The acquittal is a dangerous outcome for the United States.

New Zealand has reported three new locally acquired COVID-19 cases, the country’s first since late January, when a returned traveller tested positive after leaving quarantine.

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There are many different ways that consumers can respond when they disapprove of the politics of a company’s representatives.

A strong earthquake hit off the coast of northeastern Japan on Saturday, shaking Fukushima, Miyagi and other areas, but there was no threat of a tsunami, officials said.

It’s the first departure from the new administration, less than a month into President Joe Biden’s tenure.

Hollywood stars and celebrities are offering apologies to Britney Spears after a documentary exposed the torrent of abuse she faced in the years before her public breakdown.

‘Absurd’ films that allege a groundswell of support are made to convince the president - not the public.

Oxford University has started testing its coronavirus vaccine in children as young as six in a move that expands coronavirus vaccine trials to the youngest age group yet.

As both a fact-finding exercise and a means of delivering accountability, the impeachment process proved deeply defective.

Ashley Judd has recounted a painful ordeal she believes almost cost her leg after tripping in a Congolese rainforest and having to be evacuated by motorbike.

The White House has called on China to make available data from the earliest days of the COVID-19 outbreak, saying it has “deep concerns” about the way the findings of the World Health Organisation’s COVID-19 report were communicated.

While the majority of Republican senators sided with Trump and backed his acquittal, seven Republican senators joined the Democrats and voted to convict the Republican former president on the single charge.

Donald Trump will be able to run for the White House again after being acquitted by the US Senate in his impeachment trial.

Democrats have abandoned their push to call witnesses to testify at Trump’s Senate trial after throwing the process into disarray for several hours.

Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell signalled he will vote to acquit former president Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial.

A strain of the coronavirus discovered in mink on a farm in northern Poland can be transmitted to humans and vice versa, the agriculture ministry said on Saturday.

Doug Emhoff and Chasten Buttigieg are breaking tradition and forging new ways for couples to occupy public life.

Myanmar’s army is hunting for seven well-known supporters of protests against this month’s coup and they face charges over comments on social media that threaten national stability, the army said on Saturday.

The five-time Grammy winner is selling more than 1000 of the costumes she wore on stage, on tour, on red carpets and in music videos.

Nestle, Hershey and Mars are among the companies named in the suit.

A British judge ruled last month that while the case against the Australian was sound, his fragile mental health put him at “substantial risk” of committing suicide in a US prison.

For avid supporters of a more robust European Union and Italy’s leadership in it, the arrival of ‘Super Mario’ as prime minister comes just in time.

The ceramic pieces, believed to have been looted from archaeological sites or museum collections in Ecuador and Colombia, had been sold by a Rio de Janeiro art gallery.

The Australian government is closely watching the first agreement of this kind in Europe, as it grapples with the issue here.

The former president’s legal team said that the impeachment trial represented a form of “constitutional cancel culture” by his political adversaries.

Recent attacks quickly reinvigorated simmering outrage, fear and hurt over a wave of harassment Asian community leaders say was spurred by the “China virus” rhetoric.

Despite taking only three out of 16 allocated hours to make their case, and relying on “whataboutism” and false equivalence, Donald Trump’s lawyers have done enough.

WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus backs away from outright rejection of the virus lab-leak theory peddled by former US president Donald Trump.

After a prosecution case rooted in emotive, violent images from the Capitol siege, Donald Trump’s impeachment trial now shifts to his defence.

She is seen by some as an Obama-like figure who can help restore faith in America. Can Kamala Harris live up to the hype?

In a small way at least, the 13 million people already given a coronavirus vaccine in Britain have Gwyneth Paltrow to thank.

A massive crash involving more than 130 vehicles on a Texas highway left six people dead and dozens injured amid a winter storm that dropped freezing rain, sleet and snow on parts of the US.

To care about the controversy swirling around Arizona-based neonatal nurse Cara Dumaplin, you first have to understand what she means to millions of Millennial mothers.

Outside Brazil, the variant was first detected in Brazilian travellers arriving in Japan in January. It has now been found in South Korea, the US and Europe.

The rallies against the coup — now daily occurrences — have drawn people from all walks of life, even ethnic minorities afraid of the military.

The scandal over a sexist outcry throws the troubled Games into disarray six months before they are scheduled to start.

US President Joe Biden has returned to traditional foreign policy based on human rights.

In this episode, US correspondent Matthew Knott talks through the former president’s impeachment trial, his possible defence tactics and the likely outcome.

The gap between scientific probability and certainty has never been wider for Xi Jinping’s coronavirus diplomacy.

In this episode, a conversation about the new US Vice-President, Kamala Harris, with BBC New York correspondent Nick Bryant, The Age and SMH’s US correspondent Matthew Knott and Good Weekend’s Konrad Marshall.

“January 6th was a culmination of the president’s actions, not an aberration from them,” impeachment manager Jamie Raskin said.

The move comes as Twitter’s approach to prominent figures and government is under scrutiny after the high-profile ban of former US President Donald Trump.

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The US is on pace to exceed Biden’s goal of administering 100 million vaccine doses in his first 100 days in office, with more than 26 million shots delivered in his first three weeks.

Dominic Raab, the British Foreign Secretary, said the UK was “urgently” looking at punitive measures against the military regime.

His prognosis became so worrisome officials believed he would need to be put on a ventilator, two of the people familiar with his condition said.

Talks come after more than half of the Republicans in Congress voted to block certification of Biden’s election victory just hours after the Capitol siege.

As Donald Trump’s impeachment trial resumes, Democrats will focus on the damage wrought in the Capitol and the former president’s alleged role in inflaming the rioters.

The pens were embossed with the emblem of the Madison Dinners, a series of events that raised concerns within the State Department inspector general’s office.