of Saxony
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.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 05:19:40 +1100
Britain records nearly 79,000 new cases but won’t cancel Christmas
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.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 03:24:58 +1100
Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to violating George Floyd’s rights
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.

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 02:36:43 +1100
How a Kennedy built an anti-vaccine juggernaut amid COVID-19
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.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 23:09:13 +1100
Maxwell’s lawyers to focus her defence on ‘memory, manipulation and money’
Ghislaine Maxwell’s attorneys will likely focus on portraying her accusers as untrustworthy at her sex abuse trial.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 16:16:18 +1100
Study indicates Omicron is milder, better at evading vaccines
A two-dose Pfizer vaccination appears to provide just 33 per cent protection against infection during South Africa’s current Omicron wave.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:47:43 +1100
Prince Andrew warns New York court over ‘false memories’ in Virginia Giuffre suit
The Duke’s latest 11-page legal memorandum describes Virginia Giuffre’s civil claim against him as “ambiguous at best and unintelligible at worst”.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 15:34:23 +1100
Donald Trump jnr begged Meadows to urge Trump to halt January 6 attack
“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.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 14:16:32 +1100
The forgotten taste of uninhibited joy: Yemenis unite in soccer win over Saudis
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”.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 13:43:04 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 11:58:12 +1100
Climate change has crashed Earth’s ‘air-conditioners’, risking rest of planet
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.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 11:46:16 +1100
British Conservatives revolt over COVID curbs, telling Boris Johnson ‘he’s got to change’
Some 99 Conservatives opposed plans for the COVID passes, a much higher number of rebels than was expected.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 07:03:54 +1100
Canadian police release footage of suspect in billionaire Barry Sherman murder case
Barry Sherman, who founded generic drugmaker Apotex, and his wife, Honey, were found dead in their Toronto mansion on December 15, 2017.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 03:37:31 +1100
Belarus sentences opposition leader’s husband to 18 years in jail
Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya vowed to continue her campaign against authoritarian ruler Alexander Lukashenko after a court in the country jailed her husband for 18 years.

Wed, 15 Dec 2021 03:14:41 +1100
Arctic temperature soared to unprecedented 38 degrees in 2020, scientists say
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.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 20:30:41 +1100
Plea to confirm US ambassadors for ‘sake of national security’
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.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 15:55:43 +1100
Taliban foreign minister asks world for ‘mercy and compassion’
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.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 15:53:16 +1100
‘Emotions are running high’: Japan and Australia face off over child abductions
Australian parents accuse the Japanese government of causing them “untold pain and suffering” but the ambassador to Australia says they’re merely confused.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 13:42:19 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 13:19:38 +1100
Vendors scramble as militant vegans crack down on eggs in India’s culture wars
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.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 13:10:10 +1100
Wife of US spy who fled UK to face English court over death of Harry Dunn
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.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 11:48:52 +1100
‘Terrifying’ Confederate statue of Nathan Bedford Forrest is removed
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.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:37:51 +1100
Ex-wife faces prison after seeking assassin on joke hitman-for-hire website
Bob Innes, who set up the website in 2005, said: “I thought nobody can be that stupid, and boy have I been proven wrong.”

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 08:01:43 +1100
Larry Nassar victims reach $US380m settlement with USA Gymnastics, Olympic committee
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.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 06:52:49 +1100
Norway bans serving of alcohol in bid to halt Omicron outbreak
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.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 05:30:00 +1100
The dark side of China’s breakthrough on digital currencies
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.

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 03:11:05 +1100
Elon Musk named Time’s 2021 ‘Person of the Year’
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.

Mon, 13 Dec 2021 22:45:32 +1100
Hong Kong tycoon given 13 months in jail for Tiananmen vigil
Jimmy Lai, the founder of the now-shuttered pro-democracy newspaper Apple Daily, has already been jailed for taking part in pro-democracy protests.



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