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Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:59:17 +1100
Denmark to ‘westernise’ migrant neighbourhoods through quotas
The Scandinavian nation wants to de-segregate its migrant ghettos by capping the number of non-European residents allowed to live in any neighbourhood.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 16:05:01 +1100
Mandatory masks and mass graves: PNG tightens COVID restrictions
The social distancing measures being imposed from Monday would also remain in force until the end of the declaration of the pandemic.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:15:31 +1100
Teen Vogue’s editor resigns after backlash over racist teen tweets
As a teen, Alexi McCammond posted racist and homophobic tweets. A decade later, they’ve led to her resignation as editor of Teen Vogue before she’d even begun.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 14:41:02 +1100
Air NZ announces non-stop flights between Auckland and Hobart
The twice-weekly service will begin as soon as a trans-Tasman bubble is established, the airline says.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:54:00 +1100
‘A war-torn vibe’: Trump’s legacy in America’s capital
Four years ago I predicted Washington would have more steakhouses full of right-wing carnivores, aggressive sports bars and a revival of stuffy Republican enclaves. What happened was far grimmer.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 13:42:15 +1100
Rumble in the tundra: fiery exchanges in Alaska but no thaw in US-China relations
Day one of the US-China talks was a decidedly undiplomatic affair. Rather than a trust-building exercise, it was a geo-political airing of grievances.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:42:24 +1100
Nicola Sturgeon misled parliament in sexual misconduct row: report
A parliamentary report into the handling of sexual harassment allegations against a former ally has opponents calling for the First Minister’s resignation.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:23:38 +1100
Gallery: Best photos from around the world
Gallery: Best photos from around the world

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:17:36 +1100
‘I am not a virus’: Asian American congressman in hearing on racism
Stanford professor Shirin Sinnar testified that Donald Trump’s coronavirus “racist dog whistles” created “ripple effects across society at large”.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 12:16:43 +1100
From the Archives, 2003: Invasion begins, US missiles blitz Baghdad
The invasion of Iraq began when at least five cruise missiles slammed into the heart of Baghdad.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:35:00 +1100
Newsmaker: Australia’s ‘mate in Washington’ Kurt Campbell
Joe Biden’s top advisor on Asia said any thawing of US-China tensions will depend on Beijing dropping its economic pressure campaign against Australia.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 11:09:18 +1100
Europe is lashing out like a wounded animal but its injuries are self-inflicted
Fifty-five weeks have passed since coronavirus first swept across Europe but the past seven days will go down as some of the most damaging.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 10:33:16 +1100
US-China meeting in Alaska begins with on-camera confrontation
Biden administration officials made a point of summoning reporters back into the meeting room to capture them trading barbs with their Chinese counterparts.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 08:38:20 +1100
‘A revolution’ in Washington as ‘free trade’ is no longer king
Political parties on both the right and left have shifted away from the view that a primary goal should be speeding flows of goods and services to lift economic growth.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 08:19:08 +1100
EU’s drug regulator backs AstraZeneca vaccine after safety investigation
The regulator said the vaccine did not increase the overall risk of blood clots but cannot rule out a link with two very rare blood disorders.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 07:03:19 +1100
‘What true neighbours do’: Joe Biden plans to send COVID shots to Mexico, Canada
Mexican customs officials, meanwhile, have seized purported vials of the Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine en route to Honduras.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 07:00:00 +1100
Britain mulls Australia-style offshore processing, but sees few takers to host migrants
Prime Minister Boris Johnson said the government was trying to stop the abuse of migrants perpetrated by “a bunch of traffickers and gangsters.”

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 03:10:59 +1100
Johnny Depp seeks retrial in wife beater case, saying ruling ‘plainly wrong’
Lawyers for the Hollywood actor said his ex-wife’s claim that she had donated her divorce settlement to charity was a “calculated lie”, as they sought permission to appeal a London High Court ruling.

Fri, 19 Mar 2021 02:49:49 +1100
‘It takes one to know one’: Putin retorts after Biden says he thinks he is a killer
Putin said that every state had to contend with “bloody events” and said Biden was accusing the Russian leader of something he was guilty of himself.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:13:18 +1100
Calls for PNG to take Chinese vaccines to tackle outbreak
Miner Ok Tedi announced it was suspending its operations as Europe threatens to withhold vaccines and PNG teeters on the edge of a COVID-19 disaster.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:53:26 +1100
China to put detained Canadians on trial this week
Beijing has revealed few details of the charges against “the two Michaels”, held since December 2018.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 17:34:41 +1100
Dutch PM on the way to his fourth term
Rutte resigned last year over a robodebt scandal, but stayed on as caretaker and is set to become the longest serving prime minister in Dutch history.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 16:22:13 +1100
Veiled threats: compulsory dress codes in Indonesia condemned
Human Rights Watch says the right to not wear a hijab in Indonesian schools and workplaces should be protected.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 14:47:17 +1100
Atlanta killings strike at heart of Asian Americans enduring a year of racism
“I’ve never been this afraid to be Asian in America,” said Dorothy Kuo, 38, who attempted to explain to her six-year-old daughter what had happened.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:53:42 +1100
Tokyo Games creative director resigns over offensive ‘Olympig’ idea
It involved Japanese celebrity Naomi Watanabe and is the latest scandal for the 2021 Olympics.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:49:36 +1100
Gallery: Best photos from around the world
Gallery: Best photos from around the world

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:28:53 +1100
Like science fiction: mouse embryos grown in a mechanical womb
The ability to keep embryos alive and developing “is a gold mine for us,” Dr Jacob Hanna said.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 12:07:16 +1100
Police slammed for saying alleged Atlanta killer was having ‘a really bad day’
Cherokee County sheriff’s deputy told a press conference “yesterday was a really bad day” for the man charged with eight murders “and this is what he did”.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 11:46:21 +1100
A cookie! First interstellar visitor is nothing like a cigar
It is also not an asteroid, nor a comet. Scientists say Oumuamua is from beyond our solar system.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 10:57:07 +1100
Ancient Chinese bowl found at garage sale sells for almost $1 million
An antiques enthusiast paid $45 for the Ming Dynasty-era piece and thought it could be something special - only six other bowls like this are known to exist.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:37:04 +1100
Why Chile is a world leader in vaccinations
“We’ve been doing this for a long time,” said Soledad Martínez, an assistant professor of public health at the University of Chile.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 09:05:42 +1100
Tanzania’s ‘coronavirus sceptic’ President dies aged 61
Missing from public life since February, Magufuli has died of heart disease. In 2020, he cracked down on coronavirus reporting and said prayer had solved the crisis.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 08:00:00 +1100
Vladimir Putin to ‘pay a price’ for meddling in US election, says Joe Biden
The US president said the Kremlin would “see shortly” what that price was.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 07:01:53 +1100
US punishes 24 Chinese officials on eve of first talks under Biden
The US Secretary of State mentioned China in the same breath as Myanmar, North Korea and other countries in which he said threatened democracy and stability.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 03:45:18 +1100
‘We are in the crisis of the century’: Europe threatens to seize AstraZeneca factories
European Commission President warns “all options are on the table” to boost the number of doses available to the continent’s 450 million citizens.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 01:08:24 +1100
Japanese court rules same-sex marriage ban violates constitution
The Sapporo District Court’s decision could help prod the government to stop dragging its feet on a change that polls show is increasingly accepted by the public.

Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +1100
From the Archives, 1965: Russian walks into space 300 miles above Earth
56 years ago, Russian cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made history when he executed the first spacewalk.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 19:31:25 +1100
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 18:31:07 +1100
‘I don’t think I’ve ever sworn so much’: Australians caught in HK ambush lockdown
Hayley Hadassin’s nine-year-old son narrowly avoided a quarantine camp, but dozens of other children have been separated from their parents.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 18:02:54 +1100
‘We’ll have to close the doors’: Medical workers brace for chaos as virus grips PNG
Port Moresby General Hospital, the city’s largest, is losing 10 per cent of its workforce every week to COVID and there are fears of a virulent new strain.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:58:39 +1100
Trump pressured Georgia official to examine the ballots in call
It is one of at least three phone calls where Trump sought help from high-level Georgia officials in subverting the election.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:45:12 +1100
‘It’s a great vaccine’: Trump urges his supporters to get the COVID jab
Trump tells Fox he would recommend the vaccine to “a lot of people that don’t want to get it, and a lot of them voted for me” but added “we have our freedoms”.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 15:28:58 +1100
Have Chinese-made vaccine, will travel
Chinese embassies in a number of countries have been instructed to streamline travel permits for foreigners inoculated with one of China’s four homegrown shots.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:59:58 +1100
Joe Biden’s biggest headache seen on US-Mexico border
Like with Labor in Australia, Democrats are happiest when the public is focused on issues such as education and healthcare. Border security is another issue entirely.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 14:26:07 +1100
Shootings at three Atlanta-area massage parlours, multiple deaths, suspect caught
At least eight people died in the shootings that come amid a recent wave of attacks against Asian Americans that coincided with the spread of the coronavirus across the US.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 12:34:18 +1100
Families split in Hong Kong’s snap quarantine
The tough lockdown measures have sparked anxiety among expats who are still coming to grips with the implications of national security laws imposed by Beijing.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:57:43 +1100
Children beheaded by jihadis, Mozambique massacre survivors claim
“We tried to escape but they took my eldest son and beheaded him,” one mother told Save the Children. “We couldn’t do anything because we would be killed too.”

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 11:52:56 +1100
More lights on the streets and cops in pubs would not have saved Sarah
To improve respect for women, men cannot be excluded from the conversation about the changes they need to make.

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 09:39:38 +1100
Beijing blames Australia’s ‘wrong words and deeds’ for trade war after US rebuke
Beijing dismissed the concerns of the US Indo-Pacific chief Kurt Campbell ahead of the first meeting between the two superpowers in Alaska. 

Wed, 17 Mar 2021 08:45:52 +1100
Mother, daughter arrested for real-life ‘Election’ homecoming vote fraud
A five-month investigation found that the login for an assistant principal at a Florida school was used to lodge high school students votes for homecoming queen.



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