Researchers at the Imperial College London have found that, regardless of playing ability, pianists quickly adapt their brain to control a sixth digit.

In his first interview from prison, he says it’s “like a Chinese labour camp, where everybody marches in line and cameras are everywhere. There is constant control.”

China has criticised the US “politicisation” of efforts to trace the origin of the coronavirus, demanding a US military laboratory be investigated.

Among every 100,000 patients who get the Pfizer vaccine, one to five will likely develop myocarditis, but the risk is much lower than among those infected.

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Ardern said authorities were “very pleased” that the swift move to lockdown had so far prevented cases in the South Island.

One man posted a video of blood pouring from his own head. He said: “They [the Taliban] hit me. I am Australian citizen.”

One member of the county’s governing body asked if the prison was effectively experimenting on detainees.

Jeremy was among the biggest names in the adult film industry having appeared in more than 2000 movies starting in the 1970s.

President Joe Biden said he is sticking to his August 31 deadline for completing the US pullout, ramping up pressure on the already risky operation.

The congressmen now face criticism for showboating as politicians — which they vehemently deny — while adding needless confusion to a dire situation.

Spencer Elden has filed a lawsuit over his depiction on one of the most famous album covers of all time.

Former Indonesia vice-president Jusuf Kalla was a key figure in talks with the Taliban over the past two years. He too is waiting for the Taliban to do as it promised.

China earlier accused the US Vice-President, who is in Vietnam, of seeking to drive a wedge between countries in the region.

Poor execution of the withdrawal should not obscure the strategic justification for ending this 20-year war.

A baby under the age of one is the youngest person infected with the Delta variant in the country. Dozens more cases were added on Wednesday.

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The new law gives Belgians the right to enter a neighbour’s property to retrieve lost items, but there is a key condition.

Public health groups are using controversial micro-targeting techniques on Facebook to persuade political and religious conservatives to get their jabs.

Rather than co-pilots in the withdrawal effort, Joe Biden has treated America’s allies like powerless passengers. Now they feel dismayed and betrayed.

Britain’s fast-food supply chains have been hit hard as European truck drivers leave the country as Nandos and KFC also report shortages.

“We’ve already had gun-fighting break out,” Biden said in an address to the nation. “We run a serious risk of it breaking down as time goes on.”

A quarter of Los Angeles residents who caught COVID as Delta surged between May and July were vaccinated - but only 3 per cent of them were hospitalised.

More than 1000 refugees who have already fled Afghanistan defied a ban on public gatherings in the Indonesian capital and fought with police.

The President said he agreed to the nomination given “popular calls”.

An interpreter for the Australians says the Taliban have put up pictures of his family in the local mosque, seeking information on their whereabouts in hiding.

Australia-based former Hong Kong MP Ted Hui wants to know: “What does she have to say to my comrades thrown in jail?“.

This giant slow-moving vegetarian was recorded catching a bird and eating it. It is the first direct evidence of a tortoise hunting.

The Turkish President says the country has no intention of becoming “Europe’s migrant storage unit”.

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The outbreak began with one case a week ago.

“This is a galvanising event for jihadists everywhere.”

When it is fully built next year, the hypervelocity wind tunnel will give China significant advantage in the race to create hypersonic weapons.

Critics say they worry that the vaccine is being used before its effectiveness and safety have been proved.

The Taliban has labelled the August 31 withdrawal date a “red line”, raising the possibility of violence between the group and US forces. 

The woman said she met Kelly in his room at a hotel in Orlando, Florida, in 2015 after a member of the singer’s entourage gave her his number during a concert.

In giving up on Afghanistan, US President Joe Biden has undercut America’s position everywhere.

The international community should withhold recognition of the new government of Afghanistan.

The New York Governor defended his record and portrayed himself as the victim of a “media frenzy” as he prepared for a midnight power transfer.

The US has given full approval to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, a milestone that could lift public confidence in the shots and spur more organisations to make vaccinations mandatory.

The US President was supposed to restore the world’s faith in America’s reliability after the Trump years, but the chaos in Kabul has diminished his reputation.

At least 20 people have been killed in shootings and stampedes at the international airport during chaotic scenes in recent days.

US Vice-President Kamala Harris has used her first visit to south-east Asia to reiterate the superpower’s commitment to security partners following the fall of Kabul.

The 65-year-old was among the first celebrity cricketers of the modern era and was appointed to the House of Lords last year as Baron Botham of Ravensworth.

Conditions had grown increasingly dire as thousands of arrivals accumulated in sweltering hangars without adequate toilets and showers.

Auckland will be kept on the high restrictions until August 31, PM Jacinda Ardern announced a week after the first case of Delta variant prompted a national lockdown.

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Mississippi’s health department said that more than 70 per cent of recent calls to the state’s poison centre came after people took ivermectin bought at livestock supply centres.

From the Taliban retaking control of Afghanistan to continued wildfires in Europe and North America, these are the best photos from around the world in the past week, as chosen by The Age's photo editors.

“When the ships don’t move, the poop piles up,” a representative of the firm that uncovered the trend in satellite imagery, told an audience.