Authorities said they had pinpointed an area in the sea where the plane went missing after losing contact with air traffic control in Russia’s far east.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has said “ideologies” posed risks to national security and urged parents, teachers and religious leaders to observe the behaviour of teenagers and report those who break the law to the authorities.

Amid rising tensions with China, the Philippine coast guard has trained a new unit of 81 female radio operators hoping their warnings will deter Chinese boat crews.

The mortuary at Fiji’s largest hospital is now full, the country’s health ministry says, and people are getting increasingly worried.

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“The situation is really bad,” Tbilisi Pride director Giorgi Tabagari said as activists went into hiding after protesters raided their office.

Itty and Tzvi Ainsworth moved to South Florida four years ago from Australia to be closer to their children.

This will be the first time any major country tests what happens when unrestricted transmission meets widespread vaccination coverage. 

“Has she said anything about me? Is she going to talk? Will she roll on anybody?” Trump is alleged to have said in a new book from biographer Michael Wolff.

In a country with high infection numbers and no real contract tracings, researchers worked out how to link clusters to children’s parties.

It was only after the looters moved in that Afghans patrolling the fence realised the Americans were gone: “In one night they lost all the good will of 20 years.”

“It will be a very stressful situation for everyone,” says the head of The Board of Airline Representatives of Australia, bracing for six weeks of cuts to arrivals.

All social distancing and mask-wearing rules will be abolished as Boris Johnson gambles on his world-leading vaccine rollout.

Police said gunmen shooting wildly attacked and overpowered the school’s security guards before taking students into a nearby forest.

The 84-year-old is expected to stay in Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic, which has a special suite reserved for popes, for about seven days after undergoing intestinal surgery.

The vaccine appears to be less effective in halting the spread of the Delta strain of the virus, although it is shielding against severe illness, according to data from Israel’s government.

Kate Middleton had attended a number of events last week, most prominently the Wimbledon tennis championships on Friday.

The milder weather has caused concerns at ski fields as they prepare for school holiday crowds.

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The plan would help ease a tight global supply of mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, particularly in Asia.

The fears that Indonesia was heading down the same path as India are beginning to come to pass in devastating fashion.

Putin signs a new law forcing French producers to relabel hallowed brands as “sparkling wine”.

The controlled demolition is key to resuming the search for victims of the June 24 collapse.

Many more people are missing than previously estimated as a result of the mud wave that hit Atami, near Tokyo, at the weekend. Three have been found dead.

Fijian teams are travelling on planes that normally carry chilled seafood. Others describe even getting the sporting equipment to Tokyo as a “true war operation”.

Civil Defence volunteers have discovered human remains just outside the village of Odou on the southern edge of the Troodos mountain range.

New York Mayor Bill de Blasio was on hand to congratulate and share his insights: “It is a dog-eat-dog world … we should relish this moment!”

The former president, who was meant to hand himself to authorities after being sentenced to jail, spoke to a huge crowd trying to prevent his arrest.

A local councillor blamed the US and allies withdrawal for the poor morale of Afghan troops who are mostly outnumbered and without resupplies.

In the state with the lowest vaccine rates, nurse Alyssa Simmons can’t even convince her husband to take it: “He just doesn’t think he needs it.”

The aircraft was carrying 96 people when it crashed into a coconut grove outside Jolo airport in Sulu province.

A relative of one of the missing has called the decision to pause the search for survivors “devastating”.

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The attact has affected thousands of businesses and forcing Swedish Coop grocery store chain to close all 800 of its stores because it could not operate its cash registers.

After a flurry of angry responses, the Ukrainian military has changed its position on the footwear.

Experts say the issue of pet custody has become thorny for the growing number of younger people who are choosing pets instead of children.

How the William and Harry put aside any differences to forever commemorate Diana, Princess of Wales.

Portugal said on Saturday it hoped to vaccinate a further 1.7 million people against COVID-19 over the next two weeks as authorities scramble to contain a surge in infections caused by the more contagious Delta variant.

At least 19 people were missing after dozens of homes were buried in a huge landslide in the hot-spring town of Atami.

The Australian government has challenged a UN order supporting the return of an Australian man to support his mother during her cancer treatment.

The passport offices are crowded with citizens who are preparing for the day they may have to flee.

Taiwan’s hotel quarantine safety is under review following the deaths of three guests who were told to stay in their rooms.

Churches have burned and statues of royalty have been vandalised as anger mounts over the discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves of First Nations children.

An audit prompted by the collapse of the Surfside tower found that the North Miami Beach block had been deemed structurally and electrically unsafe months ago.

France has launched an inquiry into the supply chain used by Uniqlo, Inditex, the owner of Zara, Skechers and SMCP, to see it can be traced back to Xinjiang.

After a half-century of diplomatic sparring, the two nations are now openly rivals, seeking dominance in diplomatic clout, economic heft, military might, technology mastery and even climate change reform.

The ‘Phuket Sandbox’ initiative allows free movement on the island for fully vaccinated tourists, with no quarantine required, although masks are required in most public places.

A cargo plane made an emergency landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii on Friday and both people on board have been rescued.

The death toll has risen to 20 in the Florida tragedy as investigations continue into unresolved problems.

Turkey’s formal exit from a European treaty aimed at preventing violence against women prompted hundreds of protesters to take to the streets.