Although deaths and hospitalisations remain low across Europe, a new wave of infections is unnerving governments and creating rifts.

The Pacific Island nation is in the midst of a COVID-19 crisis with cases rising sharply, but the pro-vaccination message was dumped at the last minute due to resistance from some team members.

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Japanese bureaucrats are fighting back against orders to do away with the fax machine, a long-obsolete technology that remains a cornerstone of every ministry department in the country.

Doubts over the official explanation for the presidential killing has exacerbated an emerging power struggle over the prime ministership.

Several fires have burnt through western states in the US following extreme temperatures.

More than any other major sport in England, football has drawn its stars from the working class and in Sterling the code unearthed a rare talent.

Italy’s economy minister Daniele Franco said on Saturday virus variants were a major source of concern for the global economy but the world should avoid imposing new restrictions on people’s lives to combat the pandemic.

Overnight, there is only one place on Earth that anybody wants to be. And, sadly, this time around, that won’t be Tokyo.

Despite desire to understand the pandemic’s source, it often takes years to establish the early infection path of a new disease. And China hasn’t made it easier.

“We definitely need assistance and we’ve asked our international partners for help,” Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph said in a phone interview late on Friday.

“They say I don’t have proof of fraud,” the South American president said. “You don’t have proof that there’s no fraud either!”

For the first time in three months, coronavirus cases are rising again: the current daily case rate of 16,000 is up 40 per cent on the previous fortnight.

Binx, the cat, was recognised by a volunteer who had been feeding cats near the collapsed building.

Wayne Couzens abducted Sarah Everard, a complete stranger, in a rented car hours after he finished a 12-hour policing shift in London.

A fire engulfed a food and beverage factory outside Bangladesh’s capital, killing at least 52 people, many of whom were trapped inside by an illegally locked door, fire officials said.

In some countries, 60 per cent of working-age people earn their living day to day in the informal economy. With strict lockdowns in place, some earn nothing.

New Orleans’ Zaila Avant-garde, 14, correctly spelt a word for a common Australasian shrub to become the national bee’s first African-American champion.

The decision to WFH during lockdown was a gift to employers, not the other way around.  

Jovenel Moise’s daughter hid in a bedroom during the attack and a maid and another worker were tied up by the attackers who shouted “DEA operation” as they entered the property, a judge said.

“Children, put your phones away and go to sleep.” Tech company Tencent’s new feature locks out Chinese teens trying to breach the nation’s 10pm e-game curfew.

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Around 2000 visitors a day are expected to pay the equivalent of $30 each for the privilege of a BYO lunch on the royal lawn.

A Pasteur Institute study finds that two doses of the widely used vaccines are needed to provide strong immunity against the highly infectious mutation.

“TV and Twitter, your honour, mean nothing,” Michael Avenatti told the judge who sentenced him to two-and-a-half years for his blackmail attempts.

Taliban forces have been gaining ground rapidly, leading critics to say the Biden administration is rushing its withdrawal and risking a humanitarian disaster.

Organisers of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics on Thursday agreed to hold the Games without spectators.

The European Union has handed down $1 billion in fines to four major German car manufacturers on Thursday.

While the Taj Mahal has partially reopened, life for locals remains in limbo: no longer totally shut down but far from fully normal or safe.

The Green Party candidate had been accused of plagiarism. She’s previously had to correct details in a resume and belatedly declare payments from her party.

That assurance was disclosed as part of a British High Court agreement to hear the US appeal for the Wikileaks’ founder’s extradition.

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The toll is three times the number of people killed in traffic accidents around the world every year.

The ‘once-in-a-millennium’ heatwave North America just endured could return every decade, according to new modelling that says climate change was the culprit.

Haiti’s communications secretary did not provide further details about the slaying of Jovenel Moïse and the wounding of his wife.

For two weeks after the tower collapsed, officials stressed their focus on finding survivors. But now the search teams must bring up the bodies.

Johnson does not want “an anti-China spirit” to “pitchfork away every investment from China” but pressed pause on the buyout of a chip maker.

WHO’s emergency chief Dr Michael Ryan said the idea that vaccinations mean life can return to normal in Europe “is still a very dangerous assumption”.

Britain’s High Court has granted the US government permission to appeal a decision that the WikiLeaks founder cannot be sent to the US to face espionage charges.

The former US president said he was filing suits against three of the country’s biggest tech companies, claiming he had been wrongfully censored by them.

Japan’s government is reportedly preparing to issue a state of emergency this month in Tokyo and will keep it in place until August 22, after the end of the Olympic Games

Australia will send 2.5 million doses of the AstraZeneca vaccine as well as testing kits and ventilators.

Rising food prices are a global problem and a worrying trend that threatens economic stability, say experts.

Laurent started secondary school at six and university at eight. He says he’s “just Laurent”.

It says it’s for fuel for a research reactor, but the US and Europe say it can be used to make the core of a nuclear bomb.

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As the fans sing: ‘good times never felt so good’. On the eve of the Euro 2020 semi-final, England’s manager Gareth Southgate is reinventing British patriotism.

A quick guide to Sinovac and Sinopharm and what they mean for global protection.

Three suspects have been detained, including the possible shooter, after crime reporter Peter de Vries was shot in the head as he left a television studio.

As Australia tears itself apart over the risks of AstraZeneca, near neighbour Indonesia is rapidly approaching a COVID-19 catastrophe.