Fighting back tears, Tuvalu Finance Minister Seve Paeniu said his hopes for progress at the start of the UN gathering had been replaced by despair.

In a text message released by a court in London, Meghan told her then-communications chief that Prince Charles and the other royals did not grasp the issue.

The city’s Air Quality Index hit 470 on a scale of 500 on Friday and will trigger curbs on driving and school closures.

A meeting of 21 leaders hosted by New Zealand and including Joe Biden, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin has found common ground on two major issues.

Unvaccinated people in two hard-hit regions of Austria will be locked down next week and the country looks poised to move forward with similar measures nationwide.

Some 35 million Americans have quit their jobs this year. “Pandemic epiphanies” are among their reasons.

A federal magistrate is expected to issue an arrest warrant for the man who ran Trump’s 2016 election campaign following the criminal indictment. 

Glen de Vries was killed along with a flight instructor when a small plane crashed in northern New Jersey.

The latest draft of the summit’s decision document has removed reference to phasing out “all coal and fossil fuel subsidies”.

Taylor Swift proves again that she’s won with the release of her “new” album.

The former PM says the Herald’s journalists are missing the point on China. No, we aren’t.

As the 20th anniversary of the Bali bombings nears, survivor Gary Nash fears partygoers at proposed new venue “will be dancing on people’s graves”.

The intelligence assessments on troop movements near Ukraine are believed to be behind a Biden administration’s warning to Europe.

F.W. de Klerk is often touted as a great reformer. However, following his death, at 85, on Thursday, there is evidence aplenty for a more nuanced view of his achievements.

F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela’s likenesses appeared on T-shirts and as salt and pepper shakers, but Mandela was circumspect in his praise.

Australia’s former foreign affairs minister pays tribute to South Africa’s FW de Klerk.

The Chinese President rose from sleeping on a pile of fleas to transforming his country’s economic, diplomatic and military fortunes. His vision continues.

From indigenous protesters attending the COP26 Climate Summit to the continuing eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano in Spain, these are the best photos from around the world in the past week, as chosen by The Age's photo editors.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Big Bird has copped a grilling from US conservatives after he announced he got his COVID-19 shot.

Last month the 95-year-old queen spent a night in hospital for the first time in years for what the palace called “preliminary investigations” into an unspecified ailment.

What Jim Robert remembers most, what still sounds like music in his head, isn’t what they said, but what the two women sounded like.

A small modular reactor is roughly the size of two football pitches and would produce enough energy to power 1 million homes.

Xi has become China’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong following a resolution unanimously adopted by China’s Communist Party.

South Africa’s last white president, FW de Klerk, who died on Thursday, apologised for the crimes committed against people of colour in a video released hours after his death.

Countries bordering Belarus have warned the migrant crisis on the European Union’s eastern borders could escalate into a military confrontation.

The Duchess of Sussex has apologised for misleading a British court about the extent of her co-operation with the authors of a sympathetic book about her and Prince Harry.

Reported measles cases fell by more than 80 per cent last year compared with 2019, but many children missed their vaccine doses leaves them vulnerable.

Beneficial oxygen levels have increased and toxic phosphorus levels have declined, helping the river to recover from its 1950s doomed state.

Asia’s largest billion-dollar gallery opens in the middle of a political storm over censorship in Hong Kong.

The best photos from around the world

As prices soar for gasoline and other goods across America, the prospect of Donald Trump returning to the White House in 2024 grows more plausible each day. 

While Biden and Xi have berated each other on the world stage, their climate envoys have been working behind the scenes towards common goals.

The two met at the Elysee presidential palace, as part of a weeks-long effort by Washington to mend relations with France, America’s oldest ally.

John Kerry called the joint declaration a “road map for our present and future collaboration” on climate change.

There is a strong expectation that the language that would pressure the Morrison government to embrace tighter emissions goals will be softened or removed.

Kyle Rittenhouse broke down in tears on the witness stand at his murder trial as he described how he was being pursued by the first man he shot and killed during a night of turbulent protests in Kenosha.

The grandfather of the six-year-old boy is wanted on kidnapping charges after allegedly taking the boy back to Israel when his parents and brother all died in the cable car disaster in Italy.

Meghan told a former senior aide that a handwritten letter she wrote to her father might be leaked to the press, hence her being “meticulous” with her wording.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said: “We need to pull out all the stops if we’re going to keep 1.5C within our grasp”.

Less than 48 hours after saying it would suspend joint maritime patrols, Jakarta is planning to resume them.

Europe wants to be the world’s first carbon-neutral continent by 2050. Lufthansa says passengers may have to help foot the bill.

The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

The Twitter boss has not directly responded to Prince Harry, but has since posted a screenshot of his full inbox notification.

The campaigner has married Asser Malik, general manager of the Pakistan Cricket Board’s High-Performance Centre, in a small private ceremony in Birmingham.

The announcement by French President Emmanuel Macron will revive debate over the role of nuclear technology in combating climate change.

Belarus has been accused of sending primarily Middle Eastern refugees to the EU’s border in an attempt to destabilise the bloc in retaliation for sanctions.

One ethics expert said that the Republican’s threatening behaviour could violate both House ethics rules and federal criminal statutes.

The congresswoman arrived at the COP26 summit to support American efforts to reclaim leadership after a four-year absence under former president Donald Trump. 

Two couples gave birth to each other’s babies after a mix-up at a US fertility clinic.