At least 69 people have died in Germany as swollen rivers caused by record rainfall across western Europe swept through towns and villages.

The ruling was based on separate cases filed by two Muslim women in Germany who were suspended from work for wearing a hijab.

From the outpouring of support for racially abused footballer Marcus Rashford in Manchester England to the record-breaking heatwave in Cadiz, Spain and the drama surrounding the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, these are the best photos from a...

The Kennedys, who are as close as the US gets to aristocracy, can be said to define generational wealth.

About a third of people tested for COVID-19 are positive. Experts say that’s just a fraction of the real caseload.

As the Delta variant spreads among younger people across the US, unvaccinated students will be barred from class, campus, even from uni housing.

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In one of the largest deployments of soldiers since the end of white minority rule, the military has been activate to halt riots that have killed more than 100 people.

Oliver Daemen of the Netherlands will be joining Blue Origin founder on the company’s first crewed spaceflight after the winner of a $US28 million auction postponed.

The former PM said she was going to disappoint the London audience, revealing she was hoping to return home herself for Christmas and do home quarantine.

China must not be allowed to “sportswash” its genocide of Uighurs, said one MP, referring to the soft power victory Beijing stands to gain from hosting the games.

In a rare departure from his usual deference to powerful member countries, the WHO chief said he was asking China to be more transparent as scientists search for the origins of the coronavirus.

The 64-year-old, who was widely lauded for his fearless reporting on the underworld, was shot on July 6 after making one of his regular appearances on a current affairs TV show.

Fifty years ago, a junior Australian diplomat learned about Henry Kissinger’s covert mission to Beijing. What happened next had real consequences in Canberra.

Indonesia has entered the “worst case scenario” as the Delta strain wreaks havoc, recording more new COVID-19 cases than any country in the world.

A new book by Washington Post journalists claims General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, made plans to block any possible Trump coup attempt.

Australia has already repeated its opposition to the bloc’s proposed carbon tariffs, which could be introduced as soon as 2023.

Former US president George Bush criticised the US withdrawal, saying he fears Afghan women will “suffer unspeakable harm”.

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The US space agency says the global flood tally could quadruple as the gravitational effects of the lunar cycle combine with climate change in the years ahead.

A vision at a lake helped monks discover the Dalai Lama, who turned 86 this month. Why will superpowers one day wrangle over his successor?

When you dig into the detail of the laws being proposed in various states, they’re often far less significant than the Democrats’ alarmist rhetoric suggests. 

Poland says the country’s laws trump those laid down by Brussels in row that opens door to quitting the European Union.

By voiding the emergency decree, the ruling opens the door to the cancellation of fines for breaching lockdown restrictions imposed during the period.

As vaccine hesitancy gave way to desperation, the south-east Asian nation renegotiated its deal with Pfizer and now it delivers more than 400,000 shots a day.

The Brazilian President has been hospitalised to identify the cause of chronic hiccups, the President’s office said, in the latest health scare for the far-right leader.

One Australian whose booking had been cancelled said “I understand Australia wants zero cases but those stranded will never get home at this rate.”

US prosecutors charged four Iranians with the elaborate plan to abduct a high-profile critic of the regime’s treatment of women from her Brooklyn home.

The admission that the footage of Sir Richard Branson was prerecorded is embarrassing for Virgin Galactic, which has a cross-promotional deal with Trek Bicycle Corp.

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The case of a defrocked Catholic priest accused of systematic child abuse in East Timor has taken a dramatic twist.

Several hundred people who gathered in front of the Manchester mural took the knee in solidarity with the players abused online.

More than a thousand people have been arrested in the lawlessness that has raged since the imprisonment of former President Jacob Zuma.

Under the regulations, gyms can remain open but the treadmills must run no higher than 5.9 km/h. And the music played at the gyms must be no faster than 120 beats per minute.

America now faces the “most significant test of democracy since the Civil War” , the US President said, and the world is watching.

Ransomware-seeking criminals and their victims are in some ways co-dependent so destroying their servers could also take down keys to their victims’ encrypted data.

The Penelakut Tribe says more than 160 undocumented and unmarked graves have been found on the site of the former Kuper Island Indian Industrial School.

The fire began when sparks from faulty wiring spread to an oxygen tank that then exploded in the COVID-19 ward of a hospital, an investigation showed.

The drastic move lays bare how Democrats are making America’s biggest red state their last stand against the GOP’s rush to enact new voting restrictions.

French President Emmanuel Macron people must prove they’re fully vaccinated, recently recovered from the virus or have taken a fresh negative virus test.

An alarmed Japanese Defence Ministry says the international community must pay urgent attention to the situation in the Taiwan Strait. 

Associates of the Haitian doctor now accused of being a key figure in the killing say the mission was supposed to “save Haiti from hell, with support from the US government”.

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England’s defeat at the Euro 2020 final triggers a fresh reckoning over race relations in football.

The local tourists were visiting a historical look-out in the capital city of Jaipur when lightning struck a nearby watchtower.

Boris Johnson also urged the public not to partake in a “great jubilee” when social distancing rules are dropped in one week’s time.

The sporadic pro-Zuma protests that broke out when he handed himself over last week have escalated into looting and arson.

Despite an outpouring of humanitarian aid and political assistance after the Beirut port explosion, Lebanon’s economic crisis has only intensified.

Goldfish are an invasive species that can damage habitats, and their presence appears to be a growing problem in waterways across the US and around the world.

Engaging with China in a respectful manner should make it possible to not only co-exist with China harmoniously, but to interact with it productively.