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Mon, 15 Feb 2021 18:01:42 +1100
Suu Kyi detention extended as protests continue in Myanmar
Myanmar’s military leaders have extended their detention of deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi, whose freedom is a key demand of the crowds of people continuing to protest this month’s military coup.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 17:03:44 +1100
Anatomy of a conspiracy: With COVID, China took leading role
A nine-month investigation of state-sponsored disinformation shows how a rumour that the US created the virus that causes COVID-19 was weaponised by the Chinese government, spreading from the dark corners of the internet to millions across the globe.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 16:06:17 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:51:35 +1100
Peru’s foreign minister quits over secret vaccination
Peru’s foreign minister has resigned amid an uproar over government officials being secretly vaccinated against the coronavirus ahead of health workers.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:30:42 +1100
Guinea declares new Ebola outbreak with first deaths since 2016
It is the first resurgence of the disease in Guinea since the world’s worst outbreak in 2013-2016 killed more than 11,000 people.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 15:30:00 +1100
Please Explain podcast: an insider’s look at CSL and the making of a COVID-19 vaccine
In this episode, national editor Tory Maguire and science reporter Liam Mannix discuss the CSL facility in Victoria, where the company is about to start pumping out millions of doses of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:09:48 +1100
SolarWinds hack was ‘largest and most sophisticated attack’ ever: Microsoft president
Microsoft Corp President Brad Smith said more than 1000 engineers worked on the hack, which gained access to emails across sensitive US government departments, including the US Treasury, Justice and Commerce departments.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 13:02:27 +1100
On Parkland shooting anniversary, Joe Biden calls for tougher gun laws
The President used the occasion to call on Congress to strengthen gun laws, including requiring background checks on all gun sales and banning assault weapons.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:33:02 +1100
Indian police arrest activist linked to Greta Thunberg’s movement
Indian police have arrested a woman accused of editing and circulating a document tweeted by climate activist Greta Thunberg that authorities say is anti-government.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 11:08:41 +1100
‘Zombie hour’: Catalan parties favouring breaking away from Spain increase majority in regional elections
Election monitors swapped face masks for full personal protective equipment, including suits, masks, visors, goggles and black trash bags tied around their feet during the final hour of voting.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 10:14:15 +1100
Young people’s despair over coronavirus deepens as crisis drags on
Mental health professionals are growing alarmed about the state of young people, who they say have been among the most badly affected by a world with a foreshortened sense of the future.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 08:51:56 +1100
‘We’re going to Disney World!’ Trump looks to reassert himself after impeachment acquittal
Feeling emboldened by the trial’s outcome, Trump is expected to reemerge from a self-imposed hibernation at his club in Palm Beach, Florida, and is eyeing ways to reassert his power. 

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 07:54:50 +1100
Average new US coronavirus cases below 100K for first time in months
“It’s encouraging to see these trends coming down, but they’re coming down from an extraordinarily high place,” said Dr Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 07:22:45 +1100
Harry and Meghan expecting second child
“We can confirm that Archie is going to be a big brother. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are overjoyed to be expecting their second child”, the couple’s spokesperson said.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 06:19:54 +1100
In US, wintry weather blankets as far south as Texas’ Gulf Coast
The storm has prompted officials in Houston, where temperatures were in the 20s Celsius earlier this week, to advise residents to prepare for power outages and hazardous roads.

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 05:51:23 +1100
How the congresswoman who raised her voice against Trump faces blow-back at home
The 42-year-old Jaime Herrera Beutler challenged members of a Republican Party that largely supports Trump, or keeps their discontent bottled up inside, to speak up about Donald Trump. 

Mon, 15 Feb 2021 04:48:41 +1100
Myanmar army deploys tanks to confront protesters as strikes continue
Security forces in Myanmar opened fire to disperse protesters at a power plant on Sunday and armoured vehicles rolled into major cities as the army faced a ninth day of anti-coup demonstrations.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 18:56:17 +1100
Donald Trump acquittal defies logic and evidence
The acquittal is a dangerous outcome for the United States.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 17:40:09 +1100
Auckland enters lockdown as New Zealand reports three local COVID-19 cases
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.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 17:35:23 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 17:33:23 +1100
Cancelling MyPillow: How a product can spark an identity crisis
There are many different ways that consumers can respond when they disapprove of the politics of a company’s representatives.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 15:03:31 +1100
Strong quake hits Japan in Fukushima aftershock
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.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 14:55:04 +1100
White House aide resigns after threatening reporter
It’s the first departure from the new administration, less than a month into President Joe Biden’s tenure.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 13:34:00 +1100
Justin Timberlake joins entertainment figures in apologising to Britney Spears
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.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 13:06:01 +1100
Putin rallies exposed as Kremlin rattled by pro-Navalny demonstrations
‘Absurd’ films that allege a groundswell of support are made to convince the president - not the public.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:34:56 +1100
Oxford-AstraZeneca begins a vaccine trial for children, the youngest group yet tested
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.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 12:11:16 +1100
Trump acquittal a predictable end to a faulty impeachment process
As both a fact-finding exercise and a means of delivering accountability, the impeachment process proved deeply defective.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 11:24:16 +1100
Actor Ashley Judd ‘nearly lost’ her leg in Congo
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.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 11:08:51 +1100
White House cites ‘deep concerns’ about WHO COVID report, demands early data from China
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.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 10:42:05 +1100
The seven Republicans who voted to convict Trump in impeachment trial
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.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 08:02:14 +1100
US Senate acquits Donald Trump in impeachment trial
Donald Trump will be able to run for the White House again after being acquitted by the US Senate in his impeachment trial.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 05:40:24 +1100
‘Complete farce’: Witness plot twist upends Trump 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.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 02:53:31 +1100
Mitch McConnell signals he will vote to acquit Trump on impeachment charge
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell signalled he will vote to acquit former president Donald Trump in his second impeachment trial.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:16:27 +1100
Coronavirus strain found in Polish mink can pass to humans, government says
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.

Sun, 14 Feb 2021 00:10:00 +1100
History has its eyes on the two most famous spouses in America
Doug Emhoff and Chasten Buttigieg are breaking tradition and forging new ways for couples to occupy public life.

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 23:40:17 +1100
Myanmar army hunts protest backers over social media comments
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.

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 17:36:27 +1100
‘She’s kept everything’: Janet Jackson to auction four decades’ worth of costumes
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.

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 16:46:18 +1100
‘Child slaves’ sue chocolate giants for forced labour in cocoa plantations
Nestle, Hershey and Mars are among the companies named in the suit.

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 16:25:46 +1100
Biden administration appeals Assange’s non-extradition ruling
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.

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 15:49:27 +1100
He saved the euro, now Draghi is charged with saving Italy, if not Europe
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.

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 15:10:15 +1100
Auctioned pre-Columbian artefacts seized by police
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.

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 13:28:36 +1100
Google news deal will pay French publishers $98 million
The Australian government is closely watching the first agreement of this kind in Europe, as it grapples with the issue here.

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 13:00:42 +1100
‘Spare us the hypocrisy’: Trump’s lawyers launch impeachment defence
The former president’s legal team said that the impeachment trial represented a form of “constitutional cancel culture” by his political adversaries.

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 12:45:04 +1100
A tense Lunar New Year for Asian-Americans attacked in California
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.

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 12:30:00 +1100
Trump’s lawyers had three hurdles to leap. They cleared them all
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.

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 10:49:45 +1100
‘All hypotheses still open’ in WHO probe of COVID-19 origins
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus backs away from outright rejection of the virus lab-leak theory peddled by former US president Donald Trump.

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 09:49:46 +1100
As it happened: Trial against former US president over Capitol Hill riot incitement
After a prosecution case rooted in emotive, violent images from the Capitol siege, Donald Trump’s impeachment trial now shifts to his defence.

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 08:41:13 +1100
Hope rising: America’s first female vice-president
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?

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 05:30:00 +1100
A Hollywood film and a cunning plan: how Britain got its vaccine rollout right
In a small way at least, the 13 million people already given a coronavirus vaccine in Britain have Gwyneth Paltrow to thank.

Sat, 13 Feb 2021 04:12:00 +1100
Multiple people killed in 130-vehicle pile-up on icy US highway
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.



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