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The UK left the EU on January 31 this year. Yet, the trading relationship between the two parties will not change until January 1 2021.

Apple has become the first company worth US$2 billion (£1.7 trillion), meaning that it is now more valuable than all the companies in the FTSE 100 (they add up to £1.5 trillion).

President Vladimir Putin recently announced that a team of Russian scientists had developed a COVID-19 vaccine and that it had been approved for use by the regulators.

The national cabinet, created to impose maximum unity on Australia’s response to COVID, has formally fractured.

President Donald Trump has sharpened his rhetoric against what he calls the “left-wing violent extremism” engulfing American cities.

In the run-up to the October 17 election, Ardern’s Facebook following alone is four times greater than those of the other seven main party leaders combined.

Medical and other hardship cases, exacerbated by confusion and delays, have brought sharp attacks on the Queensland government.

The Morrison government today declared it will axe buybacks of water entitlements from irrigators.

CHRIS’S KITCHEN | Our resident Aussie chef in London is a sucker for Italian food and has this week prepared a very tasty polenta treat.

Abbott confirmed that he has had some discussions with members of the British government.

Three in four New Zealanders (74%) say they intend to get vaccinated against COVID-19 when a vaccine becomes available.

The federal government and business groups have led calls to ease lockdowns.

The demand for cheaper, greener electricity means that the energy landscape is changing faster than at any other point in history.

A government briefing paper from March 2020 stated that 91% of the five million tonnes of plastics used in the UK each year is “sent towards treatment”. This does not mean it is actually recycled, just that it went to a waste management company.

The conspiracy originated in 2017, when a mysterious poster named “Q” began posting to the internet message board 4chan.

A recent spate of departures at the top level of the British civil service is more than a matter of personnel change.

In recent years, a gene-centric approach to precision medicine has been promoted as the future of medicine.

The economy shrank an extraordinary 7% in the three months to June – by far the biggest collapse since the Bureau of Statistics began compiling records in 1959.

The standard mode for delivering arts funding in Australia is through arms length funding judged by artform peers.

From the kitchen of Gordon Ramsay at Claridge’s, CHRIS ARKADIEFF shows you the perfect salmon starter to impress your party guests.

The disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed financial and governance tensions and mistrust involving its players’ and state associations.

Facebook has announced it will ban publishers and people in Australia from sharing local and international news on Facebook and Instagram.

Britain is considering opening free ports to shore up its economy when the Brexit transition ends.

Scott Morrison wants a commitment from national cabinet for Australia to return to as much normality as possible for Christmas.

An alliance of business and environment groups declared the nation is “woefully unprepared” for climate change and urgent action is needed.

Foreign Minister Marise Payne confirmed in a brief statement that Australia had been notified on August 14 of Cheng’s detention.

Endocrine-disrupting compounds, or EDCs, are a broad group of chemicals that can interfere with natural hormones in people’s bodies in ways that harm human health.

The National Assessment Program – Literacy And Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual assessment for all Australian school students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9.

The Government Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) has issued a warning to all New Zealand businesses to be prepared for cyber attacks.

For 50 years hydrogen has been championed as a clean-burning gas that could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Chinese representatives sometimes struggle to understand that centralised control is not the Pacific way.

Six out of every ten of the 2.24 million people set to be on JobKeeper in the December quarter are expected to be in Victoria.

Young people are increasingly frightened by the spectre of natural hazards and disasters, but they see schools as failing to equip them with the skills.

The five consecutive consecutive hikes in compulsory super contributions due to start next July should be deferred or abandoned in the view of the overwhelming majority of the leading Australian economists.

This movement is run by young people, learning from young people, and for young people.

Relations between London and Brussels have been better. While Brexit dominates the headlines, another cross-channel development has recently captured the attention of financial institutions.

Over the last few months, there has been much discussion of leadership during the pandemic. What constitutes good leadership? Who has performed better and which countries have been worse? One pattern that emerged early on was that female leaders were seen to have handled the crisis remarkably well.

In recent years, the prevailing media narrative is that athletes have routinely used their platforms to “raise awareness” or “bring attention” to a social issue.

Hurricane Laura plowed through the heart of Louisiana’s oil and chemical industries as a powerful Category 4 storm.

Hurricane Laura blew up quickly as it headed for the Louisiana coast, intensifying from a tropical storm to a major hurricane in less than 24 hours.

Borders remain the province of states and territories and Morrison is immensely frustrated that states with few or no cases continue to resist his pleas to open.

Donald Trump delivered his second Republican Party acceptance speech from the White House on Aug. 27.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe ended weeks of speculation about the state of his health by announcing his surprise resignation today.

To keep global warming below 1.5°C, we need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions equivalent to 2.5 tonnes of CO₂ per person per year by 2030.

The focus on adapting to Google and Facebooks’s algorithms completely changed newsroom practices over the past decade, as journalists have weighed editorial considerations against audience metrics.

Travel may be of huge importance to Australians, but it is not a right or entitlement.

Of the 32 vaccines that are in human trials around the world, a larger number are from Chinese companies than might have been expected.

The accumulation of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere, caused primarily by the burning of fossil fuels, had been worrying scientists since the 1970s.

It won’t be a traditional Last Night of the Proms this year. Instead, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and the continuing need for social distancing measures, the concerts are being held without audiences and restricted numbers of musicians.

In 2019, Australia dropped five places in the World Press Freedom Index. Australia was once the model for press freedom in the Asia-Pacific.