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Tue, 22 Mar 2022 19:05:00 +1100
Myanmar junta leaders may face war crimes probe in Australia
Cases against military figures including junta leader Senior General Min Aung Hlaing are being prepared to hand to the Australian Federal Police.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 18:57:45 +1100
Russian court finds Putin critic Navalny guilty of fraud
Russian prosecutors are seeking to move Navalny to a maximum security penal colony for 13 years on charges he says are trumped up.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 17:43:34 +1100
Biden says Putin’s ‘back is against the wall’, Moscow considering chemical weapons
Ukraine’s armed forces said Russian forces would continue to attack critical infrastructure using “high-precision weapons and indiscriminate munitions”.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 17:19:21 +1100
China Eastern crash: ‘Foul play at the top of the list’ says air crash investigator
The flight’s almost vertical descent matched the fate of two previous disasters.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 16:11:55 +1100
COVID linked to Type 2 diabetes, new study finds
Researchers reviewed the records of more than 181,000 US Department of Veterans Affairs patients diagnosed with COVID-19 over 17 months.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:58:22 +1100
Rescuers comb forest for survivors from flight MU5735
Hospital staff are on standby and emergency workers pushed through the night, but no passengers have yet arrived.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:07:50 +1100
Putin’s sabre rattling over Ukraine includes small nuclear weapons
The fear is that if Putin feels cornered in the conflict, he might choose to detonate one of his lesser nuclear arms — breaking the taboo set 76 years ago after Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:06:07 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 13:00:46 +1100
‘We see no reason to celebrate’: Jamaicans shun William and Kate’s visit, demand slavery reparations
The royal’s trip aims to strengthen Britain’s ties with Commonwealth countries, but it’s off to a rocky start.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 11:45:00 +1100
Mariupol pays a terrible price for Russia’s military incompetence
Putin’s army has shown itself to be militarily inept since invading Ukraine. With soldier morale fading, the systematic destruction of Mariupol is no longer a military objective.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 09:26:52 +1100
Gallery: Ukraine - Russia crisis, March 22, 2022
After a Kyiv shopping mall is devastated by Russian bombing, Ukrainian families try to get through the day in evacuation centres.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 09:10:04 +1100
Battle for Mariupol rages, shelling hits Kyiv shopping centre
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said about 400 civilians were taking shelter at an art school in the Sea of Azov port city when it was struck by a Russian bomb.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 08:51:33 +1100
Approach with caution: A 6000-kilometre journey through a war zone
There’s an art to crossing checkpoints in Ukraine. Approach slowly, but not too slowly, and have your documents ready. Dim your lights; do not spook the soldiers.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 08:06:53 +1100
Ketanji Brown Jackson: Five things you should know about Joe Biden’s Supreme Court pick
She comes from a family of law enforcement but is related to a convicted felon. The first black woman to be named to the Supreme Court also acted alongside Matt Damon in university.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +1100
A snapshot of Ukraine as seen by Kate Geraghty
A picture might tell a thousand words but the tragic scenes captured by Kate Geraghty in Ukraine leave one speechless.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 05:00:00 +1100
Evacuations: Sometimes the real disaster is what happens after
Without effective planning and protection principles, getting people out of harm’s way can lead to more displacement.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 04:45:12 +1100
Plane with 132 people on board crashes in rural China
China faces its worst air disaster in three decades after a plane carrying 132 people plunged into mountains in the country’s south-east.

Tue, 22 Mar 2022 04:19:01 +1100
Aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe says she should’ve been freed six years ago
British aid worker Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, who was recently freed from detention in Iran, had harsh words for the British government.

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:35:02 +1100
‘I couldn’t save him’: Australian grandfather dies in notorious Tehran jail
Shokrollah Jebeli, 83, had been held in Evin prison since January 2020, after he was detained over what appears to be a small financial dispute.

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 18:30:00 +1100
What are war crimes and could Putin be put on trial for them?
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor is already in Ukraine gathering evidence for a war crimes case against the Russian President and his troops.

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 16:44:17 +1100
Ukraine rejects Russian ultimatum to ‘lay down arms’ in Mariupol
Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk turned down the Russian demands, saying: “There can be no talk of any surrender, laying down of arms... just open the corridor”.

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:47:48 +1100
Generation Z: Putin’s propaganda in the classroom
Over the past three weeks, thousands of posts appeared on Russian social media featuring schoolchildren posing for pictures forming Z and V-for-victory signs.

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:43:04 +1100
Hong Kong lifts flight ban on Australia, eases strict COVID measures
The moves could quieten some criticism from residents who have become increasingly frustrated with the city’s stringent measures, some of which have been in place for over two years.

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 15:03:30 +1100
Australian judge accuses UN of ‘coup d’etat’ after dismissal from case involving Chinese dissidents
Rowan Downing QC has accused the United Nations of an “attack upon the independence of the judiciary”.

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 14:03:20 +1100
Germans keep masks on, ignore ‘irresponsible’ freedom day
The nation’s drive for a “big step back to normality” is an abysmal idea, federal state leaders say, as COVID cases hit a record high.

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 13:35:38 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 11:46:28 +1100
For the seventh time since the Cold War, the US will label a nation’s acts as ‘genocide’
More than four years after the Myanmar military forced the Rohingya from their homes, the US will use the word to describe the violent purge.

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:21:58 +1100
UK police to close investigation into Madeleine McCann mystery
German police named convicted paedophile and rapist Christian Brueckner as the prime suspect in the case in 2020, but no charges have been laid.

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 10:18:56 +1100
Gallery: Ukraine-Russia crisis, March 21, 2022
Russian forces remain on the outskirts of the Ukrainian capital, but their advance has stalled in recent days.

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 08:00:00 +1100
Psychedelic toad’s sought-after venom puts rare reptile at risk
Dried into crystals and smoked, the venom provides a half-hour “hit” without the downside of hours of hallucinating and vomiting. 

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 06:17:07 +1100
Yemen Houthis attack China-linked Saudi energy facilities, refinery output hit
Drone strikes hit the Yanbu Aramco Sinopec Refining Company, a joint venture between Saudi Aramco and China Petrochemical Corporation.

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 05:00:00 +1100
Action on Ukraine exposes Canberra’s muted response on Myanmar
There is significant capacity for a more incisive, collaborative, creative effort to pressure Myanmar’s illegitimate coup regime.

Mon, 21 Mar 2022 05:00:00 +1100
Bringing up the bodies in the killing fields of Kyiv
In the ruins of a village on the edge of the capital, the remains of the dead are ferried across a creek as they begin their final journey home.

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 22:34:27 +1100
Ramos-Horta on brink of claiming presidency in East Timor elections
With the backing of independence hero Xanana Gusmao, another of the country’s founding fathers was seeking a return to the post a decade after he last held it.

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 19:08:37 +1100
This Japanese man shows up and ‘does nothing’. He’s made a living out of it
Nicknamed “Rental-san”, Shoji Morimoto has built a cult following by offering himself as a warm body who can simply be there.

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 18:38:47 +1100
‘The city is destroyed’: Fears for hundreds taking refuge in Mariupol school hit by rocket
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said the siege of Mariupol would go down in history for what he said were war crimes committed by Russian troops.

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 18:24:44 +1100
China reports first COVID-19 deaths in more than a year
China’s health authorities reported its first COVID-19 deaths since January 2021, as the country battles its worst outbreak in two years.

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 16:05:44 +1100
Gallery: Ukraine – Russia crisis, March 20, 2022
The devastation continues in Ukraine as Russia targets cities in the country's west that were once seen as places of refuge amid the invasion.

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 14:17:18 +1100
Melting point: Temperatures soar in the Arctic, Antarctica
Earth’s poles are undergoing simultaneous heatwaves, with parts of Antarctica and the Arctic 30 to 40 degrees warmer than average.

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 09:50:14 +1100
Russia denies cosmonauts wearing yellow were supporting Ukraine
“Sometimes yellow is just yellow”, Russian authorities insisted.

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 09:34:37 +1100
William and Kate cancel Caribbean event amid ‘anti-colonialism’ protests
An indigenous group criticised William over his links to their protest over a long-running land rights dispute.

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 06:00:00 +1100
Fake heiress Anna Sorokin makes new bid to fight US deportation
The convicted swindler who claimed to be a German heiress to finance a posh lifestyle in New York is making a new bid to fight deportation.

Sun, 20 Mar 2022 04:27:00 +1100
‘He’s not crazy at all’: Stalin’s biographer says Putin is channelling tsars and dictators
Historian Simon Sebag Montefiore says Putin is threatening Russians with Stalinist purges while aspiring to an 18th century empire.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 15:50:00 +1100
‘Implications and consequences’: Biden warns Xi not to back Putin’s war
The stakes of the meeting – which took place as Russia laid waste to cities in Ukraine – cannot be overestimated.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 15:42:20 +1100
Gallery: Ukraine – Russia crisis, March 19, 2022
The devastation continues in Ukraine as Russia targets cities in the country's west that were once seen as places of refuge amid the invasion.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 15:41:11 +1100
Starving families fleeing Mariupol say siege ‘like a horror movie’
Given a chance to escape, residents of Mariupol crammed nine or 10 to a car to travel north in search of food and safety.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 15:12:46 +1100
McDonald’s Russian knockoff has a very familiar logo
As the fast food giant exits Russia over the invasion of Ukraine, a new burger chain emerges to replace it - “Uncle Vanya’s” - with its own golden arches.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 14:29:25 +1100
Vladimir Putin appears at huge flag-waving rally at Moscow stadium
Ukraine concedes the Russians have cut off access to the Sea of Asov, an important shipping route, as Mariupol mayor says residents were “hiding in bunkers”.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 12:55:43 +1100
Jerusalem’s Christian rivals put aside grudges to repair city’s holiest church
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, built on what Christians believe is the crucifixion site, will get an archaeological dig as the ancient floor is repaired.

Sat, 19 Mar 2022 11:59:31 +1100
Panic-buying in the Pacific as Samoa goes into lockdown over COVID case
Samoa was among the last places on earth to remain COVID-free. But one by one the Pacific’s island nations have been succumbing to the virus.



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