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Wed, 06 Apr 2022 18:22:58 +1000
At least 200 feared dead in apartments hit by Russian airstrikes
Russian troops recently withdrew from Borodyanka, near Kyiv, an area among the first hit after the invasion. Now people are searching for their relatives.

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:54:49 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:37:44 +1000
‘There’s a cat running around’: Obama notices changes in White House
In his first visit to his former home, Barack Obama jokingly referred to President as “vice president” before correcting himself, inspiring a salute from Joe Biden.

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 17:35:17 +1000
EU mulls sanctions on Putin’s daughters after Zelensky urged UN to act
The West is preparing to impose more sanctions on Russia’s elite, and on coal and other imports, after calls for Vladimir Putin to be tried for war crimes.

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 15:59:21 +1000
26 million people in lockdown after thousands of asymptomatic cases detected in Shanghai
China has reported 20,472 new daily COVID-19 cases for Tuesday, surpassing the number of infections found in the early days of the pandemic.

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 13:05:27 +1000
‘She came in on her own’: Ivanka Trump testifies before House January 6 panel
Whether she gives the committee new information or not, her decision to cooperate is significant for the panel, which has been trying to secure an interview with her.

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 12:00:37 +1000
US anti-abortion activist says fetuses found in her home proof of illegal abortions
Two anti-abortion activists claim they intercepted the disposal by an abortion clinic of 115 fetuses. Where did these fetuses come from?

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 11:52:54 +1000
Gallery: Ukraine - Russia crisis, April 6th, 2022
Images of civilian bodies strewn across streets have surfaced from Bucha, a suburb of the Ukraine capital Kyiv. Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky said the UN Security Council was “useless” if it could not find a way to hold the perpetrators to...

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 11:35:10 +1000
Joe Biden orders research push on ‘long COVID’ as a potential disability
Long-COVID patients in the US could one day be entitled to the protection of federal laws that prohibit discrimination based on health conditions.

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 08:48:25 +1000
Ghislaine Maxwell family ‘profoundly shocked’ by denial of new trial
“Our family is optimistic about Ghislaine’s success on appeal,” wrote the family of Jeffrey Epstein’s former girlfriend.

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 06:21:30 +1000
No one believes hackers’ fake claims of Ukrainian surrender. So what’s their goal?
While there is no evidence Russia’s disinformation campaign has had any discernible effect on the conflict, experts say the hackers’ intentions might not be to actually trick anyone.

Wed, 06 Apr 2022 04:47:39 +1000
Charles Darwin’s stolen notebooks returned to Cambridge after 20 years
The priceless notebooks were returned to Cambridge University Library in a bright pink gift bag. Who took them and who gave them back remain a mystery.

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 19:00:00 +1000
Russia’s middle class ‘hostages’ feel the squeeze of Western sanctions
Without Western products, Russians are facing a slew of economic problems, from a shortage of paper to a lack of medicines, computer chips and other basic consumer items.

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:57:43 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:39:05 +1000
Putin may be a war criminal but huge hurdles confront any prosecution
The discovery of mass killings of civilians in Ukraine is shocking but it could be difficult to prove the “chain of command” from battlefield atrocities leads to the Russian president.

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 18:33:45 +1000
Global condemnation of Russia after mass grave discovery, ‘genocide’
Russia could be stripped of its position on the UN’s Human Rights Council after the discovery of corpses lying on the streets in the Ukrainian city of Bucha.

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 16:36:28 +1000
Kim’s sister threatens South Korea with nuclear retaliation
Kim Jong-un’s influential sister has issued two threats in 48 hours, following a test missile launch by the South last week.

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 16:17:15 +1000
What to do with Russian war criminals: Never. Stop. Hunting. Them.
The Russians who are responsible for this disastrous war must know that they will never be allowed to get away with their crimes.

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 15:48:13 +1000
In Bucha ‘they shot everyone they saw’
Survivors’ accounts of the horrors Russian troops inflicted in Bucha, on the outskirts of Kyiv, are beginning to surface.

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 14:24:56 +1000
Gallery: Ukraine - Russia crisis, April 5th, 2022
Russian troops left a trail of death and destruction as they retreated from advancing Ukrainian forces.

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 14:15:37 +1000
India’s refusal to condemn Russia not an issue for Australia: Barry O’Farrell
Australia’s High Commissioner to India Barry O’Farrell said Australia opposed Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine but respected India’s different stance.

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 14:05:23 +1000
Scientists are watching a gigantic new planet grow ‘in the womb’
Its birth appears to be following a different process than the standard planetary formation model.

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 12:14:22 +1000
Bangkok’s real name has 168 letters. Its new name will have five words (and brackets)
Thais are asking why the policy to recognise the city as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon (Bangkok) is among the most pressing issues for the government.

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 08:09:42 +1000
Vanilla not so boring after all - it’s the world’s top smell
From hunter-gatherers to city dwellers, study shows that all groups like and dislike the same scents.

Tue, 05 Apr 2022 07:34:39 +1000
Satellite images contradict Russian claims, show bodies lay in Bucha for weeks
Russia has dismissed the images of the Bucha killings that shocked the world as “another hoax” and the “provocations of Ukrainian radicals”.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 18:01:41 +1000
‘A horror movie’: Western leaders prepare new sanctions after Russia massacre
A mayor, her husband and son were shot at close range. The bodies of some 410 civilians have been retrieved from around Kyiv.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 16:39:23 +1000
Carrie Lam resigns, leaving Hong Kong more divided than ever
The Hong Kong chief executive will put an end to a 42-year career that saw her transform from a social activist to an icon of Beijing’s authoritarian reach.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 14:29:32 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 12:27:10 +1000
Putin-ally Orban claims victory in Hungary election
“We won a victory so big that you can see it from the moon, and you can certainly see it from Brussels,” said the man often condemned by the EU.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 12:05:40 +1000
Gallery: Ukraine-Russia crisis, April 4, 2022
Ukraine has accused Russian forces of carrying out a massacre in the town of Bucha, while Western nations reacted to images of dead bodies there with calls for new sanctions against Moscow.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 11:54:31 +1000
Taliban gives up on opium revenue, announces ban on poppy harvest
Afghanistan produces about 5.5 tonnes of opium, which the UN Office on Drugs and Crime says could potentially yield 290 tonnes of pure heroin.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 08:47:20 +1000
Seven-hour gap in Trump call logs on January 6 ‘suspiciously tailored’
“It’s a very unusual thing for us to find that suddenly everything goes dark in terms of tracking the movements and the conversations of the president.”

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 08:06:45 +1000
Claims of widespread irregularities in Serbia’s national elections
Aleksandar Vucic, a former ultranationalist who has boasted of his close ties with Vladimir Putin, has sought to portray himself as a guarantor of stability amid the Ukraine war.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 06:52:08 +1000
Man in Germany gets 90 COVID-19 shots to sell forged passes
Submitting himself to jabs for months, the 60-year-old was caught when he showed up at a vaccination centre for the second day in a row.

Mon, 04 Apr 2022 05:00:00 +1000
‘There is no more Mariupol, nothing’: Ukrainian refugees in Sydney speak of ‘apocalypse’
Mariia Ruban escaped to Sydney with her eight-year-old daughter – and says she can only hope the nightmare at home will end.

Sun, 03 Apr 2022 18:13:36 +1000
Pakistan PM Imran Khan orders election; opposition accuses him of treason
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan called for an election after the deputy speaker of parliament cancelled a no-confidence vote in a surprise move that the opposition said was illegal.

Sun, 03 Apr 2022 17:54:39 +1000
Ukrainian forces find dead civilians as they reclaim towns around Kyiv
Ukrainian forces were advancing on Saturday into areas north of Kyiv littered with debris and destroyed Russian tanks as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky accused departing Russian soldiers of leaving behind mines.

Sun, 03 Apr 2022 17:45:43 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Sun, 03 Apr 2022 17:05:09 +1000
Record rates of people in England and Wales test positive for COVID
Most of the cases were likely to involve the Omicron subvariant known as BA.2, the most transmissible version of the virus yet identified.

Sun, 03 Apr 2022 16:41:07 +1000
‘Monumental error’: Backlash as Jamaica contests top Commonwealth job
Jamaica’s move could kill off its short-term ambitions to become a republic.

Sun, 03 Apr 2022 15:56:28 +1000
Outrage in China as COVID-positive children separated from parents
Images of crying children who have been separated from their parents and sent to a Shanghai health facility have gone viral in China.

Sun, 03 Apr 2022 12:47:03 +1000
This could be the week that the Ukraine war turned against Putin
With Ukraine retaking lost territory and his elite tank division routed, experts fear the Russian president will turn to weapons of mass destruction to save face.

Sun, 03 Apr 2022 11:46:41 +1000
Princesses named in Prince Andrew’s multimillion-dollar fraud case
Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie have been dragged into the multimillion-pound fraud case that has embroiled their father, amid claims they also received money.

Sun, 03 Apr 2022 05:00:00 +1000
Time for the sunflowers to bloom again in Ukraine
It is time to plant seeds of hope in both the war zones of Ukraine and the flood zones of northern NSW.

Sat, 02 Apr 2022 23:07:57 +1100
Hong Kong to test entire population, Shanghai struggles with COVID lockdown
The entire Hong Kong population of more than 7.4 million people will be asked to voluntarily test at home for COVID-19 for three days in a row.

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.



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