Several blazes started around Denver on Thursday, at least some sparked by downed power lines.

At rest, the human body produces about 100 watts of energy. Strenuous dancing can multiply that five or six times, making dance floors great at creating heat.

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Some scientists have been quick to forecast the same “peak then precipitous decline’ pattern” elsewhere.

The prominent Epstein accuser says her husband woke her in Perth on Thursday with the news of Maxwell’s five convictions.

The Russian President told his American counterpart that a breakdown in ties “would be a mistake that our descendants would see as a huge error”.

The US is investigating what happened to $200 billion of aid for Afghanistan. In his first interview since fleeing the palace, Ashraf Ghani says he left with nothing.

Over 1000 flights were cancelled as the US recorded almost 500,000 new COVID cases. Marisa Foteio did what she could to shield other passengers.

The invasion of the US Capitol on January 6 was only the first in a series of extraordinary events and huge moments that would dominate the news in 2021.

Her sex crime convictions mean no Martha Stewart-style ‘minimum security’ comfort, but Maxwell’s family and lawyers have already started work on her appeal.

What do we know about the British socialite convicted of sex trafficking? What were the charges brought against her? What happened in the trial?

Again and again throughout 2021, city authorities and the central government in Beijing stamped out nearly everything the pro-democracy movement had stood for.

Constantly shifting rules have led to accusations that leaders craft policies around business and political prerogatives rather than public health priorities.

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Swimming has been banned in the Seine since 1923. But organisers of the Paris Olympics want water quality at EU standards before the 2024 Games.

Lawyers for Andrew contend Jeffrey Epstein’s secret settlement with Virginia Giuffre exonerates the prince from liability because it covers “royalty”.

As the verdict was read, Maxwell was stoic behind a black mask. She glanced at her siblings as she was led from the courtroom. She did not hug her lawyers.

New Zealand’s first Omicron case in the community is a British DJ who tested positive shortly after he was released from quarantine.

Maxwell was heard telling a reporter she was willing to talk to the media as jurors ask for “false memory” transcripts.

The Centres for Disease Control thought America’s record Omicron surge could shut down supermarkets, mail delivery and factories as well as health services.

If this was the year of the private space tourist, the next could be marked by the first steps towards a return to the moon.

France’s Health Minister said the country was seeing a “dizzying” rise in cases, with 208,000 reported in the space of 24 hours – a national and European record.

Not even Thomas Randele’s wife or daughter knew until he told them in a deathbed confession: he was a fugitive wanted in one of the largest bank robberies in Cleveland’s history.

A rare photograph of a deceased US president Abraham Lincoln in his coffin was speculated to be the prime treasure nestled in the copper box.

Researchers have used digital technology to take the first accurate look inside the mummy, which has remained wrapped to preserve its decoration.

In a new filing, the Duke of York argues that Virginia Giuffre cannot sue him in the US as she is really living in Perth, not Colorado as she claims.

The court’s ruling stirred up public outrage and is the latest step in a months-long crackdown on rights activists, independent media and opposition supporters.

At least 21 people have been killed and more than 77,000 have been driven from their homes.

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For as long as 12 hours each day, Candie Frazier reviewed “extreme and graphic violence,” including genocide, mass shootings, rapes and torture.

“We now face a high and escalating risk that jurors and/or trial participants may need to quarantine,” US District Judge Alison Nathan said.

China’s foreign ministry called the American ban on high-ranking officials “a farce” after receiving visa applications for the Games from the US government.

Professor John Bell said the “horrific scenes” and death toll of earlier strains were “now history”, even as the US and UK hit new infection records.

Two NGO workers have been found among the 35 charred bodies, including those of children, reportedly shot and burnt by government troops.

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President Joe Biden has signed into law a $1 trillion bill that gives him $24 billion more than he requested.

Chaos in Myanmar has allowed narcotics gangs to thrive, while crushing pandemic-induced poverty makes easy recruits out of young men up and down the border.

Somalia’s President says he had suspended the Prime Minister for suspected corruption. The US says it is “prepared to act”.

It was found further down below the Confederacy monument than another capsule found in September. Experts hope it is the long-rumoured official one.

The requests for transcripts and office supplies suggests jurors are carefully scrutinising the witness accounts, but weren’t enough to bring on a verdict yet.

The shift was motivated by studies showing COVID is mostly infectious in the first two days before symptoms appear and up to three days afterwards.

The SpaceX boss faced anger after China Space Station was forced to implement collision avoidance control.

The father of the teenager suspected of breaking into Windsor Castle grounds on Christmas Day said “something has gone horribly wrong” with his son.

Reluctant to cancel New Year’s Eve celebrations, the British Prime Minister refused to rein in clubs and parties, instead emphasising personal responsibility.

The trial, likely to be closely watched internationally, will examine whether a second round of boosters will help contend with the fast-spreading Omicron variant.

Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who died on Monday aged 90, devoted his life to truth-telling, compassion and reconciliation.

In a kingdom where the long ban on cinema has only recently been lifted, young people in Jeddah have embraced a new festival culture that has brought film stars and DJ parties that allow mingling of the sexes.

The inconvenience of misplaced reading glasses could become a thing of the past for hundreds of thousands of Australians.

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Of all the passengers in the line, he was the only one submitted to the indignity of a body search.