Concerns over Beijing's growing presence in the south Pacific are heightening as China's foreign minister embarks on a tour of the region.
Staff Writers
Russian troops last night reached the limits of the eastern Ukrainian city of Severodonetsk – with fears relentless attacks will turn it into ‘the new Mariupol’ and ‘erase it from the face of the earth’.
Andy Jehring
Pressure is mounting on Joe Biden amid growing calls to crack down on US gun laws in the wake of the latest mass school shooting. But is he powerful enough to go up against the unrelenting lobby?
Deputy chief reporter
Ahead of four days of celebrations to mark her 70 years on the throne, Queen Elizabeth is to be honoured in Britain's parliament, led by PM Boris Johnson.
A teenage gunman posted his plans online minutes before a deadly rampage at a local school, where 19 children and two of their teachers were shot dead.
Brad Brooks
Amber Heard's claims of abuse by her ex-husband Johnny Depp are ‘unimaginably brutal, cruel and false’ the Pirates of the Caribbean actor has told a US court.
Lisa Richwine
There has been a long history of gun violence in US schools: It did not all begin with Columbine.
James Salmon
A ‘humbled’ Boris Johnson says he takes full responsibility after a damning official report detailed a series of illegal alcohol-fuelled parties at the British prime minister’s Downing Street office during COVID-19 lockdowns.
Elizabeth Piper and Muvija M
Premier Mark McGowan hopes the latest fatal school shooting in the US will be a catalyst for firearms reform but said he feared nothing would change in a country ‘wracked’ by its ‘love affair with guns’.
Josh Zimmerman
Anthony Albanese has wrapped up his whirlwind trip to Japan after making his debut on the world stage as Australia’s newest Prime Minister.
Kimberley Caines
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is casting an eye back towards the Pacific as she continues a trip in the US to promote New Zealand's post-pandemic reopening.
Ben McKay
A shooting at a Texas primary school that has left 15 dead is the latest in a string of similar incidents since the world was shocked by Columbine in 1999.
A mass shooting at a primary school in the US state of Texas has left at least 18 children and three adults dead, with the teenage gunman believed to have killed his grandma before the deadly rampage.
Marco Bello
The outbreak of monkeypox cases outside of Africa can be contained, the World Health Organisation says, as more governments announce plans to launch limited vaccinations to combat rising infections.
Jennifer Rigby and Mrinalika Roy
Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi has called joint Russian and Chinese patrols undertaken during the Quad summit in Tokyo ‘provocative’ .
Nobuhiro Kubo, Hyonhee Shin and Michael Martina
Russian forces have seized the Ukrainian town of Svitlodarsk in Donetsk, according to officials on both sides.
Hedge fund manager George Soros says Russia's invasion of Ukraine ‘may have been the beginning of the third world war and our civilisation may not survive it’.
Guy Faulconbridge
The general director of the WHO, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has been re-elected for a second five-year term of office.
Jennifer Rigby, Emma Farge and Mrinalika Roy
Anthony Albanese has sent a strong message to China during his first overseas trip to Japan as Prime Minister, urging Beijing to lift trade tariffs on Australia before he will take the country seriously.
WA has recorded 12,114 new COVID cases and six deaths, but the news comes amid a significant drop in active cases in the 24-hour reporting period.Â
Miriam Fisher
Russia's former deputy prime minister has suggested renaming a string of disputed islands northeast of Hokkaido after events of the Russo-Japanese War.
Anthony Albanese has spent his first night as Prime Minister in Japan ahead of top-level security talks with world leaders to cement Australia’s commitment to national and regional order.
Kimberley Caines in Tokyo
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will meet with his United States, Japanese and Indian counterparts for the Quad leaders' meeting on Tuesday.
Dominic Giannini
For a generation of Russians, McDonald’s represented their first exposure to capitalism and American culture.
Natasha Turak
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