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Wed, 10 Mar 2021 18:25:38 +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 Mar 2021 18:06:45 +1100
Piers Morgan quits top-rating TV show following backlash over Meghan criticism
The broadcaster’s fierce criticism of the Duchess of Sussex prompted tens of thousands of complaints to the media regulator. 

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:31:02 +1100
Honduras President helped move drugs, say US prosecutors
Last month, Democratic senators called for sanctions on Juan Orlando Hernandez and a determination “whether he is a specially designated narcotics trafficker”.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:04:47 +1100
China, EU plan vaccine certificates for international travel
International travellers may soon be able to enter China or travel around Europe without quarantine if they can prove they’re vaccinated.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:44:40 +1100
Nun begs Myanmar police to stop but killing continues around her
“I begged them not to shoot the children,” she says in the video.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:34:25 +1100
Beijing ‘violating every provision in UN genocide convention’
A new 25,000-page report quotes Uighur exiles and Chinese government documents detailing China’s treatment of an estimated population of 12 million Uighurs.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 16:13:50 +1100
Amid furore, Russia’s Sputnik V vaccine to be made in Italy
The head of European Medicines Agency had said approving Sputnik V would be “comparable to Russian roulette”.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:24:11 +1100
Arkansas abortion ban sets up Roe v Wade challenge
Governor Asa Hutchinson has signed into law a bill that bans abortion except to save the mother’s life. Another 13 states have proposed outright bans.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 15:01:40 +1100
‘Dead men walking’: Queen and Prince Charles’ aides in spotlight
The “if in doubt, blame the staff” mantra can be a convenient foil, but there is some justification to Harry and Meghan’s exasperation with interfering aides.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 14:15:55 +1100
Scott Morrison, Joe Biden’s ‘Quad’ meeting to bring four-nation alliance to ‘whole new level’
The White House said the first ever leaders-level meeting showed the Biden administration is deeply engaged with the Indo-Pacific.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 09:58:20 +1100
Harry and Meghan’s racism claims split British editors, reporters
Harry and Meghan’s claims have prompted a mix of defensiveness and introspection in newsrooms and triggered fiery scenes on breakfast television.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:53:31 +1100
‘This is not about him’: Joe Biden’s name will not appear on planned stimulus payments
The House is expected to vote on the $US1.9 trillion stimulus plan as soon as Wednesday (Thursday AEDT).

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 07:13:41 +1100
Joe Biden’s dog Major banished from White House after ‘biting incident’
White House press secretary Jen Psaki explained the canine caper by saying the dogs “are still getting acclimated and accustomed to their new surroundings and people.”

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 06:42:35 +1100
French select four oaks from sacred forest to use in recreating Notre Dame’s spire
The 93-metre-high spire, made of wood and clad in lead, became the most potent symbol of the April 2019 blaze when it was seen engulfed in flames.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 05:30:00 +1100
Why don’t people believe Meghan Markle?
The duchess disclosed she had serious mental health issues yet somehow it’s the royal family that is the victim.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 04:56:02 +1100
‘Recollections may vary’: The Queen breaks silence on Meghan and Harry race claims
The Queen said the whole family was “saddened to learn the full extent of how challenging the last few years have been for Harry and Meghan”. 

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 03:40:31 +1100
Irked Thai PM sprays reporters with hand sanitiser to duck tricky questions
Prayuth Chan-ocha left the podium, grabbed a bottle of sanitiser, casually walked over to journalists and sprayed each of them while holding a surgical mask in front of his face.

Wed, 10 Mar 2021 03:14:14 +1100
EU rejects accusations of ‘vaccine nationalism’ after Australian shipment blocked
European Council President Charles Michel has rejected charges of “vaccine nationalism” levelled against the EU, after it last week backed an Italian decision to halt a vaccine shipment to Australia.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 22:13:08 +1100
Meghan’s father Thomas says the British royals are not racist
Thomas Markle said he did not think the British royal family was racist after the Duchess of Sussex accused a royal family member of expressing concerns about her child’s skin tone.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 18:05:03 +1100
United in silence: Queen ignores brickbats thrown by Meghan and Harry
After all three palaces - home to the Windsors, the Waleses and the Cambridges, were updated on the Sussexes interview, the royal family said nothing.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 17:31:40 +1100
Federal government unaware of claims detained Australian revealed Myanmar secrets
The Australian government was not aware of the junta’s claims against economist Sean Turnell until they were announced by the military on Burmese TV on Tuesday.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 17:09:04 +1100
Red states sue Biden over green rule
On his first day in office, US President Joe Biden signed Executive Order 13990, directing agencies to calculate the “social cost” of greenhouse gas pollution. Some Republican states argue he had no right.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 16:38:41 +1100
‘The officer is also hungry’: Lebanese army chief berates politicians
The President called on the army to clear the roads of protesters after repeated demonstrations. The army chief’s response was totally different to, say, Myanmar.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:35:16 +1100
‘Time for a new battleground’: Wanted Hong Kong legislator lands in Australia
Ted Hui has become the first Hong Kong politician to be granted a travel exemption by the Australian government.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 15:26:37 +1100
In surprise move, Brazil judge wipes Lula’s record enabling run against Bolsonaro
A justice from the top court has annulled all sentences against the twice-jailed former president, which for now restores his political rights as the country is reels from the pandemic.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 14:22:19 +1100
Small, cute, weird: Some sea slugs grow new bodies after losing head
This “wonder of nature”, reported in a biology journal, could eventually help scientists better understand and tackle regeneration of human tissue.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 13:16:19 +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 Mar 2021 12:48:59 +1100
Republican Party tussles with Donald Trump over use of his name in fundraising appeals
The letter sent by lawyers for Trump ramped up tension between the two camps as the ex-president seeks to preserve his political viability post-election. 

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 11:18:26 +1100
‘Really hurtful’: some Britons empathise with Meghan over racism
The issue of racism and what part it may have played in Meghan’s struggles with her husband’s family is one that divides the British public.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 09:52:27 +1100
British media in a frenzy over Meghan, Harry’s ‘two-hour trash-a-thon’ of the royal family
The British press was primed for the fallout from the couple’s tell-all interview with Oprah, but the revelations and claims exceeded their wildest expectations.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 08:51:52 +1100
‘Maybe they need hearing aids’: WHO rejects criticisms it didn’t raise pandemic alarm early enough
WHO announced its highest level of alert - a public health emergency of international concern - on January 30 but did not describe it as a “pandemic” until March 11.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 08:08:49 +1100
Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry’s ‘secret wedding’ was not a legal ceremony
The couple claimed in the Oprah interview that they decided to have their own private moment and married in their garden days before their official ceremony.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 06:28:09 +1100
Mexican president studies legalisation of opium poppy farming
Farmers had lost income because traffickers are switching to buying fentanyl from Asia, rather than paying people to grow poppies needed for heroin.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 06:06:37 +1100
Italy’s coronavirus death toll surpasses 100,000 as situation worsens
Italy is the seventh country in the world to reach the bleak milestone, following the United States, Brazil, Mexico, India, Russia and Britain.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 05:31:03 +1100
White House monitoring Russia disinformation that targets Western COVID-19 vaccines
The United States has identified three online publications directed by Russia’s intelligence services that it says are seeking to undermine COVID-19 vaccines.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 04:47:43 +1100
The Queen, Prince Philip did not make skin tone remarks, Prince Harry tells Oprah
Talkshow host Oprah Winfrey said Prince Harry wanted it known that the Queen and Prince Philip were not the royal family members who had expressed concern about how dark Archie’s skin would be.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 03:08:53 +1100
Jury selection for trial in George Floyd case delayed at least a day
The trial of former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been delayed as the judge contends with a last-minute order by a higher court to reconsider adding an additional murder charge.

Tue, 09 Mar 2021 02:02:35 +1100
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, wife test positive for coronavirus
Assad’s office said the first couple did PCR tests after they experienced symptoms consistent with the COVID-19 illness.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 19:30:00 +1100
Markle debacle has turned the Windsors into top-rating drama
Instead of burning a bridge, Meghan lit 20,000 sticks of dynamite under it in her chat with Oprah.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:26:30 +1100
A ‘barbarous blow’ but pope asks Christians to forgive IS extremists
The Islamic State inflicted atrocities against all communities during its three-year rule in parts of Iraq. But the Christian minority was hit especially hard.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:03:44 +1100
Prince Harry and Meghan interview as it happened: Couple confirm they are having a baby girl; Archie’s skin colour sparked concerns before he was born, Duchess of Sussex reveals
Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex sit down with Oprah Winfrey to explain what drove them to walk away from their roles in the Royal Family.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 17:06:09 +1100
No Windsors, just losers as Harry and Meghan open fire on family firm
We were expecting fireworks from this tell-all but Harry and Meghan instead lit a raging bonfire that threatens to engulf the royal family.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:57:10 +1100
Explosive Harry and Meghan interview reveals royals worried about Archie’s skin tone
Harry and Meghan also revealed their new baby will be a girl and exposed deep family rifts in a wide-ranging interview which will rock the monarchy.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 14:55:01 +1100
NZ will have enough Pfizer vaccine doses for entire population
The country has chosen to buy 10 million doses of only the German vaccine based on trial results pointing to 95 per cent effectiveness.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 13:55:30 +1100
‘For the good of the state’: Top New York Democrats urge Cuomo to quit
Governor Andrew Cuomo has reportedly said the legislature would have to impeach him if it wanted him out of office.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 13:22:45 +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 Mar 2021 12:48:40 +1100
South Korea to boost funding for American troops, says US
The agreement reflects the Biden administration’s “commitment to reinvigorating and modernising our democratic alliances,” the State Department said.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 11:55:12 +1100
‘I can’t breathe’: George Floyd murder trial set to begin
The death of Floyd, 46, triggered protests and rioting across the US after mobile phone footage emerged showing Chauvin, a white police officer, kneeling on his neck.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 09:58:39 +1100
‘It is all destroyed’: Explosions kill at least 20 in Equatorial Guinea city of Bata
The cause of the blasts was not yet known. A defence official told television station TVGE that authorities had ruled out an attack.

Mon, 08 Mar 2021 09:28:21 +1100
Pope Francis meets father of drowned Syrian boy
The pontiff, winding up a historic trip to Iraq, met Abdullah Kurdi at the end of Mass in the Iraqi Kurdish city of Erbil, the Vatican said in a statement.



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