Residents and activists in Syria’s rebel-held north-west described seeing a large ground assault, and US forces using loudspeakers asking women and children to leave the area.

The so-called “living drug” treatment can attack cancer immediately, then stay inside the body for years and evolve there to keep the disease at bay.

American scientists said it was premature of the Australian National Maritime Museum to announce the Endeavour was found, and called it “a breach of contract”.

The police sting on the alleged drug dealers bore a striking resemblance to the kind depicted on The Wire, where Williams gained fame playing the bandit Omar Little.

Tourists from Australia cannot enter until July, and travellers from the rest of the world will be kept out for another eight months, until October.

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From Tuesday, even if you test positive, there is no requirement to self-isolate.

Local outlets reported that the blockade is aligned with the Freedom Convoy, whose protests in Ottawa over the weekend sparked “several criminal investigations”.

Police are investigating 12 different gatherings at the heart of the British state for breaches of the government’s own COVID-19 public health laws following an internal inquiry.

The US has approved the deployment of 3000 additional troops across eastern Europe to shore up its NATO allies amid the threat of Russian aggression.

A dengue fever surge has left 20 children dead in a month just as Omicron has made its way into the community.

Australia’s largest warship will bring back COVID samples from Tonga in an attempt to find the origins of the Pacific nation’s first virus outbreak.

No matter the politics, nor the COVID, the first thing that strikes you about the Beijing Olympics is the warmth of the volunteers and staff.

It can be used folded up when eating just to cover the nose, and unfolded to cover both the nose and the mouth after eating. And it’s gone viral online.

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In an extraordinary move, US health authorities have urged Pfizer to apply earlier than it had planned.

Even as the former US president flirts with a 2024 election bid, he faces a widening civil investigation into his business and his role in the January 6, 2021 Capitol attack.

A closer look at developments suggests that far from drawing a line under the “partygate” saga, the report will bring a period of deep uncertainty and political danger.

Megaflashes snake through regions of high electric field and can travel for hundreds of kilometres while lasting more than 10 seconds.

Russia has massed more than 100,000 troops on the Ukrainian border, and Western countries say they fear Putin may be planning to invade.

A pregnant New Zealand journalist who was stranded in Afghanistan by her home country’s COVID-19 border policy said on Tuesday that she will return home after her government offered her a pathway back.

Many US hospitals have refused to transplant organs in unvaccinated patients due to high mortality rates among those who contract COVID-19.

It runs to just 12 pages, but the long-awaited report into the COVID lockdown scandal engulfing Boris Johnson’s government makes explosive reading.

The British PM will turn to his longtime ally, Lynton Crosby, to help save his leadership in the wake of the ‘Partygate’ scandal.

Researchers have unveiled the world’s largest forest database, showing that 2000 more species of tree are to be discovered across Australia and Oceania alone.

On this day in 1952, news broke that King George VI had died, and his elder daughter Princess Elizabeth would be proclaimed the new Queen and Head of the Commonwealth. We revisit the Herald's coverage of that momentous day.

When librarians discovered The Adventures of Dillon Helbig’s Crismis in the children’s section, they put a bar code on it. Now everyone wants to read it.

The brief clip posted on China’s version of TikTok raised many questions, and social media users demanded answers. Who was she? Why was she locked up?

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Negotiators have agreed to return to the 2015 deal, but the decision must be signed off by Biden and Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

Belgium’s minister for public administration said the rule was needed to fight a culture in which workers feel they always need to be available, which has been worsened by the pandemic.

The Morrison government is not doing enough to secure the release of Sean Turnell, an Australian academic and economist, who has spent a year behind bars in Myanmar.

The judge said Andrew and his lawyers would bear all costs of the Australia request, highlighting the financial burden the litigation is placing on the Queen’s second son.

The more allegations that surface, the less their individual impact, but the more collective harm they cause.

Russian Ambassador Vassily Nebenzia accused the Biden administration of “whipping up tensions and rhetoric and provoking escalation”.

The world was warming to China as it showcased its successful modernisation at the 2008 Summer Olympics. But there is a global diplomatic chill in the air ahead of the Beijing 2022 Winter Games.

A Dutch publisher has suspended printing a book that suggested a Jewish notary betrayed Anne Frank.

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As residents prepare for another Chinese New Year under COVID-19 restrictions, Omicron seems to have gotten the better of the city’s defences.

Taiwan’s Foreign Minister is determined to keep international leaders talking about Taiwan’s situation. There are lessons for Australia’s politicians.

German paedophile and suspect Christian Brueckner often carried out repairs at the complex in Portugal where the McCann family stayed, a witness claims.

Families of the 14 peaceful protesters shot dead by British soldiers in 1972 say Britain is still afraid that the truth will come out.

After seven inconclusive rounds of voting, the leaders of Italy’s warring coalition parties on Saturday all but begged Sergio Mattarella to come back, asking him to reconsider for the sake of the country.

With Russian troops massed on the border of Ukraine, the security situation in the Baltic Sea is now more tense than at any time since 1981.

On Sunday, she received her most recent email from the New Zealand government, this one telling her to apply as a person in danger and that this will get her home, she said.

Malik reached the Nordic region and northern Germany on Sunday after moving in from Britain where it caused havoc with material damage and transport chaos.

Harry and Meghan have signed a series of deals to produce and host podcasts for Spotify as part of their efforts to make a living after splitting with the royal family.

On the streets of the Ukrainian capital, most locals still believe Russia won’t invade just because it can, and will meet stiff resistance if it does.

In his first newspaper interview of the year, Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Joseph Wu said that China’s military incursions were “becoming more intimidating than ever”.