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OPINION: Blame for the cruel treatment of our elderly doesn't just fall on the aged care sector but on the ignorance of society as well, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

Pharmaceutical companies around the world are going head to head, while governments scramble to get priority access to the most promising candidates.

Kiwi Prime Minister says the city's level three regulations will now end at midnight on Sunday – providing all goes well.

Trump’s statement echoed a strategy that paid dividends in the 2016 election and he is clearly hoping will do so again: appeal to the nation’s evangelicals using a political agenda wrapped in the language of faith.

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For the first time since the 1800s, the Aussie Rules showpiece game is being moved outside Melbourne and out of Victoria.

Many airlines are struggling to navigate uncharted territory. The ones that survive this crisis will have to be strategically creative.

Stock markets have been very strange this year. We witnessed the fastest sell-off in history between February and March, with the S&P 500 falling more than 30%, only to enjoy the best recovery ever.

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Last month, the Japanese government announced a plan to retire its fleet of old, inefficient coal-fired generation by 2030.

Social media around the world lit up over the weekend, discussing the possibility that an asteroid (known as 2018 VP₁) could crash into Earth on November 2.

Two sentenced over drug-trafficking ring bust by AFP in Melbourne. Two other gang members were also jailed this month.

In Victoria there are nearly 80 active COVID-19 cases linked to more than 50 disability accommodation sites.

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Shopping centres and their tenants are in ongoing dispute over payments during and after lockdowns. Matters may now be coming to a head.

The Trump administration has announced that it is opening up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil and gas development.

The annual chief executive pay report produced by the Australian Council of Superannuation Investors is a must-read for shareholders.

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In February this year, the resignation of a member of the Legislative Assembly prompted a byelection in Johnston, a seat located in the Darwin-Palmerston conurbation.

The PPI scandal led to the largest consumer redress scheme in British history, with over £38 billion paid to claimants to date.

Traditional recruitment of seasonal workers from the Pacific islands and Timor-Leste was halted due to the pandemic.

The Common Agricultural Policy, or CAP, is the European Union’s largest budget item. For the €60 billion (£53.9 billion) a year it pays in subsidies, the CAP is expected to support farmer incomes.

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Increasing the inbound travel caps would enable more hotels to participate in the quarantine programs and boost occupancies.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s decision to shut down Parliament was a controversial one, since it shuttered committee inquiries into the WE Charity affair.

The virus disproportionately affects men and people who are older and who have conditions such as diabetes and obesity.

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Agriculture minister and deputy leader of the Nationals David Littleproud accused premiers of “city centric decisions” and said unless they “commit to work with one another to find workable solutions to state border issues for regional Australians.

The Trump campaign and the Republican National Committee filed lawsuits recently against New Jersey and Nevada to prevent expansive vote-by-mail efforts in those states.

Decision follows consultations with Native American organisations. But fans cannot wear head dresses and ‘war paint’ next season.

China didn’t feature prominently in Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s speech last month to announce Australia’s $270 billion defence update.

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Four-legged nominee for upcoming 2021 New Zealander of the Year Awards really sets the cat among the pigeons.

The speech could have been awkward. Biden is a veteran politician known for his gaffes who spoke to a virtually empty auditorium. There was no raucous applause punctuating his sentiments.

Mass protests, strikes and calls for Alexander Lukashenko to step down after a disputed election have raised the prospect that his long grip on power in Belarus may be coming to an end.

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Navalny is a key leader of the Russian opposition. Just 44 years old, he is a Moscovite lawyer who originally made his name as an anti-corruption blogger.

Genome sequencing — mapping the genetic sequences of the virus from confirmed COVID-19 cases in a bid to track its spread — is now an integral part of New Zealand’s coronavirus response.

Fine and suspended jail term handed out to pair of young women who escaped from their quarantine hotel on Tuesday.

As Americans across the nation protest police violence, people have begun to call for cuts or changes in public spending on police. But neither these nor other proposed reforms address a key problem with solving crimes.

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State and territory border closures seem to be motivated by politics rather than being based on medicine or science, laments Alan Joyce.

The UK and EU have just resumed negotiations over a post-Brexit deal on free trade. Major stumbling blocks over issues like road haulage, fishing rights and state subsidies will need to be ironed out.

Video game developer Epic’s massively popular “battle royale” game Fortnite was removed from Apple’s App Store and the Google Play Store last week.

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The Chinese industry body claims that the market share of Chinese wine has fallen from about 75% to just under 50% over the past four years.

UK research finds the ‘pressure cooker’ environment of lockdown saw a marked increase in violence by young people against their parents.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced on Wednesday the Australian government has signed a letter of intent to procure the University of Oxford’s vaccine for SARS-CoV-2.

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