New bill tabled in California would allow parents to sue social media giants if they can demonstrate their child was harmed by their online time.

“This is not rhetoric and BS,” the UN’s World Food Program director said at Davos, calling on billionaires to “step up now, because the world needs you”.

The White House is again walking back the president’s gung-ho remarks about defending Taiwan from China. Is Biden confused or just indiscreet?

Major General Kyrylo Budanov, the head of military intelligence, said the Russian authorities foiled the attack on the president two months earlier.

Iraq urged everyone to stay home and shelter from the 10th storm in two months, as cities from Riyadh to Tehran choked under orange skies.

“This is not COVID,” the former head of WHO’s emergencies department said. “We need to slow it down, but it does not spread in the air and we have vaccines to protect against it.”

US President Joe Biden has told Prime Minister Anthony Albanese “it’s OK” if he falls asleep during Quad talks.

Police Chief Kevin Goodman told the kids of his community he loves them after four were killed in a weekend shooting

A dead sperm whale has washed ashore in the Philippines, the latest in a string of unexplained whale deaths.

A Russian soldier who pleaded guilty to killing a Ukrainian civilian has been sentenced to life in prison.

Within hours after a Russian sergeant was sentenced to life in prison for war crimes in Ukraine, reports have emerged that Vladimir Putin survived an assassination attempt shortly after his invasion of the country.

Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg accused of misleading the public on Facebook's handling of privacy and personal data.

The new photos appear to undermine some of Johnson’s previous statements. In December, he said he was sure “the rules were followed at all times”.

A veteran Russian diplomat has resigned over his country’s “aggressive war”. Earlier, a Russian soldier was sentenced to life in prison.

60 years ago, Scott Carpenter became the second American to orbit Earth - but a series of glitches during re-entry almost cost him his life.

The new Australian Prime Minister was said to have reiterated Labor’s strong support from the AUKUS pact, which had placed a major strain on diplomatic relations with France last year.

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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