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Afghanistan's President Ashraf Ghani has left the country and Taliban insurgents claim to have seized the presidential palace in Kabul. It was not yet clear where Ghani was headed or how power would be transferred
The Australian capital Canberra is going into a snap one-week lockdown after recording its first case of COVID-19 in more than a year. The lockdown was called for the whole of the Australian Capital Territory - hom
Authorities in north Germany have asked more than 8,000 people to get repeat COVID-19 vaccinations because a nurse is suspected of having injected saline instead of the vaccine in many cases. Saline is a mixture of
New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has resigned after an inquiry found that he sexually harassed multiple women, prompting efforts to remove him. The resignation will take effect in 14 days. Lt Governor Kathy Hoch
R&B singer R Kelly has appeared in court in New York, as jury selection for his sex trafficking trial begins. It comes more than two years after he was charged with abusing women and underage girls for almost t
A baby thought to be the world's smallest at birth has been discharged from a Singapore Hospital after 13 months of intensive treatment. Kwek Yu Xuan was just 212g – now that is the weight of an apple – when sh
US news network CNN has fired three employees for going into an office without having been vaccinated against COVID-19. It is one of the first examples of a US firm firing staff for breaching a company vaccination
Hillsong founder Brian Houston has been charged with allegedly concealing information about child sex offences. The Guardian reports New South Wales say they have charged Houston who is 67-years-old with knowingly
The World Health Organisation has called for a suspension on booster vaccines until at least the end of September. WHO Chief Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus says it would allow for least 10% of the population in eve
Qantas says it will stand down 2,500 staff as a lockdown in Sydney impacts air travel across Australia. The airline says the furlough - affecting pilots, crew and airport workers - will last for at least two months
Rescuers are scouring devastated parts of western India for survivors after heavy rains caused deadly floods. Tens of thousands of people have been moved out of affected areas, with record-breaking rainfall reporte
Greater Sydney faces at least two more weeks of lockdown, after 97 new cases of locally acquired cases were reported. 9news reports that of those, 24 cases were infectious while in the community. That is the k
Billionaire Sir Richard Branson has successfully reached the edge of space on board his Virgin Galactic rocket plane. BBC News reports the UK entrepreneur flew high above New Mexico in the US in the vehicle that h
A group of 28 foreign mercenaries, including retired Colombian soldiers, assassinated Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse. BBC News reports after a gun battle in the capital Port-au-Prince, 17 were detained, some at
Haiti's President Jovenel Moïse has been killed and his wife injured in an attack on their home in the nation's capital, Port-au-Prince. The interim Prime Minister M Claude Joseph says unidentified gunmen stormed
Sydney residents will be in lockdown for another week as Australia's largest city fights to contain a Covid outbreak. The New South Wales government said it had made the "difficult decision" as it battles the high
Pope Francis has been admitted to a hospital in Rome for scheduled surgery to treat a colon problem. BBC News reports Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said there would be more information after the surgery had taken
US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says he is concerned that the Delta variant of COVID-19 is behind the rise in cases of coronavirus in the US and warned that the unvaccinated are at risk because it spreads faster tha
US comedian Bill Cosby has left prison hours after his sexual assault conviction was overturned by Pennsylvania's Supreme Court. BBC News reports the judges said there had been a "process violation" by the prosecu
A Covid outbreak in Sydney has grown to 128 cases, linked to the highly contagious Delta strain first detected in India. A small number of positive infections have also been recorded in the Northern Territory, Quee
