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Thursday, 22 April 2021
The US will attempt to re-assert its global leadership on climate change as President Joe Biden hosts 40 leaders at a virtual summit in the White House.
It's expected that the US will unveil an updated...
Wednesday, 21 April 2021
A US jury has found a former police officer guilty of murder over the death of African-American George Floyd on a Minneapolis street last year.
Derek Chauvin, 45, was filmed kneeling on Mr Floyd's...
Tuesday, 20 April 2021
The jury in the trial of Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis policeman accused of killing George Floyd last year, has retired to consider its verdict.
The prosecution told jurors that Mr Chauvin had murdered...
Monday, 19 April 2021
Tearful reunions filled Auckland airport on Monday as residents from Australia were able to travel freely to New Zealand for the first time in more than a year.
The long-awaited Australia-New Zealand...
Sunday, 18 April 2021
When the luxurious British passenger ship Titanic sank into the Atlantic Ocean in April 1912, thousands of people fell into the frigid waters.
Only one of the lifeboats that escaped the sinking ship turned...
Monday, 12 April 2021
A nuclear facility in Iran was hit by "sabotage" a day after it unveiled new uranium enrichment equipment, the country's top nuclear official says.
Ali Akbar Salehi did not say who was to blame for the...
Sunday, 11 April 2021
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has urged citizens to prepare for a "difficult" crisis, following human rights groups' warnings that the country faces dire food shortages and economic instability.
Speaking...
Wednesday, 07 April 2021
Brazil has recorded more than 4,000 Covid-related deaths in 24 hours for the first time, as a more contagious variant fuels a surge in cases.
Hospitals are overcrowded, with people dying as they wait...
Tuesday, 06 April 2021
Australian and New Zealand residents will be able to travel between the two nations without having to quarantine from 19 April.
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the move on Tuesday.
Since...
Sunday, 04 April 2021
Dozens of people are feared dead after a train carrying some 350 passengers derailed inside a tunnel in Taiwan.
Taiwan's Central Emergency Operation centre says rescuers are struggling to access four...
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
The teenager whose film of George Floyd's death sparked global protests said she "stays up apologising" to him for "not doing more".
Darnella, now 18, was one of four young witnesses who to take the stand...
Tuesday, 30 March 2021
China has passed several changes to Hong Kong's electoral rules which will tighten its control over the city, according to state media.
The aim of the reforms is to ensure that only "patriotic" figures...
Monday, 29 March 2021
A huge container ship that has been wedged in the Suez Canal since Tuesday has been partially refloated.
Video posted on social media on Monday appeared to show the stern of the Ever Given swung towards...
Sunday, 28 March 2021
North Korea has claimed the missiles it launched Thursday were a "new-type tactical guided projectile", in its first statement since the test.
It was the country's first ballistic launch in almost a year...
Thursday, 25 March 2021
North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan, says the US and Japan - the first such test since Joe Biden became US president.
Pyongyang is banned from testing ballistic missiles,...
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is predicted to fall short of securing the seats needed to form a new government in Israel's fourth election in two years, according to exit polls.
Mr Netanyahu's Likud...
Tuesday, 23 March 2021
Several Western countries have imposed sanctions on officials in China over rights abuses against the mostly Muslim Uighur minority group.
China has detained Uighurs at camps in the north-west region...
Monday, 22 March 2021
About 18,000 Australians have been evacuated from flooding across New South Wales (NSW) as heavy rain continues to batter the east coast.
Days of torrential downpours have caused rivers and dams to overflow...
Tuesday, 16 March 2021
The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has warned the US not to "cause a stink", as President Joe Biden prepares to set out his Korean policy.
In remarks on state media, Kim Yo-jong...
Monday, 15 March 2021
The Netherlands has become the latest country to suspend use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine over concerns about possible side effects.
The Dutch government said the move, which will last...
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