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Mon, 30 May 2022 17:39:31 +1000
China says it’s ready to co-operate with Australia in the Pacific
China’s Foreign Minister Wang Yi has failed to get consensus from 10 nations to sign up to a trade and security pact.

Mon, 30 May 2022 17:15:55 +1000
US President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visit scene of mass school shooting
Biden comforts Texas community as US government announces review into police response.

Mon, 30 May 2022 16:59:51 +1000
Plane wreckage found in Nepal mountains, 14 bodies recovered
The wreckage of a plane lost in Nepal’s mountains has been found scattered on a mountainside and 14 of the 22 people on board were confirmed dead, the army said.

Mon, 30 May 2022 16:27:14 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Mon, 30 May 2022 13:40:27 +1000
Ukraine - Russia war: Photo gallery, May 30th, 2022
Citizens continue to flee heavily damaged regions in north-eastern Ukraine.

Mon, 30 May 2022 13:03:38 +1000
‘Indescribably difficult’: Ukraine, Russia battle in the east as Zelensky visits front
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky visited troops on the front line in the north-eastern Kharkiv region on Sunday.

Mon, 30 May 2022 12:11:38 +1000
Naomi Osaka caught up in panic after false reports of shooter
No shots were fired at a New York City indoor sports arena during a disturbance that sent people, including tennis star Naomi Osaka, running for their lives early Sunday, said the New York City Police Department.

Mon, 30 May 2022 11:49:18 +1000
She’d taken one child home and left one at school when a gunman opened fire
Marisela Roque was in a Walmart at the edge of Uvalde when her phone began buzzing. It was her sister, Araseli Ruiz, with disturbing news.

Mon, 30 May 2022 10:05:12 +1000
In Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has regained the military initiative
Some advisers in the Kremlin might encourage Putin to declare victory and negotiate a ceasefire - which, as we have learnt from 2014, would only be a holding position - but the far greater temptation will be to push westwards with renewed vigour.

Mon, 30 May 2022 08:21:40 +1000
Australian man killed in Ukraine had a 'heart of gold'
The family of Michael O'Neill, a Tasmanian killed while helping Ukrainians, has paid tribute to him.

Mon, 30 May 2022 08:00:00 +1000
‘Very grave’: Italian pilot allegedly fell asleep during New York to Rome flight
The communications blackout, which lasted about 10 minutes, sparked a terror alert, with French air authorities contacting their Roman counterparts at 5.21am warning that a terrorist hijacking could be underway.

Mon, 30 May 2022 07:05:00 +1000
Star Wars, Call of Duty, Santa Claus: Maker of gun used in Uvalde shooting uses ads that appeal to teens
Some of the gun company’s advertisements invoke popular video games like Call of Duty and feature Star Wars characters and Santa Claus, messages that are likely to appeal to teenagers.

Mon, 30 May 2022 05:00:00 +1000
The Depp v Heard trial tells us nothing about ourselves - and everything about fame
The court has heard that Depp once passed out, face down, in the sands of his Bahamas island. There’s no more striking tableau for the spiritual shallowness of mega-wealth: unconscious, even in a private paradise.

Mon, 30 May 2022 05:00:00 +1000
Wooed by China, UN is unable to speak about abuses in Xinjiang
The UN Human Rights Commissioner may have felt pressured to tell a story the Chinese government wanted to hear, but to the outside world, it verged on sycophancy.

Mon, 30 May 2022 05:00:00 +1000
‘Already Elizabeth the Great’: Britain readies to party one last time for beloved monarch
It would be a mistake to suggest this is simply some sort of patriot exercise in overdrive. It is an unabashed celebration not of the institution of the Crown, but the individual who wears it.

Mon, 30 May 2022 05:00:00 +1000
When the good guys don’t show up: Great American myth evaporates in Uvalde
As the shooting at Robb Elementary unfolded, trained police officers fell back and cowered, while a killer with a weapon of mass destruction went about his malevolent business for 80 minutes. This is American gun logic, taken to the extreme.

Mon, 30 May 2022 03:13:21 +1000
On his visit, Uvalde tells Joe Biden to ‘do something’; he pledges ‘we will’
As he departed mass at a local church to meet privately with family members, a crowd of about 100 people began chanting, calling for action on guns.

Sun, 29 May 2022 22:15:16 +1000
Shanghai to ease lockdown, paving way for return to work
Authorities in Shanghai have confirmed curbs on businesses will be removed from Wednesday as the city looks to lift its two-month-long COVID-19 lockdown.

Sun, 29 May 2022 19:37:12 +1000
Biden to visit Texas school where 19 children were shot dead
US President Joe Biden will visit the grieving community of Uvalde, Texas, where a gunman opened fire on a classroom of children and teachers.

Sun, 29 May 2022 19:02:02 +1000
Australia to send baby formula to USA
An Australian firm Bubs Australia will supply formula to the US - under a deal publicly recognised by President Biden.



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