Six months have passed since Russia invaded Ukraine.

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Prayuth Chan-Ocha was ordered to stop performing his duties pending a ruling on whether he has exceeded his eight-year limit.

The former Malaysian prime minister failed in his last-minute bids to have his 12-year prison sentence thrown out.

Man’s best friend produces oxytocin, the cuddle hormone, which causes feelings of love and affection after separation from humans.

Marin was engulfed in a storm of criticism following the publication of a private video showing her partying.

Organised by a firebrand conservative who previously rallied against gay rights, the crowd aired grievances towards NZ’s COVID-19 response before going home.

What does a black hole sound like? Both “creepy” and “ethereally beautiful”, according to people who’ve listened to an audio clip posted on Twitter by NASA.

Twenty years ago, Tritium was just a Brisbane based start-up with modest roots in solar racing and power electronics. Today, it’s expanding rapidly into the burgeoning US market.

Penny Wong’s first visit to Timor as foreign minister comes as President Jose Ramos-Horta plans his own trip to Australia to meet PM Anthony Albanese.

Police have confirmed a body found in submerged car is that of a Californian teen who went missing three weeks ago.

A search is underway for 16-year-old Kiely Rodni after she disappeared following a campground party in Northern California.

An Alaska Airlines plane has been forced to make an emergency landing after engine cover detaches.

Smugglers have adopted a practice of swarming the channel with numerous boats simultaneously to overwhelm authorities. 

Is there a danger that, after decades of hoping free trade would create “habits of liberty” in China, the West now overcorrects and accelerates the outcome it is seeking to prevent?

Alexander Dugin said with his voice breaking that his 29-year-old daughter, a commentator with a nationalist Russian television channel, “died for the people, died for Russia”.

As part of his probation, Paul Pelosi will also be required to attend a three-month drinking driver class, and install an ignition interlock device.

Police have registered another case against him on charges of defying a ban on rallies in Islamabad.

While making future projections for this war is perilous, there remains much that Western governments and military institutions can learn from the past six months.

The Duchess of Sussex and tennis champion Serena Williams recounted challenges they’ve experienced as working mothers on a new podcast.