Testimony so far has provided plenty of insights into how the Vatican operates, with a cast of characters worthy of a Dan Brown thriller.

The White House was quick to insist US policy towards Taiwan ‘had not changed at all’ but the president’s remarks yet again challenge strategic ambiguity.

The White House says it has stockpiles of a vaccine to treat the disease. “This is not a new virus to us,” says Biden’s coronavirus chief Ashish Jha.

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The International Energy Agency says that Putin’s war in Ukraine has forced up prices for critical materials. But it’s a big opportunity for Australian mining.

Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers have begun enforcing an order requiring all female TV news anchors in the country to cover their faces while on-air as part of a hard-line shift.

Ukraine’s parliament voted on Sunday to extend martial law and the mobilisation of armed forces for a third time, until August 23.

In a rare joint television interview, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and first lady Olena Zelenska have spoken about how Russia’s invasion has “torn apart” their family.

Emmanuel Macron’s new minister for solidarity and the disabled has been accused of raping a woman in 2010 and another in 2011.

President Joe Biden’s administration has struggled to address a nationwide shortage of formula.

There are fears thousands of Ukrainians have been killed and buried in mass graves around the city of Mariupol.

Multiple sources have confirmed that the explosion injured Russian appointee Andrei Shevchik and his bodyguards.

As China spruiks its links with Australia’s near neighbour, its new president is keen to see the incoming Albanese government back a major infrastructure drive in south-east Asia’s newest nation.

The COVID-19 pandemic is “most certainly not over,” the head of the World Health Organisation warned on Sunday.

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Touched by tragedy, Tom Turcich left his home behind to embark on a remarkable journey across 38 countries.

Surviving a crash in which 97 people were killed while he was one of just two survivors has transformed Zafar Masud’s view of life.

Experts have pointed to a change in the spread of the usually mild infectious disease at an urgently called World Health Organisation meeting.

The end of fighting in Mariupol, the biggest city Russia has captured, has given Russian President Vladimir Putin a rare victory.

It is fitting that Shireen was given a state memorial service. She was a role model for millions of women who grew up watching her on television.