Serological tests of a brown fish owl, which died at the National Zoological Park in New Delhi, confirmed that the bird was infected with the H5N8 virus.

But scores of others remain stranded in the multibillion-dollar trade dispute between Australia and China.

Gideon Saar, who defected from Netanyahu's ruling Likud party to form the New Hope party last month, shares the Israeli PM's hardline nationalistic ideology.

In scenes captured by veteran war correspondent Luke Mogelson, rioters tell police: "You're outnumbered. We are listening to Trump - your boss."

The find, 3000 to 4000 years old, includes coffins and mummies, the funerary temple of Queen Nearit and a four-metre long papyrus that contains texts of the Book of the Dead.

As Trump prepares more than 100 pardons and commutations for the day before Inauguration, he is not expected to pardon himself - because it would make him look guilty.

The massive undertaking reflects the extraordinary security concerns that have gripped Washington.

China's GDP grew 2.3 per cent in 2020 making it the only major economy to avoid a pandemic-induced contraction last year.

Separately about 40,000 people have been evacuated and at least 20 have been killed due to floods that affected other parts of the country at the weekend.

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Under tough new rules permitted by emergency powers, Germans who repeatedly refuse to quarantine after being exposed to the coronavirus will be locked up in detention centres.

Pardons and commutations are intended to show mercy to deserving recipients, but Donald Trump has used many of them to reward personal or political allies.

A year ago the US and China agreed a truce in their trade war. The latest data confirms that Donald Trump's attempt to slow China's export growth and lower the US trade deficit has failed.

The test thrusts Virgin Orbit into an increasingly competitive commercial space race, offering a unique “air-launch” method of sending satellites to orbit alongside rivals such as Rocket Lab and Firefly Aerospace.

The number of COVID deaths in the past year is fast approaching the 405,000 US fatalities over four years during World War II.

The spate of almost daily unclaimed killings is thought to be largely the work of the Taliban, in what is feared to be in part a chilling new campaign to silence liberal voices.

The anti-settlement monitoring group Peace Now said that over 90 per cent of the homes lay deep inside the West Bank, which the Palestinians seek as the heartland of a future independent state.

Members of the failed Trump campaign found to have played key roles in orchestrating the Washington rally that spawned a deadly assault on the US Capitol.

Brandon Fellows previously said he had “no regrets” for having entered the Capitol through a broken window, roaming the halls and smoking a joint in a senator's office.

Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny has been detained after returning to Russia for the first time since he was poisoned.

Spector produced 20 top 40 hits between 1961 and 1965 and went on to work with the Beatles on Let It Be, as well as Leonard Cohen, the Righteous Brothers and Tina Turner.

If history can ever repeat, it did on January 6 when Trump supporters marched on the US Capitol.

They are businessmen born in mainland China, serve on top advisory committees to Beijing and profess patriotism for the motherland. Now, they are seeking to bring that ardour to Hong Kong, as the founders of the city's newest political party.

It was once a stop on the hippie trail and inspiration for the Lonely Planet guidebooks. So how did Afghanistan come to be defined by war and terrorism?

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Once a hub for both Western and Indian tourists, Kashmir has been reeling for more than a year. First, India brought in security forces. Then the coronavirus struck.

The opening salvo would herald a 10-day blitz of executive actions as Biden seeks to act swiftly to redirect the country in the wake of Donald Trump's presidency without waiting for Congress.

Thousands of Hondurans, many of them families with children, are travelling in a migrant caravan headed for the United States as President-elect Joe Biden prepares to take power.

The far-right media personality posted a video that showed supporters of Trump taking selfies with officers in the Capitol, telling the officers and each other: "This is only the beginning."

Brazil reported over 1000 virus-related deaths for the fifth day in a row on Saturday as a humanitarian crisis hits.

The town was overwhelmed with international interest when the first phase of the project was announced.

The US said it had obtained new evidence that researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology became sick with the virus before the first identified case of the outbreak, but provided no data to back up its claims.

The government is building a number of COVID hospitals, saying the new strain is harder to contain.

Iran has been accelerating its breaches of the nuclear deal and earlier this month started pressing ahead with plans to enrich uranium to 20 per cent fissile strength.

The volcano's hot clouds came just days after an earthquake killed dozens on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island.

The man had shown unauthorised credentials at a checkpoint and was found to be carrying a handgun and 500 rounds of ammunition in his vehicle.

Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni won a decisive re-election victory on Saturday, elections officials said, but his main rival Bobi Wine alleged widespread fraud and said citizens should reject the result.

Sanitation worker Manish Kumar became the first person in India to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Saturday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched one of the world's largest immunisation campaigns to bring the pandemic under control.

It is in Australia's interests to act swiftly and be ready to engage meaningfully with the Biden Administration from day one.

Chancellor Angela Merkel’s centre-right party has elected Armin Laschet, the pragmatic governor of Germany’s most populous state, as its new leader

Bruce Springsteen, John Legend and Foo Fighters will perform remotely during the prime-time special after the ceremony.

"These men weren’t drunks who got rowdy — they were terrorists,” said Republican Senator Ben Sasse, who is likely to vote to convict Trump.

Thousands spent the night in the open fearing aftershocks and a possible tsunami.

Prosecutors alleged he was part of a plot to kidnap elected officials as Pelosi calls for criminal investigation of any congress member who aided the rioters.

Trump has requested a 21-gun salute at his red-carpet farewell on Inauguration Day but has no plans to pose for a photo with Biden.

Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte cycled to the King's palace to resign after a report exposed a welfare debt collection scandal: "We all must take responsibility".

Uganda's long-ruling President Yoweri Museveni is ahead in the polls but sent soldiers to surround the compound of his chief challenger, reggae star Bobi Wine.

The gun rights lobby plans to restructure in Texas, where it could avoid a New York lawsuit brought claiming senior leaders diverted millions for personal use.

"Those outlets that propagate lies to their audience have unleashed insidious and uncontrollable forces that will be with us for years," he said.

It took eight months to hit 1 million dead from COVID-19. It took less than four months after that to reach the next million.