World
‘Forget Australia’: Britain snaps up stranded international students
Shaiz Javaid felt abandoned by Australia when borders closed. He is among thousands making up a record surge of university enrolments in Britain.
- by Latika Bourke
Opinion
Coronavirus pandemic
Australia is a beacon of multiculturalism. How did it lose its humanity?
- by Latika Bourke
Opinion & Perspectives
Ill-disciplined chest-thumping has put war at centre of what’s left of the Australia-China relationship
Kevin Rudd
The Morrison government has trashed a 50-year convention when it comes to public comment about Taiwan.
North America
Man accused of spending COVID relief cash on Ferrari, Lamborghini
US federal agents have since seized the cars along with $US2 million from his bank account.
- by Alma Fausto
California population declines for first time in history
The drop halted a growth streak dating to its founding in 1850 on the heels of a gold rush that prompted a flood of people to seek their fortune in the West.
- by Adam Beam
Four ex-police officers indicted for violating George Floyd’s civil rights
- by Amy Forliti and Michael Balsamo
Europe
EU says US stand on patent virus waiver is no ‘magic bullet’
- by RAF CASERT and BARRY HATTON
Pleased Mister Postman: Paul McCartney gets own set of Royal Mail stamps
- by Marie-Louise Gumuchian
Asia
India COVID deaths hit record high as stricter lockdowns imposed
India on Saturday reported its highest ever single-day COVID-19 death toll, as cases continued to rise and states imposed stricter lockdowns.
- by Sudarshan Varadhan and Tanvi Mehta
Maldives police say blast that hurt Nasheed act of terrorism
The bomb, planted on a motorbike, injured the Parliament Speaker and former president, and four others including a British national.
- by Mohamed Sharuhaan
Japan extends coronavirus emergency in Tokyo as Olympics loom
- by Elaine Lies and Sakura Murakami
Also in World
Blasts targeting Afghan school in Kabul kills dozens of students
Multiple blasts at a school in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday killed at least 40 people and wounded dozens more, mostly female students, officials said, in an attack President Ashraf Ghani blamed on the insurgent Taliban.
- by Reuters
Tears and singing as abducted Nigerian students return to parents
- by Garba Muhammad and Bosan Yakusak
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Crime
Rio’s deadly police raid prompts claims of abuse, revenge
- by David Biller and Marcelo Silva de Sousa
