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Adam Hills answers call to represent country at coronation

Comedian Adam Hills says he has mapped out his toilet breaks given the "limited availability" at the coronation as well as practising limiting his fluid intake in preparation for the big day.

US to end COVID-19 vaccine requirements for foreigners

International travellers to the US will no longer need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as the government ends its coronavirus public health emergency.

Former US television host Jerry Springer dies at 79

Former US television host Jerry Springer, best known for his long-running and controversial talk show, has died at 79 after a brief illness.

Fox News to hand over docs for second US voting machine lawsuit

Fox News has agreed to hand over thousands of documents to voting machine company Smartmatic, which is suing the network for defamation in a case similar to Dominion Voting Machines' just-settled lawsuit.

Mattel introduces first Barbie doll with Down syndrome

Mattel has created a new Barbie to "ensure the doll accurately represents a person with Down syndrome," the toy company says.

SpaceX rocket explodes after lift-off

SpaceX's next-generation Starship spacecraft has exploded minutes after lift off in an uncrewed test flight from  Texas, cutting short a key step in Elon Musk's development of a rocket vessel to eventually take humans to the moon.

Fishermen in good health after cyclone shipwreck ordeal

Eleven Indonesian fisherman rescued after being smashed by Cyclone Ilsa have been released from hospital and will be returned to their homeland.

Kremlin critic jailed in Russia treason case for 25 years

Outspoken Kremlin critic Vladimir Kara-Murza has been jailed for a quarter of a century by a Moscow court, the harshest sentence of its kind since Russia invaded Ukraine, after it found him guilty of treason and other offences he denied.

Casualties rise in Sudan as military rivals clash

Sudan's military has launched air strikes on a paramilitary force's base in a bid to reassert control over the country, following clashes in which scores of combatants and at least 56 civilians were killed.

Warning shots after North Korean vessel crosses border

South Korea has fired warning shots toward a North Korean vessel that crossed the maritime border, amid recent tension over the North's missile tests.

Donald Trump questioned for seven hours in NY fraud lawsuit

Former President Donald Trump has dropped his use of the Fifth Amendment right to silence, and answered questions in a New York lawsuit.

At least 50 killed as Myanmar military attacks rebels

At least 50 people have been killed in central Myanmar in an air strike by the military on an event attended by opponents to its rule, according to media and members of a local resistance movement.

Italy adopts state of emergency over migrants

Italy's cabinet has announced a state of emergency on immigration following a "sharp rise" in flows across the Mediterranean, a statement says, in a move aimed at better management of migrant arrivals and repatriation facilities.

Sixth body recovered from collapsed French buildings

French rescue workers have found a sixth body in the rubble of buildings in the southern city of Marseille that collapsed following an explosion, a spokesman for the police says.

US bank employee shoots four dead, livestreams attack

A bank employee armed with a rifle has shot dead four colleagues and wounded nine other people at his workplace while livestreaming the attack in downtown Louisville, Kentucky.

Russian forces step up strikes on key cities in Ukraine

Russian forces have been besieging Ukrainian cities in the eastern Donetsk region for months in the longest battle in more than a year of war.

Four bodies recovered from collapsed French buildings

French rescue workers have found four bodies in the rubble of buildings in the southern city of Marseille that collapsed following an explosion.

Dalai Lama sorry for asking boy to ‘suck my tongue’

The Dalai Lama has apologised after video on social media showed him kissing a boy on the lips and asking him to "suck my tongue".

China practises blockades on last day of Taiwan drills

Chinese warplanes and warships have taken part in blockade drills around Taiwan in a display of force following its president's trip to the United States.

Tensions build around Jerusalem shrine

Israeli warplanes and artillery struck targets in Syria following rare rocket fire from the north-eastern neighbour, as Jewish-Muslim tensions reached a peak at a volatile Jerusalem shrine with simultaneous religious rituals.

Ukrainians celebrate Palm Sunday amid church dispute

Ukrainians have marked Palm Sunday in their most revered Orthodox site that is at the heart of a religious dispute playing out in parallel with the war.

At least four dead in French Alps avalanche

Four people have died and nine others have been injured in an avalanche southwest of Mont Blanc in the French Alps.

Donald Trump lashes NY charges, says they are election interference

Donald Trump has accused New York prosecutors of election interference in his first spoken remarks after pleading not guilty to falsifying business records.

Finland joins NATO, Russia threatens ‘countermeasures’

Finland has officially joined the NATO alliance in a historic realignment of Europe's post-Cold War landscape triggered by Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

Donald Trump pleads not guilty to 34 felony charges in NYC

Former US president Donald Trump betrayed little emotion as he entered a not guilty plea at his criminal court proceedings in NYC.

Donald Trump returns to New York to face historic charges

In a plane painted red,white and blue and emblazoned with his name, former US President Donald Trump is being transported to New York for court surrender.

Arrest over Russia cafe blast that killed war blogger

Russia has arrested a woman suspected of blowing up a prominent war blogger in a St Petersburg cafe as nationalist politicians and commentators accuse Ukraine of the crime and called for retribution.

Threat to punish unveiled Iranian women ‘without mercy’

Faced with an increasing number of women defying the compulsory dress code, Iran's judiciary chief has threatened to prosecute "without mercy" women who appear in public unveiled, Iranian media reports.

Donald Trump to be fingerprinted, photographed but not cuffed

A lawyer for Donald Trump says the former US president will not be handcuffed when he surrenders in New York to face criminal charges.

Romanian court releases Andrew and Tristan Tate to house arrest

Internet personality Andrew Tate has been moved to house detention while Romanian prosecutors investigate him for suspected human trafficking and rape.
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