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Wed, 12 May 2021 18:31:16 +1000
Escalating violence bears hallmarks of Gaza war
Israel Lt Col. Jonathan Conricus, military spokesman, said two infantry brigades were sent to the area, indicating preparations for a possible ground invasion.

Wed, 12 May 2021 16:47:35 +1000
‘Is this the big one?’: The next intifada could be fuelled over Tiktok
The Israeli government, the surrounding Arab nations and the Palestinian Authority all desperately want to shut down the crisis but the call to arms have moved to social media.

Wed, 12 May 2021 16:35:04 +1000
Internal emails reveal WHO knew of sex abuse claims in Congo
Young women working on the Ebola outbreak in 2019 claim they were offered or appointed to jobs in return for sex.

Wed, 12 May 2021 16:08:44 +1000
Millions of hectares of forest have grown back since 2000
But that’s no excuse to sit around waiting for it to happen, say the researchers who quantified the regeneration.

Wed, 12 May 2021 15:27:03 +1000
Prince Harry and Meghan team up with Procter & Gamble
P&G’s brands include Gillette, Pantene, Olay,  Tampax, Vicks and Old Spice, but it’s the company’s non-profit work that lines up with the royal couple.

Wed, 12 May 2021 13:26:04 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Wed, 12 May 2021 12:42:40 +1000
Netanyahu says Palestinian militants to pay ‘very heavy’ price for rocket attacks
Gazans reported their homes shaking and the sky lighting up with Israeli attacks, outgoing rockets fired by Hamas and Islamic Jihad, and Israeli air defence missiles intercepting them.

Wed, 12 May 2021 12:29:09 +1000
Last wild macaw in Rio is lonely and looking for love
Almost every morning Juliet appears. She swoops onto the zoo’s macaw enclosure and, through the fence, engages in behaviour that looks like conjugal canoodling.

Wed, 12 May 2021 12:24:16 +1000
Suez Canal to be expanded after Ever Given fiasco
The Panama-flagged, Japanese-owned ship ran aground in the single-lane stretch of the canal on March 23, blocking international trade for six days.

Wed, 12 May 2021 12:03:41 +1000
Earthquake strikes Mindoro, Philippines
The European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre reported the earthquake’s depth at 112 km.

Wed, 12 May 2021 11:36:54 +1000
Two dead whales dislodge from hull of HMAS Sydney in California
The Royal Australian Navy has confirmed the two carcasses shifted from underneath the vessel as it berthed.

Wed, 12 May 2021 11:32:43 +1000
Defiant Liz Cheney blasts Trump election lies ahead of leadership vote
Cheney said those who dispute the election results were at war with the Constitution and were sowing the seeds of future political violence.

Wed, 12 May 2021 11:25:20 +1000
Atlanta spa shootings were hate crimes, prosecutor says
She indicated she would seek the death penalty for the suspect who was also charged with one count of domestic terrorism.

Wed, 12 May 2021 10:38:10 +1000
The latest cycle of violence between Israelis and Palestinians will be hard to stop
Diplomatic pressure is unlikely to have much effect as the death toll rises and action brings more retaliation.

Wed, 12 May 2021 08:55:36 +1000
Life-sized Star Wars X-wing fighter lands in US museum
“The museum has long had an interest in the themes of inspiration and imagination,” Margaret Weitekamp, a Smithsonian curator, said.

Wed, 12 May 2021 06:49:51 +1000
Ransomware-hit Colonial Pipeline causes US petrol supply crunch, panic buying
“We are asking people not to hoard,” US Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told reporters at the White House. “Things will be back to normal soon.”

Wed, 12 May 2021 06:09:05 +1000
Link between partner violence and mass shootings found
One 2020 study found that nearly half of mass shooters between 1966 and 2020 have a history of violence against women.

Wed, 12 May 2021 00:00:00 +1000
Death and destruction spreads across Israel and the Palestinian territories
A day of upheaval at holy sites in the contested city of Jerusalem quickly widened into a night of warlike violence.

Wed, 12 May 2021 00:00:00 +1000
From the Archives, 1971: Reporter back from dead
After her capture and eventual release by the Viet Cong, journalist Kate Webb had the bizarre experience of reading her own obituaries.

Tue, 11 May 2021 23:35:32 +1000
Putin orders gun control review after students killed in Russian school shooting
At least seven students and two school employees have been killed and many others wounded after a gunman opened fire in a school in the Russian city of Kazan.

Tue, 11 May 2021 19:26:16 +1000
What is happening in Jerusalem and Gaza?
There’s been a rapid escalation of violence between Israelis and Palestinians this week. Here’s what you need to know.

Tue, 11 May 2021 17:43:35 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Tue, 11 May 2021 17:05:50 +1000
Netanyahu says air strikes on Gaza could ‘continue for some time’
Overnight, 24 Palestinians - including nine children - were killed in Gaza, most by air strikes, as Hamas fired more than 200 rockets toward Israel, injuring six civilians.

Tue, 11 May 2021 16:09:41 +1000
China’s population grows at slowest rate since 1961 famine
It is the long tail of the now-abolished One-Child Policy that has driven the result in the world’s most populous country. The coronavirus also played its part.

Tue, 11 May 2021 16:06:56 +1000
Man faces attempted murder charges after Dunedin stabbing attack
The 42-year-old has been charged with attempted murder of four people, two men and two women.

Tue, 11 May 2021 15:35:56 +1000
Hardliners and reformers jostle in Iran’s high-stakes presidential race
Whoever wins the June 18 vote will replace moderate Hassan Rouhani as nuclear pact talks resume and Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, now 82, battles ill-health rumours.

Tue, 11 May 2021 13:07:21 +1000
Everest climbers told to bring back empty oxygen tanks
Climbers and Sherpa guides have carried an estimated 3500 oxygen bottles this season. They often get buried in avalanches or are abandoned on the mountain.

Tue, 11 May 2021 12:31:57 +1000
Cow dung is no cure for COVID, Indian doctors warn
Some believers have been going to cow shelters once a week to cover their bodies in cow dung and urine in the hope it will boost their immunity against,

Tue, 11 May 2021 11:58:56 +1000
COVID vaccine success fans hopes of mRNA shot for cancer
Over the past decade Drew Weissman and Katalin Kariko have been working on a variety of vaccines. The pandemic accelerated the trials of their technology.

Tue, 11 May 2021 11:13:43 +1000
Israeli air strikes kill nine children among others in Gaza
Israel’s military said it carried out strikes against armed groups in Gaza after militants there crossed a “red line”, firing rockets near Jerusalem.

Tue, 11 May 2021 07:15:47 +1000
Golden Globes dropped by NBC after a Hollywood backlash over ethics of group
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has been under close scrutiny following an investigation that showed the group of 87 journalists had no black members.

Tue, 11 May 2021 06:53:52 +1000
Republican says Kevin McCarthy dismissed his warning ahead of Capitol riot
Representative Adam Kinzinger said it should be Kevin McCarthy whose leadership is challenged, not Liz Cheney’s, who is expected to be purged by pro-Trump Republicans.

Tue, 11 May 2021 06:37:12 +1000
Italy’s La Scala reopens after 7-month pandemic-led closure
With COVID-19 cases and deaths decreasing, Italy is assessing loosening lockdown measures and plans to lift quarantine restrictions.

Tue, 11 May 2021 05:49:20 +1000
US ship fires 30 warning shots in encounter with Iranian vessels
This is the second time in the last month US military vessels have had to fire warning shots because of what they said was unsafe behaviour by Iranian vessels.

Tue, 11 May 2021 05:30:53 +1000
Minke whale calf put down after getting stranded in London’s River Thames
An injured minke whale calf that became stranded in London’s River Thames has been put down after its condition deteriorated and hopes for its survival faded.

Tue, 11 May 2021 04:30:07 +1000
Zero daily coronavirus deaths in England for only second time since pandemic began
New research suggests Britain’s world-leading vaccine rollout slashes the risk of dying from COVID-19 by up to 97 per cent.

Tue, 11 May 2021 03:32:42 +1000
US pipeline hackers say their aim is cash, not chaos
The ransomware group accused of crippling the leading US fuel pipeline operator says that its goal was to make money and not sow mayhem.

Mon, 10 May 2021 23:45:32 +1000
Israeli police and Palestinians clash at Jerusalem holy site
Palestinian medics say hundreds protesters have been hospitalised after clashes with Israeli police.

Mon, 10 May 2021 21:42:52 +1000
India’s COVID-19 cases hold close to record highs as calls widen for lockdown
India has recorded 22.66 million COVID-19 cases and 246,116 deaths as hospitals run out of oxygen and beds and morgues and crematoria overflow.

Mon, 10 May 2021 19:02:04 +1000
Indonesian police arrest Papuan independence figure for suspected treason
Indonesian authorities have arrested Papuan independence leader Victor Yeimo over accusations that he orchestrated some of the most serious civil unrest in decades.

Mon, 10 May 2021 17:29:47 +1000
As China freezes out Australia, the superpower befriends Indonesia
China and Indonesia staged a joint naval exercise in the Java Sea only days after Beijing offered to recover the sunken KRI Nanggala 402 off Bali without charge.

Mon, 10 May 2021 15:28:32 +1000
Several injured in stabbing attack at New Zealand supermarket
Witnesses inside the supermarket in the South Island city of Dunedin heard someone scream “he’s got a knife” before customers tried to pin down the attacker.

Mon, 10 May 2021 14:05:51 +1000
Japan PM says he ‘never put Olympics first’ as polls show 60% want Games cancelled
International Olympic officials, Tokyo planners and Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga himself have insisted the Games will go on in “a safe and secure” way.

Mon, 10 May 2021 14:04:39 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Mon, 10 May 2021 13:51:56 +1000
Jordan demands Israel stop ‘barbaric’ attacks on mosque
The worsening violence around the Temple Mount has prompted Jordan’s King and the US National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan to speak out.

Mon, 10 May 2021 12:13:52 +1000
Neanderthals weren’t cannibals but were eaten by giant hyenas
The discovery of a prehistoric human skull in a cave in Italy has disproved macabre theories that Neanderthals indulged in ritual cannibalism – instead pointing to the prospect that they were eaten by giant hyenas.

Mon, 10 May 2021 11:00:00 +1000
How a ‘green pillow’ is helping to save Hoi An from climate change floods
The mangrove forest planted along this shrinking village’s riverbank is like a pillow that doesn’t stop but slows down the forces of nature.

Mon, 10 May 2021 10:33:58 +1000
Eyeing Indian outbreak, Africa ramps up monitoring of coronavirus variants
The slow vaccine rollout has made Africa’s hunt for new variants, which tend to emerge where spread goes unchecked, more urgent.

Mon, 10 May 2021 09:57:07 +1000
‘Harmful’: French education ministry bans gender-inclusive language
“With the spread of inclusive writing, the English language - already quasi-hegemonic across the world - would certainly and perhaps forever defeat the French language.”

Mon, 10 May 2021 08:36:25 +1000
EU has not ordered AstraZeneca vaccines beyond June
The Commission launched legal action against AstraZeneca for not respecting its contract for the supply of vaccines and for not having a plan to ensure timely deliveries.



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