Right-wing politician Matteo Salvini has been charged with kidnapping over an incident in 2019 when he was interior minister.

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She may be 95 years old, but the Queen holds fast to the concept that a monarch must be seen to be believed.

A number of police forces in England are investigating reports of women unknowingly being injected with syringes at crowded night spots.

The announcement from the major fossil fuel producer was timed to make a splash before the start of the global COP26 climate conference being held in Glasgow, Scotland.

Soaring COVID-19 cases are causing worries in Britain, and have led to a tightening of restrictions across many nations in Europe.

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan says he has told his foreign ministry to expel the ambassadors of the United States, NZ and other Western countries for demanding the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala.

The husband of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has also spoken out after she was shot to death on the New Mexico set of a Western movie featuring Alec Baldwin in an incident that has stirred debate about gun safety in films.

It took an Olympics without spectators, four states of emergency, and the resignation of a prime minister, but after four months, Japan has crushed its sharpest coronavirus wave.

Tens of thousands of international students have been stranded outside Australia but a deal struck with Scott Morrison by Singapore’s leader has given some new hope.

The answer Biden gave to a question at a public forum forced the White House to quickly clarify that the administration was not announcing any changes to its existing policy on Taiwan.

After the drug lord was killed in 1993, his giraffes, zebras and flamingos were sent off to zoos, but four giant hippos were allowed to remain in a pond.

The currency manipulation deprives impoverished Syrians of much-needed funds and allows Bashar al-Assad to circumvent sanctions for atrocities enforced by Western countries.

Though Facebook has been remarkably successful since going public in 2012, the new filings argue investors face serious downside risks they cannot understand.

Actor Alec Baldwin was handed a loaded weapon allegedly by an assistant director who indicated it was safe to use in the moments before a cinematographer was fatally shot, court records show.

There are no fig-leaves left - Cambodia cannot now be described as anything other than a dictatorship. Australia must raise its voice for democracy there.

A New York jury has convicted Lev Parnas of charges that he made illegal campaign contributions to influence US politicians and advance his business interests.

“There are no words to convey my shock and sadness regarding the tragic accident that took the life of Halyna Hutchins,” Baldwin said, his first public comments since the shooting.

The millionaire real estate scion has been charged in New York City with the death of his former wife, Kathie Durst, who vanished in 1982.

The Santa Fe Sheriff’s Office confirmed the actor had discharged the prop firearm, but that no charges have been filed and the investigation is ongoing.

Fully vaccinated Australians will be able to holiday without quarantine in Thailand from November 1, but Indonesia hasn’t greenlit Australia yet.

State broadcaster CCTV said after Li Yundi’s arrest that “celebrities have frequently challenged the social conscience, morality and even dignity of the law”.

Contraband Australian crustaceans smuggled into China can fetch up to $340 a kilogram, twice the price of those sold legally in Hong Kong.

Professor Dorian Abbot’s specialty is life on other planets. But it was his views on academic merit that triggered protests and even resignations across the US.

Dental records confirmed his identity.

Buckingham Palace had earlier announced a cancellation of a trip to Northern Ireland citing illness.

The committee noted that Bannon spoke with Trump before the January 6 attack and promoted the protests on his podcast, saying “all hell is going to break loose”.

President Bashar Assad’s hometown of Qardaha in Latakia province was hard hit by the fires.

Some people took the opportunity to note the robot fared better than thousands of people, including lawyers and journalists, trying to enter or leave Egypt.

A booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine restored efficacy to 95.6 per cent against the virus, including the Delta variant, data released by the company shows.

A prosecutor told the court that Ali Harbi Ali had described himself as affiliated to Islamic State and had planned for years to kill a member of parliament.

Mohamed Noor, who shot Justine Damond after she called emergency services to report a possible rape, was sentenced to the maximum allowed for manslaughter.

His new media group, which also plans to offer streaming news and entertainment, is underwritten by a mysterious Miami private funding venture.

Despite having some of the toughest anti-vax laws in Asia - and rising COVID deaths - the city-state cannot persuade elderly holdouts who fear side effects.

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Groundbreaking research shows Vikings journeyed across the Atlantic Ocean hundreds of years before Christopher Columbus.

Laundrie, a person of interest in death of influencer Petito, was reported missing after telling his parents he was going for a hike in the Florida nature preserve.

There is 100 times more gold in a tonne of mobile phones than in a tonne of gold ore, according to 2019 report by the World Economic Forum.

Brazil’s leader has consistently downplayed the threat of the coronavirus, touted misinformation and unproven treatments while ignoring global health guidelines.

The “unusual and slightly worrying” situation looms as a test of the government’s determination keep its economy and society functioning as normal.

Drugmaker Merck is already manufacturing the drug in anticipation of that approval, which could come in December.

Anxiety remains in south-east Asia over Australia’s ambitions for a nuclear-powered submarine fleet despite a fresh bid from Canberra to win over the doubters.

Nicholas Cruz stood hunched over as he pleaded guilty to 17 counts of murder over the mass shooting, the deadliest ever at a US high school.

Queen Elizabeth has accepted medical advice to rest and has cancelled a planned visit to Northern Ireland.

It is hoped the major advance could eventually help alleviate a dire shortage of human organs for transplant.

Why is Ardern, who called climate change the nuclear-free issue of her generation, not making the trip to Glasgow?

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Bill McKibben says Australia’s “role as a supplier of dirty carbon to much of the world is, at this point in human history, a shameful role”.

Organisers of the annual tongue-in-cheek awards had approached the monarch to see if she would consider accepting the honour herself.

Oleg Deripaska once employed Paul Manafort who the Kremlin used, along with Wikileaks, to help Donald Trump win that election.