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Professor Gilbert’s book says there’s a risk doing things and there’s a risk in not doing things.

Coronavirus pandemic

AstraZeneca creator says Australia’s mixed messages on vaccine may cost lives

Dame Sarah Gilbert made the intervention amid a heated debate over whether the wider use of the vaccine could have prevented lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne.

by Bevan Shields

Tasmania: like New Zealand, except it’s Australia.

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Population

Tasmania among best places to ride out global societal collapse, paper says

by Adam Taylor

Coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19 could lead to cognitive decline, new research suggests

by Angela Haupt

US President Joe Biden urges the public to vaccinated.

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Coronavirus pandemic

Biden pushes federal workers - hard - to get vaccinated, wants cash incentive for public

by David Shepardson, Jeff Mason and Steve Holland

Technology & democracy

Facebook told to restore ‘racist’ posts by German court

by Io Dodds

Opinion & Perspectives

Breakthrough COVID infections a reality check on road to normality

Matthew Knott

Rare but rising cases of “breakthrough” COVID-19 infections are complicating America’s return to normality and offer a preview for Australia as it reopens.

Who hired the hitman? Police officers demand answers from Capitol riot committee

Dan Balz

Often tearful, sometimes profane, the officers called the rioters “terrorists” engaged in an “attempted coup” during a 3-1/2 hour congressional hearing.

America’s recent military history points to strategic shortcomings

Peter Hartcher

Before signing up to another US-led military campaign, Australia would be well served to cast an eye to recent history and the superpower’s less-than-super record.

North America

Centres for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky this week announced changes to mask-wearing guidance.

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Coronavirus pandemic

Delta variant as contagious as chickenpox: CDC internal report

An internal report from the Centres for Disease Control found the Delta variant is more transmissible than SARS, Ebola, the cold, the flu and smallpox.

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by Apoorva Mandavilli

Coronavirus pandemic

COVID-19 could lead to cognitive decline, new research suggests

One study showed that losing the ability to smell, which has been commonly reported among COVID-19 patients, is correlated with cognitive troubles.

by Angela Haupt

Breaking

Coronavirus pandemic

Biden pushes federal workers - hard - to get vaccinated, wants cash incentive for public

by David Shepardson, Jeff Mason and Steve Holland

Masks are back on in New York, despite the city’s high vaccination rates.

Analysis

Coronavirus pandemic

Breakthrough COVID infections a reality check on road to normality

by Matthew Knott

Metropolitan Police Department Officer Michael Fanone.

US politics

‘Bizarro world’: Pro-Trump radicals target Capitol policeman after he testified about riots

by Dave Goldiner

Europe

A German federal court has ruled that the social network giant can’t delete posts without at least informing users afterward, and must give users advance notice when it moves to suspend their accounts.

Technology & democracy

Facebook told to restore ‘racist’ posts by German court

by Io Dodds

Coronavirus pandemic

AstraZeneca creator says Australia’s mixed messages on vaccine may cost lives

by Bevan Shields

Roman Dobrokhotov, chief editor of The Insider surrounded by police officers and journalists, in Moscow.

Putin's Russia

‘Police are knocking’: Russian authorities raid home of investigative journalist

by Daria Litvinova

More open for business: a traveller at Terminal 5 in London Heathrow Airport.

Coronavirus pandemic

‘Progress we can all enjoy’: England reopens its doors to Europe, US

by Latika Bourke

UK clubbers could be barred from the dance floor in September if they haven’t been vaccinated.

Coronavirus pandemic

Johnson’s fight over the right to party - with proof of a jab

by Latika Bourke

Lulu Lakatos ditched her disguise after the heist and boarded a high-speed Eurostar train to France.

Crime

Woman convicted of swapping pebbles for gems in audacious London heist

by Danica Kirka

Asia

The US flag is lowered as American and Afghan soldiers attend a handover ceremony at Camp Anthonic in Helmand province.

International affairs

Afghan forces face enemies within as Taliban infiltrate crumbling ranks

As a senior US official admitted: “If you don’t have fuel, the Afghan army doesn’t fight. And if they’re not being paid, they don’t fight.”

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by Dan Lamothe

The appointment of Qin Gang (pictured in 2005) to the US has stirred up relations.

by Chris Barrett

Monks perform a ritual as 500,000 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine gifted from the United States arrived at Paro International Airport in Bhutan on July 12.

Coronavirus pandemic

‘Beacon of hope’: Whole nation jabbed in just a week

by Wasbir Hussain and Rishi Lekhi

Qantas is expected to fly home some vulnerable Australians from Indonesia.

Coronavirus pandemic

Qantas flight organised for ‘vulnerable’ Australians stuck in Indonesia

by Chris Barrett

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Samoa’s Prime Minister-elect Fiame Naomi Mata’afa.

China relations

Samoa’s new leader scraps Belt and Road port deal

Fiame Naomi Mataafa has confirmed she will cancel the Beijing-backed project but hasn’t closed the door to China as regional competition between Beijing and Washington intensifies.