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Abortion rights under threat in US

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 23:30:16 +0200

The abortion rights of millions in the US are under threat after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade.

Freedom always wins: Zelensky delivers emotive message to Glastonbury revellers

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 23:14:01 +0200

The Ukrainian president urged crowds at the festival to “spread the truth about Russia’s war” in a pre-recorded speech.

The centre of the war in Ukraine

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 22:59:03 +0200

Ukraine's eastern Donbas region is now the centre of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Problems at home? Get to Kyiv and be photographed with Zelensky

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 21:00:00 +0200

World leaders, celebrities and other groupies are heading to Ukraine to bask in the presence of the country’s seemingly indomitable leader.

Congress sends landmark gun violence compromise to Biden to sign into law

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 20:52:10 +0200

The bill capped a spurt of action prompted by voters’ revulsion over last month’s mass shootings in New York and Texas.

Wasteland warriors: The long, cruel summer on Ukraine’s eastern front

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 20:30:00 +0200

In the ruins of homes along the front line, Ukrainians wonder how long they can hold out against Putin’s troops

US Supreme Court overturns Roe v Wade, wiping out constitutional right to abortion

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 16:31:51 +0200

Women’s reproductive rights will be severely curtailed in the US after the Supreme Court repealed the landmark Roe v Wade ruling.

Australian-backed candidate fails to topple Commonwealth boss Patricia Scotland

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 16:05:10 +0200

The UK and Australia were some of the heavyweight countries who had backed Jamaica’s Kamina Johnson Smith to challenge Baroness Patricia Scotland.

Prince Charles tells Commonwealth nations ‘becoming a republic’ is up to them

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:16:52 +0200

Opening his first CHOGM as head, in Kigali, Rwanda, the future king said cutting cords with the British monarchy can be done calmly and without rancour.

January 6 panel receives new Trump documentary footage

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:30:56 +0200

A documentary team has given the January 6 panel new footage of former president Donald Trump taken before and after the Capitol insurrection.

Lottery millionaire who stole Banksy’s Bataclan tribute jailed

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 10:03:34 +0200

The British street artist, painted his “sad girl” stencil on the metal door of the Bataclan in memory of the 90 people killed there in the 2015 Paris terror attacks.

Albanese should send Putin a message by visiting Kyiv

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 09:05:38 +0200

Australia has a vital diplomatic role to play as one of Ukraine’s strongest supporters outside Europe and North America. Albanese can send an important diplomatic signal our country stands shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine in its struggle.

Xi’s dilemma: The unvaccinated elderly keeping COVID-zero China in lockdowns

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 07:21:00 +0200

China, the country where COVID-19 was first detected, still has more than 90 million people aged over 60 who are under-vaccinated.

15 Republicans back Democrat gun bill in US Senate, breaking decades-long impasse

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 05:45:08 +0200

Both parties emerged with a compromise to curb bloodshed that has come to regularly shock — yet no longer surprise — the nation.

Gallery: The best photos from around the world

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 04:47:49 +0200

The best photos from the international wire agencies, as chosen by our picture editors.

On the frontline of the war in Ukraine

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 03:20:35 +0200

Foreign affairs correspondent Anthony Galloway reports from the Donbas, the frontline of the war in Ukraine.

Moment 'Good Samaritans' rush to help shark attack victim

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 01:25:13 +0200

Three bystanders have be praised as heroes after saving a shark attack victim in California.

With Sri Lanka in freefall, this is what a collapsed economy looks like

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:51:47 +0200

Acute shortages of fuel, food, medicine and other basic items, as well as soaring prices, have left the bankrupt South Asian island in despair.

Trump attempted to corrupt his own Justice Dept, Jan 6 committee finds

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:51:34 +0200

“Just say the election was corrupt and leave the rest to me and the R (Republican) congressman,” Trump told his acting attorney-general.

‘Magnificent’: World’s biggest bacterium found in Caribbean

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:07:03 +0200

The thin white filament, approximately the size of a human eyelash, is “by far the largest bacterium known to date”.