It can mean the weather’s hot, but could also convey pandemic exhaustion, climate anxiety or the brave face we put on when things get difficult or embarrassing.

Home to 650 million people, the region risks “being left behind if we do not act now”, says a report by Bain and Co, Microsoft and Singapore’s Temasek.

The gap in New Zealand’s anti-terror laws had been widely blamed for this month’s Islamic State-inspired knife attack at an Auckland supermarket.

And it didn’t lose it in the past few months, its defeat goes back to the Trump-Taliban deal and further, top US military chiefs said.

Mohib Ullah’s high profile made him a target of hardliners. “If I die, I’m fine. I will give my life,” he said in 2019.

Reports of worker pushback were always suspect, but lately some hard numbers have emerged.

The speech marked a turning point in British politics, as the Labour leader stared down hard-left activists and reclaimed the party for the mainstream.

A British police officer wore his police belt with handcuffs and used his police identification when he detained Everard “by fraud”, the prosecutor told a court.

A bright red river of lava from the volcano on Spain’s La Palma island finally tumbled over a cliff and into the Atlantic Ocean, setting off huge plumes of steam and possibly toxic gases.

Accepting the Emmy via videolink, Swan thanked “my wife Betsy, my mentor Pamela Williams and my mum and dad for their love and guidance”. 

The establishment candidate defeated popular favourite Taro Kono to take the leadership of the Liberal Democratic Party.

Press secretary for Donald Trump and Melania’s chief of staff, Stephanie Grisham paints the former president and his family as incompetent narcissists in her new book.

New documents cast a fresh light on the much-speculated relationship between Elizabeth I and her cousin Mary, Queen of Scots.

Earlier this month, a nine-year-old boy was taken to an emergency room for a rabies shot after being bitten several times near a duck pond.

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Danish artist Jens Haaning gave the Kunsten Museum of Art two blank canvases called Take the Money and Run instead of the money stack installation they wanted.

Around 72 per cent of adults in the EU have been fully vaccinated, but low uptake in some eastern EU countries now risks overwhelming hospitals.

“Europeans must come out of their naivety,” the French President said in his first comments about the AUKUS defence deal between Australia, the UK and US.

“I am Muslim. I pray five times a day and when I hear people say we’re doing this for Allah … The first rule is not to kill,” Bilal Mokono told the court.

The crisis gripping Britain consists of three main problems, and two of them have absolutely nothing to do with climate policy.

The Coalition is not only turning over control of our defence forces to the US, but shopping our foreign policy too.

The World Health Organisation’s director-general said the report made “harrowing reading” and apologised to the victims.

Army General Mark Milley has defended two calls he made to his Chinese counterpart, saying he was responding to “concerning intelligence” that China was worried about a US attack.

Opaque new measures to limit abortion and increase the birth rate have prompted widespread concern among China’s new generation of empowered women.

The chairman of WHO’s Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network says Australia should open extra COVID-care facilities before cases really spike.

The White House’s program - Build Back Better for the World - aims to win back some of the ground China has gained with its massive foreign policy project.

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Experts say that homicides have rapidly risen during the COVID-19 pandemic due to a unique set of circumstances.

He has been called the “Scholzomat” for his dry, verging on boring, political style. But that may serve him well with voters still attached to the understated manner of Angela Merkel.

In getting the booster, the US President dismissed criticism the country should distribute more vaccines worldwide before allowing boosters at home.

Paris Police Chief Didier Lallement says the wall is a “necessary protection for the residents of Pantin”.

A major spat has broken out between member states and Britain over the future of the controversial head of the Commonwealth.

And its spokesman for Asia and the Pacific, Stephen Kinnock, says the “betraying of France” will play into China’s hands.

Prosecutors said Kelly took advantage of his fame and charisma to recruit victims, including some plucked from crowds at his concerts, with help people in his entourage.

Quad initiatives are designed to present more compelling alternatives to Chinese models

Hinckley was 25 when he shot and wounded the 40th US president outside a Washington hotel in 1981.

One person is dead and about 20 are injured after an earthquake of at least 5.8-magnitude struck Greece’s largest island.

Eight former US officials offered details about the potential plot to assassinate the WikiLeaks founder, journalists say.

Prime Minister Boris Johnson is reported to be mulling calling in the army to deliver supplies to petrol stations.

As Joe Biden was negotiating a new submarine partnership with Scott Morrison, the US was secretly working on another deal.

The Governor’s plan would allow her to declare a state of emergency to replace the healthcare workers as tens of thousands face losing their jobs for failing to get the COVID vaccine.

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Lines of mourners paid their respects to the 22-year-old whose death has sparked a manhunt for her boyfriend.

Police reported at least 50 fights and disturbances during the night. Norwegian venues did not require vaccination certificates nor negative test results.

Switzerland’s referendum brings the Alpine nation in line with most other Western European nations.

The Opposition Leader celebrated his victory over the hard left while former party leader Jeremy Corbyn spoke from a fire truck parked outside the conference.

The Social Democrats are in pole position to form a coalition government after the outgoing Chancellor’s party recorded its worst election result since 1949.

Female spies should be seductive and James Bond shouldn’t be remade to be sensitive, says the daughter of the Russian double agent who originally inspired Ian Fleming.

Critics of the pact disregard the many relationships outside the Anglosphere we are deepening and enriching.

TV legend Andrew Neil has come out swinging against his former employer GB News and Angelos Frangopoulos, who used to run Sky News Australia.