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US President Joe Biden hailed the passing of the relief bill as a “huge step” as the Democrats overcame Republican opposition in a 24-hour debate.

Gone are the days when ex-presidents had nothing to do but golf, drink and re-live past glories. A new generation is finding a role as leading media content creators.

At more than 70 years young, Wisdom, the world’s oldest known banded wild bird, is taking on the challenge of motherhood once again.

Former President Donald Trump has clashed again with his Republican Party, demanding that three Republican groups stop using his name and likeness for fundraising, a Trump adviser said.

Auckland emerged on Sunday from a strict weeklong lockdown imposed after a community cluster of the more contagious UK coronavirus variant.

The celebrated poet has revealed how her new celebrity status has not prevented her from experiencing racism and discrimination.

Businesses and government agencies in the United States that use a Microsoft email service have been compromised in an aggressive hacking campaign that was probably sponsored by the Chinese government, Microsoft said.

The Milan fashion house has filed a defamation suit in an Italian court seeking damages from two US fashion bloggers who reposted anti-Asian comments attributed to one of the designers that led to a boycott in Asia.

On the eve of a potentially devastating TV interview with the Sussexes, ex-staff speak fondly of ‘the old H’.

No European Union country has a bigger stock of AstraZeneca vaccines or has used a smaller percentage of its stock than Italy, analysis shows.

As the death toll rises and security forces shoot demonstrators in post-coup Myanmar, those tasked with documenting the crackdown have also been targeted.

Australian officials have had to counter commonly-held views, including that kangaroo harvesters are targeting a “cute and cuddly” endangered species.

California health officials set new rules on Friday that would allow Disneyland and other theme parks, stadiums and outdoor entertainment venues to reopen as early as April 1.

An Air France flight en route from Paris to New Delhi made an emergency landing at Sofia Airport in Bulgaria on Friday at about 5pm because of a disruptive passenger, Bulgarian officials said on Saturday.

Biden’s plan to use the Quad alliance of the US, Australia, India and Japan for vaccine diplomacy could significantly increase Australia’s international clout.

“How much more can we allow the Myanmar military to get away with?” Special Envoy Christine Schraner Burgener asked the UN in a closed meeting.

The Grand Ayatollah and the Pope discussed the safety of Iraqi Christians during the historic visit which was carried live on television.

Trade Minister Dan Tehan says the World Trade Organisation’s new Director-General agrees the blockade sets a worrying precedent for access to vaccines.

Battling to contain a highly infectious new variant, South Africa faces a vaccine shortage as supplies are delayed.

More than 4,000 women signed the letter demanding the chief justice’s resignation after he he told a man accused of raping a 16-year-old he should marry her.

The 84-year-old pope donned a facemask during the flight from Rome, as did his hosts in Baghdad. But the masks came off when the leaders sat down to talk.

A pastor has told a Rwandan court he tricked exile Paul Rusesabagina onto a plane to Rwanda: “The only person who didn’t know where we were headed was Paul”.

The riot squads that dispersed the protests over Alexei Navalny’s detention have advertised for thousands of snipers in the last two months.

The Charity Commission is understood to be looking at concerns about the charity before the royal couple decided to shut it down last July.

The head of the World Health Organisation was responding to concerns from a group of scientists that the investigation into the origins of COVID-19 had been compromised by China.

The Pope landed in Baghdad on Friday for his most risky foreign trip since his election in 2012, saying he felt duty-bound to make the “emblematic” visit.

A former State Department aide in Donald Trump’s administration has been charged with participating in the deadly siege at the Capitol and assaulting officers who were trying to guard the building, court papers show.

The Duchess of Sussex said she had given an in-depth interview to US chat show host Oprah Winfrey because she was finally free to speak for herself now she and husband Prince Harry had quit royal duties.

Police in Myanmar on Friday opened fired on protesters against last month’s military coup, killing one man, as international condemnation rained down on the junta.

In an open letter, epidemiologists call for a new inquiry into the virus’ origins, arguing WHO’s team did not have “the independence or the necessary access”.

Even if Australia’s political relationship with China improves, its plans to turbo-charge a de-carbonised economy will pose challenges for our economy.

Blocking Australia’s supply of AstraZeneca will not fix the problems that have plagued Italy’s dangerously slow vaccine rollout.

Four people have been arrested in relation to counterfeit vaccines and surgical masks.

New Zealand health authorities have poured cold water on the prospect of Auckland residents leaving a stage-three lockdown early.

Susan Wojcicki says the former US president will be allowed to return to YouTube once the risk of political violence in the US subsides.

Hundreds of evacuated residents across New Zealand are able to return home after three earthquakes prompted tsunami warnings, an Australian territory and a handful of Pacific islands.

This is my modest hope: next Mardi Gras, my children can come to a bakery with me, pick out a King Cake, and eat it with abandon at a table inside.

The Sussexes have not yet been informed by Buckingham Palace about the bullying inquiry, and may not be interviewed.

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Negative perceptions of China were especially pronounced among respondents who identified as Republicans or Republican-leaning.

The country’s military rulers attempted to move the money held at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York days after seizing power.

The tell-all interview with Oprah is meant to build Harry and Meghan’s American brand - their approval ratings have plunged in the UK.

Brazil has the world’s second-highest death toll over the past year, after the United States. While the US outbreak is ebbing, Brazil is facing its worst phase of the epidemic yet.

The decision is the first time the European Commission has used its powers to block a shipment and it risks triggering a major diplomatic dispute.

“If it doesn’t happen, we’ll obviously be sad ’cause it didn’t happen while we were here, but we believe that it will happen. It just hasn’t happened yet,” said the Qanon-believing couple.

The hunt follows the gray wolf’s January removal from the Endangered Species Act by the Trump administration in October.

Alan Finkel is meeting senior international officials in Europe and Asia in a new diplomatic effort ahead of a trio of crunch climate change summits this year.

China’s top legislative body will overhaul Hong Kong’s electoral system, declaring it was its responsibility to put “patriots” in power.

A statement from Buckingham Palace said the Prince would remain in hospital for several days.