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Beijing reports highest Covid cases since June 2020 as Olympics loom

Chinese capital braces as games coincide with Lunar New Year celebration.

Sunday, 30 Jan 2022 01:10 PM

Beijing reports highest Covid cases since June 2020 as Olympics loom

Stray bullets kill bystanders as US shootings soar

Tragic consequence of gun violence barely makes local news in most cases.

Sunday, 30 Jan 2022 12:20 PM

Stray bullets kill bystanders as US shootings soar

Taliban offers refuge to pregnant woman denied re-entry to New Zealand

Al Jazeera journalist says she kept her condition secret because it is illegal to be an unwed mother in Qatar.

Sunday, 30 Jan 2022 11:10 AM

Taliban offers refuge to pregnant woman denied re-entry to New Zealand

UK to offer Nato ‘major military deployment’ in Europe

This is in response to to respond to rising 'Russian hostility' towards Ukraine. 

Sunday, 30 Jan 2022 09:10 AM

Snow ‘bomb’ unleashes blizzard on eastern US

Major cities New York and Boston bear brunt of bad weather.

Sunday, 30 Jan 2022 08:20 AM

Snow ‘bomb’ unleashes blizzard on eastern US



France jails 2 for 22 years for murdering trans sex worker

Court finds Mahmoud Kadri, 24, and Karim Ibrahim, 29, guilty of 'gang murder'.

Sunday, 30 Jan 2022 07:30 AM

France jails 2 for 22 years for murdering trans sex worker

11 arrested after deadly West Papua nightclub fight

2 believed to have stabbed a victim, police say.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 11:59 PM

11 arrested after deadly West Papua nightclub fight

Russia logs more than 100,000 daily Covid cases for first time

113,122 is nearly double the number of daily infections just a week ago.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 11:30 PM

Russia logs more than 100,000 daily Covid cases for first time

Barty ends Australia’s 44-year wait for a home Slam

World no. 1 battles back to defeat US’ Danielle Collins in straight sets.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 10:50 PM

Barty ends Australia’s 44-year wait for a home Slam

‘Where is Peng Shuai?’ tees handed to Australian Open fans

Activists still carry hope Chinese player is able to speak freely, travel outside China.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 10:10 PM

‘Where is Peng Shuai?’ tees handed to Australian Open fans

Oil spill ‘nail in the coffin’ for Covid-hit Thai beach businesses

Slick to continue washing up on shore over coming days due to stronger wind.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 09:30 PM

Oil spill ‘nail in the coffin’ for Covid-hit Thai beach businesses

Ailing whale found near Athens returns to deeper waters

Mammal now swimming near southern island of Salamis, condition remains precarious.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 08:50 PM

Ailing whale found near Athens returns to deeper waters

Iran condemns ‘destabilising’ attack on Baghdad airport

‘Suspicious actions’ create insecurity and unrest in Iraq, Foreign Ministry spokesman says.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 08:10 PM

Iran condemns ‘destabilising’ attack on Baghdad airport

Laos seizes 36 million meth pills in second-biggest drug bust

Country becomes gateway for traffickers moving narcotics out of troubled Myanmar into Thailand.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 07:30 PM

Laos seizes 36 million meth pills in second-biggest drug bust

Hong Kong varsity covers up Tiananmen crackdown tribute

Construction workers block large slogan on campus bridge with metal sheets.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 06:50 PM

Hong Kong varsity covers up Tiananmen crackdown tribute


Canada has 5 Covid cases in Winter Olympics delegation

Individuals who test positive for the coronavirus are removed from the team, placed in quarantine.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 06:10 PM

Canada has 5 Covid cases in Winter Olympics delegation

Australia flies medical team to Covid-hit Solomons

Eight experts land in Honiara alongside a shipment of more than 37,000 vaccine doses.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 05:30 PM

Australia flies medical team to Covid-hit Solomons

South Korea’s new Covid-19 cases top 17,500 as Omicron rages

The Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency says infections could surge to as many as 100,000 a day in the coming weeks.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 04:50 PM

South Korea’s new Covid-19 cases top 17,500 as Omicron rages

Medvedev cops US$12,000 fine for umpire rant at Australian Open

World no. 2 punished for ‘visible obscenity’ and ‘unsportsmanlike conduct’.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 04:10 PM

Medvedev cops US$12,000 fine for umpire rant at Australian Open

Joni Mitchell says boycotting Spotify over Covid ‘lies’

Singer joins Neil Young in objections against wildly popular Joe Rogan Experience podcast.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 03:30 PM

Joni Mitchell says boycotting Spotify over Covid ‘lies’

Thousands of flights cancelled as eastern US braces for winter storm

Salt machines, snowploughs at the ready in New York.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 02:50 PM

Thousands of flights cancelled as eastern US braces for winter storm

DR Congo court set for verdict in murder of UN experts

Upwards of 50 rebel militiamen on trial for crime some say was orchestrated by state security.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 02:10 PM

Taiwan will not send delegation to Beijing Olympics ceremonies

Authorities say this is due to China’s strict pandemic controls and flight disruptions.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 01:30 PM

Taiwan will not send delegation to Beijing Olympics ceremonies

Qatar looks to profit from Europe gas fears over Ukraine

Emir seeks bigger share of European market for his country’s burgeoning offshore gas production.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 12:50 PM

Qatar looks to profit from Europe gas fears over Ukraine

Hewlett Packard wins massive fraud case in UK

British interior minister signs order for extradition of Autonomy founder, Mike Lynch, to the United States.

Saturday, 29 Jan 2022 12:10 PM

Hewlett Packard wins massive fraud case in UK