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Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:08:30 +1100
Can Trump live at Mar-a-Lago? Palm Beach Council considers
As his second impeachment trial began, a Zoom meeting discussed if Trump violated a 1993 deal that allowed him to convert his residence into a money-making club.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 19:04:31 +1100
Policy tells midwives to use terms such as ‘chestfeeding’ and ‘human milk’
Other trans-friendly changes include replacing the use of the word “woman” with the phrase “woman or person”, and the term “father” with “parent” when working with transgender patients.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 18:04:39 +1100
Protesters defy military, demand Suu Kyi’s power be reinstated
Police and protesters clashed in Myanmar on Tuesday in the most violent day of demonstrations against the February 1 coup by generals.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:57:33 +1100
‘A dream’: UAE celebrates as Hope probe arrives at Mars
Amal, in Arabic, is a source of immense national pride for the first Arab state to launch an interplanetary space mission.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 16:20:29 +1100
‘Increasingly dangerous’: Why are there protests in Myanmar?
What’s behind the latest coup? Why is Aung San Suu Kyi in detention? And isn’t Myanmar a democracy? 

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:51:04 +1100
We may never know where COVID-19 came from, but the politics are just getting started
Wuhan probe done, the science has become part of a much larger geopolitical minefield.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 15:21:37 +1100
‘Direct threat’: Canada’s top spy worries about China
David Vigneault is worried about what he says are attempts to steal secrets and intimidate the local Chinese community.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 14:19:51 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:50:43 +1100
‘Colonial noose’: Ejected Maori MP says ties suppress Indigenous culture
Rawiri Waititi was prevented from asking questions because he wasn’t wearing a tie. He wore a Maori greenstone pendant instead.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 12:38:17 +1100
‘Like wartime’: Canadian companies unite to start mass coronavirus testing
The program, believed to be the first of its kind among the Group of 7 industrialised nations, was inspired by author Margaret Atwood.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 11:59:47 +1100
Incoherent: Trump’s team begins impeachment trial with inept performance
The former US president’s lawyer Bruce Castor’s opening defence argument was so cringe-worthy that Newsmax, the fiercely pro-Trump alternative to Fox News, cut away.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 10:25:04 +1100
‘I am not a cat’: filter makes lawyer look like fluffy white kitten in court
Judge Roy Ferguson’s warning comes after an attorney accidentally joined a video court hearing while using a Zoom filter that made him appear like a fluffy white kitten.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 09:26:56 +1100
Senate votes to proceed with Donald Trump’s impeachment trial
Trump was impeached by the Democratic-led House of Representatives last month for his role in the January 6 attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 08:12:00 +1100
Boris Johnson narrowly avoids defeat on genocide bill aimed at China
One of the Conservative MPs who put forward the amendment said that it was time to take back control from international fora that Russia and China had repeatedly hijacked.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:51:31 +1100
‘God willing, we are going to the moon’: Turkey announces 2023 mission
Erdogan announced the program, seen as part of his vision for placing Turkey in expanded regional and global role, during a live televised event laced with special effects.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 07:00:38 +1100
Biden administration to press on with Julian Assange extradition: official
WikiLeaks drew fury from the US government after publishing thousands of pages of once-secret reports generated by US military and intelligence agencies.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 04:20:10 +1100
Princess Eugenie gives birth to son, Buckingham Palace says
Britain’s Princess Eugenie, granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, has given birth to a baby son, Buckingham Palace has announced.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 03:39:54 +1100
Pilot in Kobe Bryant crash was disoriented in clouds, investigators say
The pilot of the helicopter that crashed in South California, killing Kobe Bryant and seven other passengers, made a key error by flying through thick clouds, investigators say.

Wed, 10 Feb 2021 02:41:30 +1100
In a Florida city, a hacker tried to poison the drinking water
A hacker gained entry to the system controlling the water treatment plant of a city of 15,000 people and tried to taint the water supply with a caustic chemical, police say.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 22:59:15 +1100
Myanmar police crack down on crowds defying protest ban
Police cracked down on demonstrators opposing Myanmar’s military coup, firing warning shots and shooting water cannons to disperse crowds that took to the streets again in defiance of rules making protests illegal.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 22:01:44 +1100
WHO releases report on COVID-19 origin after independent investigation in Wuhan
The WHO and Chinese investigators announced several key findings including that the virus could have been present in other regions or countries before the first cases were reported in Wuhan.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 18:35:17 +1100
Biden and Modi agree on greater need for ‘Quad’ strength
The US President wants the informal group known as the Quad - comprising Australia, India, Japan and the United States - to push back further against Beijing. On Tuesday two US carrier groups conducted joint exercises in the South China Sea, the firs...

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:30:00 +1100
‘Never Again’: Tory MPs vow rebellion over anti-genocide law aimed at China
Boris Johnson is facing a showdown over claims China is waging genocide against the Uighur Muslims interned at camps in Xinjiang province.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 15:12:04 +1100
Here’s how Trump’s second impeachment trial will unfold
The second Senate impeachment trial of Donald Trump opened on Wednesday at 5am (Australian time), just over a month after the January 6 assault on the Capitol the House has charged him with inciting.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 14:20:11 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 13:03:44 +1100
Anastasia sailors to reach land after six months stranded off Chinese coast
The operator of a ship carrying Australian coal is diverting the vessel to Japan in a high stakes dash to relieve the vessel’s 18 sailors caught up in a diplomatic stalemate with China.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:41:21 +1100
Britain’s ‘Australian-style’ hotel quarantine regime in disarray a week before it starts
The government is yet to strike a contract with any hotel chain even though the rooms need to be available by Monday.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 09:39:27 +1100
Myanmar general says new elections to come as anti-coup protests grow
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing was speaking in a televised address, his first to the country since last Monday’s military takeover.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 08:08:15 +1100
Kamala Harris takes jab campaign to sceptical ethnic groups
Figures suggest black Americans are three times as likely to die from coronavirus as their white peers, but lag way behind in terms of immunisation rates.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 07:41:57 +1100
UN Human Rights Council to hold special session on Myanmar crisis: official
The United States - which announced on Monday that it was returning to the forum it quit in June 2018 - was among 28 observer states listed as supporting the move.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 07:26:03 +1100
Ghislaine Maxwell loses bid to keep deposition excerpt secret
Maxwell is separately seeking to dismiss all or part of the indictment, arguing in part that prosecutors are targeting her only because Jeffrey Epstein is dead.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 06:51:52 +1100
‘Political theatre’: Trump lawyers reveal impeachment trial defence
Trump’s lawyers argue that Trump was only speaking figuratively when urging his supporters to “fight like hell” against the election result.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 06:08:15 +1100
‘Like a hundred flowers bloomed’: Chinese flock to Clubhouse app for brief moment of free speech
For a brief time, those bounded by the Great Firewall, had found an island of unregulated speech.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 05:43:50 +1100
New figures suggest Russia had third highest COVID-19 death toll in 2020
The figure is almost three times higher than the 57,555 deaths attributed to COVID-19 in 2020 by Russia’s coronavirus task force.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 03:55:21 +1100
Texas Republican first in US Congress to die from COVID-19
US Representative Ron Wright has died after testing positive for COVID-19 last month. He was also battling cancer.

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 02:44:08 +1100
Expectant parents fired a cannon to celebrate their baby shower. It exploded and killed a guest
The couple’s gesture went horribly wrong when the gunpowder inside the cannon exploded, fracturing its metal frame and launching shrapnel into the air.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 18:14:57 +1100
Deadly Himalayan glacial burst triggers calls for action on climate change
The flash flood in the northern Indian state of Uttarakhand has killed at least 12 people, with fears for 170 more.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 15:03:57 +1100
Chinese-Australian TV anchor formally arrested in China
Chinese-Australian journalist Cheng Lei has been formally arrested by Chinese authorities on suspicion of illegally supplying state secrets overseas.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:22:54 +1100
Haiti’s president alleges coup conspiracy, says 20 arrested
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse has accused a conspiracy of trying to kill him and overthrow his government, including a Supreme Court judge who has the support of opposition leaders demanding that Moïse step down.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:10:23 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 13:10:10 +1100
In another reversal of Trump-era, US to rejoin UN rights council
Trump pulled out of the world body’s main human rights agency in 2018 due to its disproportionate focus on Israel.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:23:05 +1100
Biden: China should expect ‘extreme competition’ from US
Biden, in the interview taped Friday, said he has said to Xi “all along, that we need not have a conflict.”

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 12:12:55 +1100
China reports no new COVID-19 infections for first time in 2 months
The official data released on Monday adds to signs that China has managed to stamp out the latest wave of the disease.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 11:55:42 +1100
France’s latest COVID measure: letting workers eat at their desks
The government will allow French employees to eat lunch at their desks in order to contain the spread of the coronavirus, a practice previously forbidden.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 10:53:12 +1100
Joe Biden ditches Twitter for ‘fireside chat’ like Franklin Roosevelt
The carefully curated informality of the two-and-a-half-minute chat is a break from previous incarnations of the weekly address.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 09:42:52 +1100
Far-left extremists who ‘hijack’ movements like BLM, Extinction Rebellion to be probed in UK
Britons tend to “see through” attempts by far-right groups to broaden their appeal but many “happily embrace” far-left front organisations, said Lord Walney.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 08:02:31 +1100
‘Hug tent’ provides safe embraces for elderly during pandemic
Since the pandemic hit, similar tents have popped up around the country and in places like Brazil and England, where some people call them “cuddle curtains.”

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:32:11 +1100
Amended Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine may be needed for South African variant
South Africa said it will suspend use of the AstraZeneca shot after data showed it gave minimal protection against the country’s dominant coronavirus variant.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 07:22:12 +1100
Three robotic spacecraft set to arrive at Mars this month
The United Arab Emirates’ orbiter reaches Mars on Tuesday, followed less than 24 hours later by China’s orbiter-rover combo. A week later, NASA’s rover is set to arrive.

Mon, 08 Feb 2021 05:31:25 +1100
‘Fury of the river’: Glacier breaks in India’s north, flooding power plant, homes
At least nine people were killed and 140 were missing in a disaster experts said appeared to point to global warming.



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