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Tue, 26 Jul 2022 18:17:00 +1000
China warns of ‘serious consequences’ if Pelosi visits Taiwan
Republicans, Democrats and politicians elsewhere agree: the US Speaker of the House is within her rights to travel to the island Beijing calls its own.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 17:17:21 +1000
Reporting from Russia - 30 years ago
Deborah Snow reflects on her report from Foreign Correspondent, from Russia in 1992.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 16:18:12 +1000
The general, his wife and their dead bodyguard: A suspicious shooting grips a nation
With allegations of an affair, missing CCTV footage and claims of a cover-up, Indonesia has been transfixed by the death of a junior police officer at his boss’s home.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 15:55:00 +1000
Russia seeks regime change in Ukraine, says Kremlin’s top diplomat
Sergei Lavrov’s remarks contrasted with the Kremlin’s line early in the war, when it repeatedly emphasised that Russia wasn’t seeking to overthrow Volodymr Zelensky’s government

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 15:45:00 +1000
My return trip from Bali augurs badly for our biosecurity
Australia’s chances of keeping foot and mouth disease out of the country are close to zero if the behaviour of young Aussies at Denpasar airport is anything to go by.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 13:41:59 +1000
Pope apologises to Canada's First Nations people
Pope Francis has apologised to Canadian First Nations people for the treatment of children at mandatory church-run schools.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 13:26:18 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 13:24:47 +1000
‘A wonderful time’: New Zealand politician, on a Hawaiian holiday, tells Kiwis he’s hard at work
The blooper recalls a defining moment from Australian prime minister Scott Morrison, who covered up his own holiday in Hawaii taken during savage bushfires in December 2019.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 12:31:11 +1000
French rivals tied up in knots over dress code for MPs
Is casual dress a proof of the declining standards of the national parliament or a sign it can move with the times?

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 11:48:49 +1000
High ticket sales defy low-profile start to accidental Commonwealth Games
Britain is hosting its third Games in 20 years after Durban, South Africa, was stripped of the rights. The public seems ready to support it.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 08:31:17 +1000
Truss campaign takes aim at Sunak’s wealth as Tory candidates clash in debate
The former chancellor of the Exchequer was attacked for wearing tailored suits and Prada shoes, as the issue of inequality hangs over Britain.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 06:18:14 +1000
Stunning video shows diver's close call with massive great white shark
Jeff Kurr, the producer and director of Discovery's "Shark Week," discusses footage his team captured of a great white shark destroying a diver's enclosure.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 05:31:14 +1000
Debris from China rocket launch to crash land - no one knows where
China rejects accusations of irresponsibility for the uncontrolled reentry. In response to concerns about last year’s launch, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said that likelihood of damage was “extremely low”.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 05:00:00 +1000
Trump 2.0 poses a grave risk to the US, and Australia
Donald Trump is marshalling his supporters for another tilt at the presidency in 2024. If he wins, American governance, alliances and democracy could be destroyed.

Tue, 26 Jul 2022 04:47:41 +1000
‘I ask forgiveness’: Pope apologises for ‘deplorable evil’ of Canadian indigenous schools
Pope Francis has apologised to Canada’s indigenous people on their land for the church’s role in schools where indigenous children were abused.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 22:12:26 +1000
Britain to host 2023 Eurovision on Ukraine’s behalf
The BBC will now stage the event, which normally draws a television audience of close to 200 million and was last held in Britain in 1998.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 19:30:02 +1000
‘Unprecedented, foolish, dangerous’: Keating attacks Pelosi’s planned trip to Taiwan
The former Australian prime minister said it was hard to imagine “a more reckless and provocative act”. 

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 18:22:35 +1000
Jacinda Ardern says early signs that COVID-19 cases are falling
The New Zealand Prime Minister said authorities had seen a drop in the prevalence of COVID in wastewater, even as hospitalisations reached their highest level since March.

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 17:34:17 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Mon, 25 Jul 2022 14:36:33 +1000
German chancellor and wife criticised after foxes scatter confidential papers
Secret documents with briefing notes about leaders’ wives were found strewn across the street after animals tear apart German leader’s bin bags.



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