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Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:44:32 +1000
Bolsonaro’s ‘Indian brothers’ take to capital to claim land rights
The Brazilian President says Indigenous people claim too much land and want to be “integrated”. Hundreds used their voices and arrows to show they don’t.

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:16:22 +1000
China shut down a newspaper, then a city sold out of a million copies
The last copies of the tabloid that captured Hong Kong’s celebrities, political scandals and business deals for 26 years left the presses just after midnight.

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:55:51 +1000
Australia warns world not to trample on human rights during pandemic
But Australia has been accused of throwing stones in glass houses after denying its citizens their rights to leave the country or come home.

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:06:36 +1000
Philippine democracy scion, ex-leader Benigno Aquino dies
Aquino, who served as president from 2010 to 2016, was the heir to a political legacy of a family that regarded as a bulwark against authoritarianism.

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:36:36 +1000
Queen’s tourist income halved by pandemic
Buckingham Palace and Windsor Castle are among the royal residences which would usually be open to visitors, adding a tidy sum to the royal coffers.

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:28:31 +1000
‘More than 50 killed’: witnesses say a fighter jet bombed Tigray market
Ambulances trying to reach the wounded in the Ethiopian market town were turned back by soldiers but witnesses said bodies were strewn through the streets.

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 14:15:59 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors.

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 12:25:56 +1000
‘I want to understand white rage. And I’m white’: top US general
In pointed questioning in Congress, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff launched into an impassioned defence of inquiry about US society and its racial dynamics.

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 10:28:58 +1000
Royal insiders claim Harry and Meghan rejected Earl of Dumbarton title for Archie
Title suggested for Archie would not have sounded good in the US because it started with “dumb” and could even have led to bullying.

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 08:00:00 +1000
Crucial details on origins of coronavirus pandemic deleted from database
The data, which has been rediscovered by an American scientist, appears to show a previously missing stage in the evolution of the virus in humans.

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 07:58:28 +1000
‘I deserve to have a life’: Britney Spears asks judge to free her from conservatorship
The singer gave a long, emotional and sometimes profane speech, in which she condemned the legal arrangement and her father, who has controlled it for most of its existence.

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 05:39:38 +1000
Cybersecurity software pioneer John McAfee found dead in jail cell
McAfee had been in jail in Spain since October 6 when he was accused of tax evasion and failure to disclose income charges at Barcelona airport.

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 02:59:14 +1000
Warren Buffett resigns from Gates Foundation, has donated half his fortune
The billionaire investor said he was resigning as a trustee of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, and had donated half his wealth to philanthropy.

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 02:41:15 +1000
Cheerleader prevails at US Supreme Court over profane Snapchat post
The court ruled that a public school wrongly suspended a student from cheerleading over a vulgar social media post she made after she didn’t qualify for the school team.

Thu, 24 Jun 2021 01:20:31 +1000
UK denies Russia’s claim that warning shots were fired at warship
Russia said it used bombs and gunfire in “warning shots” to force a British Navy destroyer to leave waters it claims in the Black Sea, but the UK rejected that account.

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 20:09:27 +1000
The insecure superpower: a volatile mix that will make China our challenge for decades
The outgoing secretary of the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade gives her frank assessment on the rise of China - and the winding back of its clock on civil rights.

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 18:23:34 +1000
Apple Daily to stop printing from Saturday
The newspaper had been raided twice by hundreds of Hong Kong police in the past 12 months, at least seven editors and executives have been arrested.

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 16:41:24 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 14:52:06 +1000
A sunken ship’s trail of destruction: turtle carcasses, dead dolphins
More than 100 dead animals have washed ashore in Sri Lanka after the sinking of the X-Press Pearl last week. Hundreds more may have drifted out to sea.

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 13:11:48 +1000
Teenagers on trial for online abuse did if for ‘laughs’, subscribers
One girl criticised a religion, then dozens piled on with death and rape threats.

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 11:58:36 +1000
Winter Olympics a new excuse for Beijing’s crackdown on everything
COVID-19 has provided a blanket of security for an increasingly restrictive state.

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 10:26:03 +1000
Britney Spears enjoying herself as court battle for independence looms
The planned audience with the judge overseeing her strict, court-ordered conservatorship will almost certainly be conducted out of the earshot of media and fans,

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 09:33:06 +1000
Khashoggi’s killers had paramilitary training in US: report
US-Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi had gone to the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in 2018, where he was abducted and killed.

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 08:27:00 +1000
‘Where is their truth?’ Justin Trudeau fires back at China after it calls to investigate Canada
The Prime Minister has responded angrily to China’s UN query about the deaths of indigenous Canadians.

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 06:59:42 +1000
They relied on Chinese vaccines - now they’re battling outbreaks
Three nations put their faith, at least in part, in easily accessible Chinese-made vaccines. Now there are questions about how effective those vaccines are.

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 06:15:05 +1000
US swoops on dozens of Iranian websites, blocking them
A semi-official Iranian news agency agency said the US move “demonstrates that calls for freedom of speech are lies”.

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 05:27:43 +1000
Biden White House concedes it will miss July 4 vaccination goal
White House officials said the main reason the US will miss the 70 per cent target was that not enough younger American adults have received a jab.

Wed, 23 Jun 2021 02:46:44 +1000
Alleged Asian drug kingpin fighting extradition to Australia
Tse Chi Lop, who has been compared to Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, is fighting extradition to Australia, saying he would not get a fair trial.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 19:30:10 +1000
Quarantine-free travel from NSW to New Zealand paused for 72 hours
The decision followed an assessment on Tuesday which determined that while the overall risk to public health in New Zealand currently remained low, there were still “several unknowns”.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 17:22:41 +1000
Japanese companies to vaccinate millions of workers against COVID
The employer-led drive is expected to reach more than 13 million people, including suppliers and workers’ families, boosting the country’s slow vaccine rollout.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:42:51 +1000
From Nobel peace hero to driver of war: Ethiopia’s Pentecostal leader
Not long ago, Abiy Ahmed, whose country voted in long-delayed parliamentary elections on Monday, was a shining hope for the country and continent.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 14:36:35 +1000
Duterte threatens to jail people who reject COVID vaccination
The Philippines is currently battling the Delta variant and the President says another wave of infections would be disastrous for the country.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 13:58:29 +1000
Hong Kong’s Apple Daily to shut down within days, adviser says
Authorities froze access to the firm’s core operating capital on national security grounds, an adviser said.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 13:21:27 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 13:05:53 +1000
Harry and Meghan bought ‘Lilibet’ web address before Queen’s approval
A spokesperson said the couple purchased a “significant” number of domain names for a range of potential names they were considering.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 11:58:28 +1000
The Chinese community group, the consulate and the Labor Premier
WA appointed two pro-Beijing community leaders to a new paid advisory council before Premier Mark McGowan escalated his criticism of the Morrison government.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 08:25:42 +1000
WHO to scrap advice that women ‘of childbearing age’ avoid booze
The WHO’s policy adviser on alcohol said the guidance was intended only to raise awareness about fetal alcohol disorder syndrome but agreed it was badly written.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 07:12:49 +1000
Sweden plunged into political chaos as PM loses no-confidence vote
Prime Minister Stefan Lofven’s ouster is the latest sign that Swedish politics have been fundamentally altered since the rise of the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 06:20:14 +1000
George Clooney, big stars to open film crew school aimed at LA’s Latino teens
Hollywood has sought to increase the number of people of colour in front of and behind the camera since the #OscarsSoWhite scandal in 2016.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 05:49:40 +1000
Coronavirus might shrink parts of the brain, scientists say
The results underscore how evidence is mounting that people can still suffer from illness related to COVID-19 many months after infection.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 05:30:00 +1000
The contradiction at the heart of China’s rise
We need to understand what Isaiah Berlin called “the most important, most inhuman and still the most imperfectly understood phenomenon of our times”.

Tue, 22 Jun 2021 02:25:35 +1000
New book offers fresh details about chaos, conflicts inside Trump’s pandemic response
At one point, Trump mused about transferring infected American citizens to Guantánamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba, where the US holds terrorism suspects.

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 18:40:49 +1000
Tokyo to halve domestic spectator capacity
Health experts were warning that big crowds risk fuelling a resurgence in COVID-19 infections.

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:52:15 +1000
‘In all our interests’: NZ approves Pfizer jab for 12 to 15-year-olds
NZ has 10 million doses of Pfizer on order in 2021, enough for two doses for its entire population.

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 16:16:08 +1000
French far-right dealt setback in regional elections
President Emmanuel Macron’s rival Marine Le Pen had hoped to use the regional elections as a springboard for next year’s national ballot.

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:46:55 +1000
Strategist who coined ‘climate change’ wants new name for capitalism
He’s the veteran American pollster whose advice led to the US government abandoning the term “global warming” and he’s got a new goal.

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 15:11:09 +1000
‘Anytime’: Biden’s North Korea point man ready to talk with Kim regime
“We took note of Chairman Kim’s recent statement, referring to both dialogue and confrontation. We will be prepared for either,” the US envoy said in Seoul.

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 14:51:51 +1000
Tourism boom pressures Tibet’s historic sites
Tourism is booming in Tibet as more Chinese travel in-country because of the coronavirus pandemic, posing risks to the region’s fragile environment and historic sites.

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:54:16 +1000
Gallery: The best photos from around the world
The best photos from the international wire agencies as chosen by our picture editors

Mon, 21 Jun 2021 13:20:12 +1000
Eight children in van among 13 lives lost in Alabama to storms, floods
Eight children in a van from a youth home for abused or neglected children were killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash, the most devastating blow from a tropical depression that caused flash floods and spurred tornadoes in Alabama.



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