A few hundred demonstrators have turned up for a rally, in the shadow of the fortified US Capitol, to support those charged in the January 6 riot but were vastly outnumbered by the media and a heavy police presence.
Victoria's police force will embark on its biggest operation in two decades to quash a Melbourne anti-lockdown protest, as "picnic day" arrives for pandemic-fatigued residents.
Australian state and territory leaders are racing to hit COVID-19 innoculation targets as federal Labor calls for an eventual "reasonable debate" on vaccine passes.
Protesters across Australia have taken to blocking fuel terminals in response to the latest report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, detailing the dramatic effects of carbon emissions.
