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Tue, 20 Apr 2021 18:22:40 +1000
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Tue, 20 Apr 2021 17:08:14 +1000
Vanuatu bans travel after COVID-positive body washes ashore in Port Vila
The body is believed to be that of a Filipino fisherman who went missing from a UK-flagged tanker on April 11.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:48:12 +1000
Guide fatally mauled by grizzly bear during Yellowstone fishing trip
Local authorities said the park had a growing grizzly bear population and the site where Mock was attacked was “fairly close to the epicentre of growth”.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:26:42 +1000
‘Stop bossing others’: Xi Jinping’s not-so veiled rebuke to the US
“What we need in today’s world is justice, not hegemony,” Xi told the Boao Forum on Asia, adding that China would never engage in an arms race.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 16:22:04 +1000
Deal with junta may be needed to avoid ‘Syrian-style bloodbath’, says Evans
Former Australian foreign minister Gareth Evans, who played a central role in peace negotiations with the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia, has told the Myanmar democracy movement they may have to compromise.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 15:13:39 +1000
Auckland Airport worker tests positive for COVID-19
It comes after the first quarantine-free flights from Australia arrived in the country on Monday, with the opening of the trans-Tasman bubble.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 14:20:56 +1000
‘America will go up in flames’: Minneapolis on edge as jury deliberates
There’s broad agreement that anything other than a murder conviction for Derek Chauvin will result in an enormous eruption of rage across the States.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 13:00:06 +1000
Pack animals: Tyrannosaurs not so solitary after all
Long thought incapable of complex behaviours, these tyrannosaurs have been found to have hunted in packs.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 11:11:58 +1000
Walter Mondale, Jimmy Carter’s vice-president, dies at 93
Mondale’s own try for the White House, in 1984, came at the zenith of Ronald Reagan’s popularity. On Election Day, he carried only his home state and the District of Columbia.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 10:26:43 +1000
Prince Harry to leave Britain without having one-on-one with Prince Charles
Many family members had hoped the pair would take the opportunity to spend some time together alone, to air their differences face to face.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 08:56:36 +1000
‘They will hear from the US’: diplomats to challenge countries lagging on climate
“Our diplomats will challenge the practices of countries whose action – or inaction – is setting the world back,” the US Secretary of State said.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 08:19:47 +1000
‘Murder, not policing’: Derek Chauvin trial goes to jury
The verdict will be one of the most closely watched and consequential in recent American history given the trial’s high-profile, emotionally charged nature.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 07:19:50 +1000
Russian military build-up near Ukraine largest ever, EU’s Borrell says
The Pentagon said the Russian military build-up was larger than that in 2014 and it was not clear that it was for training purposes.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 06:49:25 +1000
Syrian chemical attacks victims file complaint with Swedish police
Allegations of war crimes can be investigated by Swedish police regardless of where they were committed.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 05:30:00 +1000
If push comes to shove with China, Biden meeting may be marked as the moment Tokyo chose sides
The first leader Joe Biden welcomed to a face-to-face meeting at the White House was Japan’s Prime Minister.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 03:42:36 +1000
Greta Thunberg condemns ‘tragedy’ of COVID-19 vaccine rollout
The climate activist says it is “completely unethical” for wealthier countries to be vaccinating their younger populations before the world’s vulnerable and frontline workers in poorer nations.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 03:06:14 +1000
India’s capital to lock down amid explosive coronavirus surge
Just months after India thought it had seen the worst of the pandemic, the virus is now spreading at a rate faster than at any other time.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 02:23:30 +1000
Hunger-striking Navalny to be transferred to hospital for vitamin treatment
The Russian opposition leader will be admitted to a hospital in another prison after his doctor said he could be near death.

Tue, 20 Apr 2021 02:00:38 +1000
Ex-police officer arrested over fatal shooting of three people in Texas
Authorities said former Texas sheriff’s deputy Stephen Broderick was arrested about 30 kilometres from the scene of the weekend attack.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 23:00:00 +1000
‘Break their roots’: New report details Chinese authorities’ alleged torture, rape of Uighur women
One witness said women in her crammed cell were stripped naked, forced to undergo a medical examination, electroshocked and beaten while interrogated.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 19:14:35 +1000
A deadly Sunday: three multiple shootings in one day in America
The US is already on edge over a surge in shootings after a gunman killed eight workers and himself at an Indianapolis FedEx centre last week.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 18:33:04 +1000
Australia’s Huawei ban ‘vindicated’ by Dutch spying reports: MPs
Australian and British MPs who campaigned to ban the Chinese telco say the report vindicates their security-conscious stance.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 17:49:32 +1000
Pakistan begins talks with banned extremist group after violent clashes
The protests called for the French ambassador to be expelled over remarks by President Emmanuel Macron last year about cartoons ridiculing Prophet Muhammad.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 16:01:21 +1000
Future of ASEAN on the line as Myanmar junta chief fronts summit
South-east Asia’s regional bloc is facing a defining test of its legitimacy as junta chief Min Aung Hlaing appears at an emergency summit in Jakarta this week.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:49:45 +1000
Bad gelati could be illegal under new Italian law
The senate is debating heavy fines for ice-cream makers who inflate their scoops with compressed air to make it fluffier.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 15:15:21 +1000
Navalny on brink of death as celebrities call on Putin to send a doctor
Celebrities around the world - including Stephen Fry, Hilary Mantel and Benedict Cumberbatch - joined Navalny’s daughter in pleading for medical help.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 14:50:32 +1000
Cape Town fire burns university library, students evacuated
A wildfire raging on the slopes of Table Mountain spread to the University of Cape Town, burning the historic campus library that houses priceless collections.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 13:33:02 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 12:30:04 +1000
Cheered by vaccine success, Israel’s masks come off
With about 56 per cent of the Israeli population fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the country has begun to ease health restrictions.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 11:57:06 +1000
‘The whole atmosphere has changed’: China’s ambitious plan to solve the climate puzzle
China has grand ambitions to break away from its dependency on fossil fuel but the massive shift has been likened to “changing the course of a big ship”.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 11:03:09 +1000
Frustrated by student struggles, teacher now on verge of Peru presidency
Defying the polls, rural primary school teacher Pedro Castillo topped the votes in the first round of Peru’s presidential poll and will contest the run-off against one of the nation’s most established political figures.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 08:41:24 +1000
Scores injured, 11 killed in Egypt train crash
At least eight train wagons ran off the railway line in the accident north of Cairo.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 07:25:45 +1000
Sinn Fein leader makes landmark apology for murder of Prince Philip’s uncle
Seeking to salve an old wound at a time of sorrow for Britain’s royal family, the political leader of the Irish republican movement has apologised for the 1979 assassination of Louis Mountbatten, an uncle of Prince Philip.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 06:50:43 +1000
Chinese officials identified Huanan market as a pandemic risk years before COVID emerged
Health experts in Wuhan knew the wet market at the centre of the coronavirus outbreak was a pandemic risk at least five years before COVID-19 emerged, a Sydney scientist has revealed.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 06:33:25 +1000
Russia expels 20 Czechs after deadly blast blamed on Skripal suspects
Moscow has expelled 20 Czech diplomats in a confrontation over Czech allegations that two Russian spies accused of a nerve agent poisoning in Britain in 2018 were behind an earlier explosion at a Czech ammunition depot that killed two people.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 06:04:58 +1000
Tesla with ‘no one’ driving crashes, killing two
A Tesla electric car that “no one” appeared to be driving has crashed in Texas, erupting into flames and killing the two passengers, according to local authorities.

Mon, 19 Apr 2021 05:00:00 +1000
Indonesia rolls out ‘blow in the bag’ COVID-19 tests with results in three minutes
Despite questions about its accuracy, the developers of a virus breathalyser in the world’s fourth most populous country hope it can test 1.2 million people a day.

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 21:15:45 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 18:23:00 +1000
‘Summer’s going to be great’: Aussie cafes brew hope in a cup as England comes out of lockdown
As Britain’s vaccination rollout unlocks England from forced hibernation, the Australians who run London cafes look for that post-pandemic economic jolt.

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 17:42:16 +1000
COVID survivors may require just one shot of a two-dose vaccine
Giving previously infected people just one vaccine shot could free up more than 110 million doses worldwide.

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 15:10:42 +1000
Iran state television names suspect in Natanz nuclear facility attack
Iran says the alleged saboteur fled the country an hour before it’s nuclear facility was damaged.

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 14:48:19 +1000
Prince Philip’s funeral a reminder of the power of rituals
During a time of emotional upheaval, rituals are the guard-rails to keep people from tumbling over. They bring order to chaos.

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 14:33:42 +1000
Czechs blame notorious Russian spies for 2014 attack on munitions depot
The two Russian spies blamed by Britain for poisoning ex-spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter have been named by the Czechs as suspects in a 2014 explosion.

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 12:59:29 +1000
She sat alone at the funeral, but there is support behind the scenes
The image of the Queen isolated on the church pew broke hearts around the world, but she can seek comfort from family and the staff in her royal bubble.

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 12:15:22 +1000
US, China call truce on ‘climate crisis’ to cooperate on solutions
The two superpowers, often at loggerheads, have committed to work together on developing carbon capture, energy storage and hydrogen targets.

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 11:33:11 +1000
Harry and William spent time together after Prince Philip’s funeral
Prince Charles, Camilla, Prince William and Kate did not leave the castle until five hours after the funeral finished, suggesting they spent time with Prince Harry and the Queen.

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 10:00:00 +1000
‘Humbling’: The only Australian invited to watch Prince Philip’s funeral
Commodore Guy Holthouse was one of just four overseas representatives to witness Saturday’s historic farewell in person. 

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 05:30:00 +1000
Duke of Edinburgh, the prince of paradoxes, offers a clue on how to bridge the great climate divide
Prince Philip was a conservationist, but hollow activism repelled him.

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 00:59:28 +1000
Prince Philip is laid to rest
The Funeral for Prince Philip will be a sombre and intimate affair - just as he had requested.

Sun, 18 Apr 2021 00:57:16 +1000
Prince Philip funeral: Grieving Queen farewells husband of 73 years
Coronavirus restrictions meant the Queen sat away from loved ones.



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