American officials told Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare the security pact between Solomon Islands and China has security risks for the region.

A Russian general said earlier that full control over southern Ukraine would give Moscow access to a Russian-occupied part of Moldova in the west.

Russia’s Defence Ministry has said its forces captured an arms depot in the Kharkiv region.

Rio’s top samba schools have begun putting on their delayed Carnival parades, their first after a hiatus caused by the COVID-19-pandemic.

Our instructions – only in Portuguese – include how we must dress, how we must behave, and how we must respect the hierarchy of the school during the parade.

In a rare move, the presidents of France’s neighbours have put their preference for Emmanuel Macron and a united Europe in writing in the face of Russia’s threats.

The tweets and photos accuse the French of leaving mass graves in Mali. Spies have captured videos showing otherwise.

In recent years, NZ has faced questions about its reliability as an intelligence partner because of China’s trade power. That’s changing.

Former Olympics gymnast Alina Kabaeva, 38, has been out of the spotlight. Her family has reportedly received property and favours from the Russian president.

Roman columns taken from an amphitheatre and reassembled in Windsor Great Park were illegally removed from Tripoli in the 19th century, lawyers for Libya say.

A bombing at a mosque and religious school in Afghanistan has killed at least 33 people, including students of a religious school.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is the first Western leader to issue such a negative assessment of Russia’s war against Ukraine.

Australia will need to draw on its diplomatic toolkit as it works to reduce the chances of the deal being executed in the way that our strategic experts fear.

Despite the contretemps over submarines, Emmanuel Macron is a much safer bet for Australia than his far-right rival.

Richard Branson has appealed directly to Singapore’s president and prime minister to spare Nagen’s life and warned of potential financial ramifications if the execution goes ahead.

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Videos shot inside the building showed an amount of carnage that has become all too familiar in Afghanistan over four decades of conflict.

Three dehydrated and malnourished kangaroos were discovered this month hopping on the road in West Bengal, a hotbed of animal trafficking.

After two days of softball questioning from his legal team, the actor was confronted by ugly videos, texts and photos submitted as evidence he was abusive.

Unusually for Russia, where the propaganda machine and fear of retribution reign, these families are voicing their anger.

In his tweets, public remarks and policies at the businesses he runs, Musk shows little tolerance for speech that’s unflattering to him or his companies, or reflects employee criticism of the workplace.

As Russia focuses its attention on south-east Ukraine, people in other parts of the country face a massive clean-up effort as they return to their homes – or where they used to stand.

And he was not the only one. Super-long COVID has been detected in some patients, whose PCR tests show a single infection lasting months.

It is the first time Portuguese prosecutors have identified an official suspect since Kate and Gerry McCann were named in 2007. They were later cleared.

Videos published by TMZ appear to show the former boxer-turned-cannabis-businessman assaulting a man who sat behind him in first class.

Satellite images showed more than 200 new graves in a town where Ukrainian officials say the Russians have been burying residents killed in the fighting.

US President Joe Biden said it was “questionable whether he [Putin] does control Mariupol” after Russia claimed it had captured the city.

Labor and the Coalition should start talking about a stronger and smarter response to the security agreement China has signed with Solomon Islands.

“New Taipei City has been hit by a Chinese Communist guided missile. Ships in Taipei Port have exploded, damaging facilities,” the graphic read.

Moscow’s invasion marks the first time that occupying a nuclear plant was part of a nation’s war strategy. The consequences for the invading forces are grim.

Western nations have demanded the exclusion of Russia and Vladimir Putin but there is hope in Indonesia, the G20 host, that a compromise can be reached.

They believe the invasion was a catastrophic mistake that will set the country back for years.

Marco Fusinato, the artist exhibiting at the Australia Pavilion for the Biennale, doesn’t care if you like his work. He just wants you to feel something.

The actor gave a detailed insight into his tumultuous relationship with ex-wife Amber Heard, including bottles being thrown at him and cigarettes being extinguished on his face.

By official data, the city is a model of how to save lives during a pandemic. Despite more than 400,000 COVID-19 infections, just 17 people have died.

A Russian soldier’s act of avarice echoes the brazen thievery going on around him.

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A decade after being voted out, Ramos-Horta will now be tasked with resolving the country’s political impasse and economic crisis.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine continues as the aggressors refocus their attention on southern port cities.

In the French campaign’s only debate, Macron and Le Pen clashed in a heated exchange over who would be best placed to run France’s foreign policy ahead of Sunday’s election.

Indonesia’s ambassador to Australia compares Russia’s likely participation this year to that “shirtfront” invitation after the downing of MH17.

New Mexico has fined Rust Movie Productions for safety lapses leading to what it called the “avoidable” fatal shooting of a cinematographer.

Harry has raised hackles in the UK by telling an American television show that he wanted to make sure his grandmother “had the right people around her”.

Wimbledon is the first grand slam to exclude Russian and Belarusian players from competing under a neutral flag. The ban has split the tennis world.

Britain’s Home Secretary will decide Julian Assange’s fate after a judge formally approved the extradition of the WikiLeaks founder to the US to face spying charges.

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“We will not lay down our weapons,” pledges the Ukrainian major whose forces are holding out in the Azovstal Iron and Steel Works.

An animal park in Bavaria that had named one its wild boars Putin due to its Russian genetic heritage has had a change of heart.

Scientists at Meiji University have teamed up with Kirin Holdings Company to transform traditional chopsticks into a solution to high blood pressure, strokes and other illnesses.

Russia ratcheted up its battle for control of Ukraine's eastern industrial heartland this week.