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COVID-19 has poured fuel on the fire, as the interim government of Jeanine Añez consistently used the pandemic as a means to consolidate her own political project and delay elections.

Trump came to office promising to tame Iran, end the Islamic State and make “the deal of the century” between Israel and the Palestinians.

London Bridge terror attack hero – himself a convicted murderer – gets his sentence reduced by the Queen for his bravery.

On the face of it, this is the most damaging trade reprisal by Beijing against what it perceives to be Australia’s hostile attitudes to it in tandem with its security partner, the United States.

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For the first time in more than 20 years, the public will be allowed to purchase AFL Grand Final Tickets via public sale.

Artificial intelligence and virtual assistants are constantly being refined, and may soon be making appointments for you, offering medical advice, or trying to sell you a bottle of wine.

COVID-19 triggered multimillion-dollar commitments by state governments to tackle homelessness. Our research for the Australian Homelessness Monitor 2020, released today, reveals at least 33,000 rough sleepers and other homeless people have been booked into hotels and other temporary accommodation during the crisis.

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Antarctica, the world’s last true wilderness, has been protected by an international treaty for the last 60 years. But the same isn’t true for most of the ocean surrounding it.

The Sydney Paralympic Organising Committee (SPOC) sought to build on this legacy when it appointed experienced sport events organiser Lois Appleby as its CEO.

Corals that grew at the end of the ice age around 15,000 years ago are helping scientists to understand why the ice age ended so suddenly.

Daniel Andrews’ angst at the weekend about the multiple New Zealanders who arrived in Victoria via the travel bubble from New Zealand to New South Wales is, as much as anything, a pointer to the pressure the premier is under.

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Report warns that there are also dangers, particularly for girls, as new undersea cable enhances internet connectivity.

E-waste includes different forms of discarded electric and electronic appliances that are no longer of value to their owners. This can include mobile phones, televisions, computers, chargers, keyboards, printers and earphones.

To date, there have been six published cases of COVID-19 reinfection, with various other unverified accounts from around the world.

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From 11.59pm tonight, Melburnians will be able to travel up to 25km from home, with no time limits on exercise or recreation, bringing the chance to play a round of golf or visit the hairdresser.

In her victory speech, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the result gave Labour “the mandate to accelerate our response and our recovery. And tomorrow we start.”

This round of project funding will benefit over 75 priority plant species and almost 100 priority invertebrate species identified as urgent.

First Minister Arlene Foster announced that the government would be introducing a set of “circuit breaker” restrictions to try to curb the spread of the virus, beginning on Friday October 16. Northern Ireland is the first UK country to try this tactic.

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International research team studied 25 years of medical records and found an ‘engrained ethnic disparity in Type 2 diabetes outcomes’.

Alert systems need to be clear and easy for everyone to understand. Yet, to date, the UK’s national alert system has created confusion and been largely ignored.

Over 90% of EU citizens each year are exposed to levels of outdoor air pollution that are above the World Health Organization’s air quality guidelines.

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Throughout American history judges have generally tried to avoid getting involved in political questions, including litigation about elections.

Recent decisions by Facebook and YouTube to crack down on the far-right conspiracy theory movement known as QAnon will disrupt the ability of dangerous online communities to spread their radical messages, but it won’t stop them completely.

Almost 100 known scam attempts of this kind so far this year in Western Australia. One victim lost $60,000.

In ten of the countries, the researchers found little evidence of any excess deaths at all. This group includes Australia, New Zealand, five Eastern European countries, and all the Scandinavian countries except Sweden.

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Limited flights and only Australia is allowing quarantine-free entry. But there are hopes that this is the start of bigger things.

The amount of money spent on US elections eclipses the annual total economic output of some small countries. The total spending by candidates, political parties and independent campaign groups in the 2016 race was US$6.5 billion.

We in the World Health Organisation do not advocate lockdowns as the primary measure for the control of the virus.

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US private equity firm Bain Capital won’t formally assume control of Virgin Australia until November.

Nine months into the pandemic, Europe remains one of the regions worst affected by COVID-19. Ten of the 20 countries with the highest death count per million people are European.

National day of action sees police around Australia and New Zealand target Hells Angels bikie gang members and office bearers.

The governments of many other countries have also agreed to indemnify COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers, including governments in the UK, US and the European Union.

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ABS figures show jobs declined last month. But without Victoria’s dismal performance, employment would actually have risen.

Following in the footsteps of Samsung, Apple has released its first high-spectrum 5G smartphone, the iPhone 12. But only US customers will benefit.

Over the past two decades, population growth has been an important driver of Australia’s economic growth. Immigration is the largest component of this, comprising about 64% of our population growth in 2016-17 (with the rest coming from natural increase).

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Europe is again in the grip of a COVID-19 resurgence, with outbreak hot-spots in the United Kingdom, Spain and France each reporting thousands of new daily cases.

The age of the driverless taxi has arrived – at least in parts of Phoenix, Arizona. Self-driving car company Waymo, owned by Google’s parent company Alphabet, announced its autonomous vehicles are now available to the general public.

Sector that supported around 112 000 full-time jobs last year will only support 43 000 by December, industry report suggests.

During a typical day, we touch the surfaces of many different objects, often without noticing: money, phones, door handles, elevator buttons, cups, desks, keyboards, petrol pumps and shopping trolleys.

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