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Sat, 02 Apr 2022 17:21:14 +1100
Zelensky declines to comment on Russian oil depot strike, missiles fired from Crimea
A Ukrainian official says at least three Russian ballistic missiles were fired at the Odesa region. Strikes were also reported in Poltava, east of Kyiv.

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 16:47:34 +1100
Extreme weather victims now have a UN rights defender
Australian-Tuvaluan Ian Fry has been chosen as the Human Rights Council’s first-ever Special Rapporteur on climate change.

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 16:01:10 +1100
China to pursue Ukraine peace in its own way and with Russian trade
Shortly after the first EU-China virtual summit since 2020 ended, a senior Chinese diplomat said his country wasn’t deliberately circumventing sanctions on Russia.

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 15:16:39 +1100
Gallery: Ukraine-Russia crisis, April 2, 2022
Russian forces have left "a complete disaster" outside Kyiv, Ukraine's President said on Saturday.

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 15:03:54 +1100
Attacks, raids, gun battle raise fears of violence during Ramadan
Israeli forces killed three Palestinians in the occupied West Bank on Saturday. Two more were killed on Friday, following attacks that left 11 Israelis dead.

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 14:11:45 +1100
Pope apologises to indigenous Canadians for abuse at schools
The Roman Catholic Church had sought to erase indigenous cultures at its residential schools. Many children suffered abuse and were buried in unmarked graves.

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 13:45:20 +1100
Man behind ‘great Canadian maple syrup heist’ fined $9.5 million
The heist, the subject of an episode of Netflix’s “Dirty Money”, involved replacing the sweet liquid with water and trafficking the original.

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 12:50:33 +1100
Gays caught in the crossfire of Hungary election
The country was once a leader in accepting homosexuality. But under Viktor Orban, old anxieties are being harnessed for political gain.

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 09:07:11 +1100
Ghislaine Maxwell denied new trial over juror’s past abuse
Maxwell had argued for a new trial because the juror’s failure to disclose his past abuse denied her lawyers a chance to question him about potential bias.

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 08:59:03 +1100
AUKUS submarine deal gets a boost in US Congress
A senior group of Congress members will form a special AUKUS working group to elevate the deal in the US capital.

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 04:39:25 +1100
Amazon workers in NYC vote to unionise, a first for retail behemoth
The vote unionise marked the first successful US organising effort in Amazon’s history.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 22:13:23 +1100
‘There will be battles ahead’: Russians leave Chernobyl, block evacuations and supplies
NATO’s Jens Stoltenberg says intelligence indicates Russia is trying to regroup, resupply its forces and reinforce its offensive in the Donbas region.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 21:25:58 +1100
The Belarusians fighting in Ukraine in pursuit of their own freedom
Pavel Kulazhanka is a Belarusian volunteer fighter in Ukraine. He says halting Putin’s march on Kyiv is a step towards democracy in his own country.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 16:59:57 +1100
Hard look needed at quality of our ties with Pacific Island nations
It’s essential that we give small and increasingly impoverished countries a voice in the big decisions on issues such as climate change and security.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 16:43:07 +1100
How China stole a march on Australia in the Pacific
What started as a meeting in Townsville in November 2000 will end with Solomon Islands signing a security deal with Beijing.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 16:23:46 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 15:07:19 +1100
First dismissed, Hunter Biden’s laptop scandal gets rebooted
The contents of the President’s son’s laptop are now the subject of a federal probe.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 13:41:09 +1100
French spy chief who missed AUKUS deal, Putin’s plan resigns
In the months leading up to the invasion on February 24, France played down the imminence of a full-scale attack - in stark contrast to allies, notably the US and Britain.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:47:43 +1100
‘The future has arrived’: Scientists complete human genome sequencing
The feat opens up new territories for researchers and could have practical applications in the realm of personalised medicine.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 12:38:57 +1100
Gallery: Ukraine - Russia crisis, April 1st, 2022
Claims of a Russian pullback are not trusted as Ukraine forces re-take positions outside Kyiv.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 10:43:16 +1100
Prince Andrew took more than £1 million from Turkish ‘fraudster’
Andrew and his former wife, Sarah, Duchess of York, both received “suspicious” payments on the orders of an ex-Goldman Sachs banker, as part of an international £40 million fraud, it is alleged in High Court.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 08:32:00 +1100
Hungary’s illiberal Viktor Orban seeks re-election in shadow of Putin’s war
Russia’s war in Ukraine has upended Hungary’s election campaign – which even Orban supporters thought was heading in the wrong direction for the Moscow-friendly leader.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 06:59:41 +1100
Many US teens report abuse by parents during COVID lockdown
In the survey, emotional abuse was defined as swearing, insulting or belittling; physical abuse was defined as hitting, beating, kicking or physically hurting.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 05:36:57 +1100
Biden taps oil reserve while Putin imposes new gas export rule
Joe Biden is ordering an historic oil release, while Vladimir Putin has announced foreign buyers must pay in roubles for Russian gas.

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 03:52:27 +1100
‘It’s natural’: India’s Foreign Minister defends inking cheap Russian oil deals
India’s Foreign Minister says it is natural for a country to seek cheap oil, as criticism grows over India’s purchase of discounted Russian oil.

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 20:30:19 +1100
Australian ambassador blocked from Cheng Lei’s trial in Beijing
Graham Fletcher said Australia had “no confidence in the validity of a process which is conducted in secret”.

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:37:18 +1100
Solomon Islands inks security deal with China, ignoring Australian protests
The agreement paves the way for China to take its first major stake in security in the Pacific and tests Australia’s century-long influence over the region.

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 17:04:17 +1100
Australians to stay on Hong Kong court after British judges resign
Three of Australia’s most senior judges will remain on Hong Kong’s top court after Britain pulled out its judges in response to Beijing’s national security laws.

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 16:08:03 +1100
‘Brutal hostage taker’: Islamic State ‘Beatle’ appears in US court
El Shafee Elsheikh is accused of a playing a leadership role in an IS cell known for decapitations and torture. The cell included “Jihadi John” now dead.

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 13:56:53 +1100
US, Australia concerned at proposed sanction-skirting Russia-India banking scheme
The proposed project involving a member of the Quad alliance would undermine the sanctions imposed against Vladimir Putin over his February invasion of neighbour Ukraine.

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 13:43:26 +1100
Gallery: Ukraine - Russia crisis, March 31, 2022
Kyiv residents are hopeful that a Russian statement of withdrawal is actually true.

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 13:35:23 +1100
After attacks, Israeli PM urges citizens to carry their weapons
Eleven people died in three attacks in a week, prompting Naftali Bennett to say the country was “currently experiencing a wave of murderous terrorism”.

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 12:41:30 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 10:25:31 +1100
‘Unjustified attack’: Australia slams Russian invasion at G20 event
Russia’s ambassador to Jakarta said Morrison’s push to boycott Putin’s appearance at the G20 summit was “driven by illogical hatred”.

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 06:25:38 +1100
WHO lays out plan to emerge from COVID’s emergency phase
To help end the emergency, WHO called on countries to continue or increase virus surveillance capabilities to allow for early warning signs of significant changes in the virus.

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 05:24:20 +1100
Vladimir Putin feels misled by ‘yes men’ advisers on Ukraine: US intelligence
Russian forces bombarded key cities despite promising to scale down operations in what the West dismissed as a ploy to regroup by invaders suffering heavy losses.

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 04:28:22 +1100
Facebook paid Republican firm to turn public against fast-growing TikTok
The campaign included placing op-eds in newspapers and promoting dubious stories about alleged TikTok trends that actually originated on Facebook.

Thu, 31 Mar 2022 00:18:36 +1100
South Korea test-fires rocket, accuses North Korea of fakery
South Korea’s military said North Korea’s largest missile test yet used an older, smaller intercontinental ballistic missile.

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 19:03:41 +1100
Putin proposes banking alliance with India
India’s government is considering a Russian plan to trade roubles for rupees in a system that would bypass global banking sanctions.

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 17:26:08 +1100
‘Unreasonable danger to society’: parole rejected for ageing Manson family killer
California’s governor has blocked parole for 72-year-old Charles Manson follower Leslie Van Houten, ruling she still had “gaps in insight” about her crimes.

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 16:18:15 +1100
‘Ukrainians are not naive’: Scepticism greets Russian ‘scale back’ promise
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said his people only believed in concrete results.

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:34:21 +1100
Gallery: Ukraine - Russia crisis, March 30, 2022
A Russian rocket hit the regional administration building in the southern Ukrainian port city of Mykolaiv, killing at least seven people and wounding 22.

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:30:00 +1100
Solomon Islands in danger of becoming a puppet state of China
Australia can help curb the influence of China in the Pacific by calling out the corrupt political elite in the Solomon Islands.

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 15:22:41 +1100
‘Twiggy’ Forrest bills new German hydrogen deal as Europe’s ‘Putin solution’
“You have to forgive those leaders who jumped to a fossil fuel solution” after Russia invaded Ukraine, Forrest said, “but in the end they have empowered Putin”.

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 13:47:53 +1100
The Queen’s favourite son is back by her side, but ‘The Firm’ is furious
The fallout from Prince Andrew’s appearance arm-in-arm with the Queen at Prince Philip’s memorial service is very real.

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 12:48:44 +1100
‘The Lord is calling us to move’: Hillsong US pastors cut church ties
In the last two weeks, Hillsong has lost nine of its 16 American church franchises. A swift decline for one of the world’s most influential evangelical churches.

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 10:58:53 +1100
‘Will help save lives’: US approves fourth COVID shot for people 50 and up
The Centres for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the extra shot as an option but stopped short of urging that those eligible rush out and get it right away.

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 10:24:54 +1100
How Australian cyclist ‘Bike Man’ went viral by blocking DC’s truck convoy
Sydney-born lawyer Daniel Adler decided on the spur of the moment to wheel his bike in front of the semi-trailers driving the US capital crazy.

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 05:31:06 +1100
Ocasio-Cortez calls on Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to resign
Senator Cory Booker said that the legitimacy of the Supreme Court was at stake and that “clearly” the justice should have recused himself from decisions related to the election.

Wed, 30 Mar 2022 04:12:10 +1100
‘Stark warning’: UK detains Russian-owned superyacht in London
The superyacht was seized under the UK government’s Russian sanctions - the first time the regulations have been used to detain a ship.



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