There are four simple reasons Japan has the lowest death rate from coronavirus per capita of OECD nations. Mask-wearing is one of them. Vaccine mandates isn’t.

A small monkey — dressed in a tiny camouflage jacket and a tiny “bullet-proof” vest — sprawled across the body of a dead gunman.

Those arrested in the building after the third day of public hearings into the January 6 insurrection included the voice of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.

Mexican narcos’ fascination with exotic animals was on display this week after a 200 kilogram tiger was spotted wandering the streets.

At least 18 people have died as India and Bangladesh call in the military to rescue people from severe flooding.

World Trade Organisation Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala banned monologues, drove all-night workshops to land biggest global trade deals in 27 years.

Donald Trump has denied that he incited the US Capitol attack, while accusing his former vice president and attorney-general of being too weak to help him overturn the 2020 election.

Boris Johnson talked weapons and training with Volodymyr Zelensky while the nations’ public broadcasters discussed hosting rights with the song competition.

Pfizer and Moderna have produced vaccines for children as young as six months. Moderna next plans to study its shots for babies as young as three months.

A discarded thermal blanket has been found on Mars.

The British government has ordered the extradition of Julian Assange to the US.

A forensic exam carried out on the remains confirmed that they belonged to British journalist Dom Phillips, Brazil’s federal police said.

In his speech, Russian President Vladimir Putin also condemned the US for acting like “God’s own messengers on planet Earth”.

The executive arm of the European Union has recommended that Ukraine be granted candidate status to one day join the 27-nation bloc.

Julian Assange will be extradited to the United States to face spying charges over the publication of classified documents more than a decade ago, but his lawyers said he will appeal.

The commitments followed hours of meetings in the capital Honiara two months after Sogavare signed a security deal with Beijing.

The shift comes ahead of the opening weekend of the ski season. Lifts are already moving at South Island resorts following a large snow dump last week.

Gents can remove their ties for the first time in the meet’s history, but not until after the royal procession at 2pm.

“We urgently need millions of smart mines in our thousands of kilometres of otherwise indefensible oceans,” says the billionaire, one of 121 newly sanctioned Australians.

Ninety-year-old beauty brand Revlon has filed for bankruptcy in the United States.