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Polio shot to be offered to children in London after more virus found
Polio is a disease often spread in water that mostly affects children under 5. It has mostly been wiped out from developed countries, but outbreaks remain.
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World politics
Defending democracy: Parameters of Western resolve may soon be tested
Australia will need to do much more to both deter the chance of the “two war” scenario, but also be ready to fight, and win, if it does eventuate.
- by Mick Ryan
Russian journalist detained, charged over war criticism
Marina Ovsyannikova has been charged over a protest she staged last month where she held a banner that said “Putin is a killer”.
From the Archives, 1982: Kray twins prison ‘break’
Forty years ago, the notorious Kray twins - both serving life sentences for murder - were released from prison to attend their mother’s funeral.
- by Bill Mellor
Stranded beluga whale dies after removal from Seine
French authorities say a beluga whale stranded for several days in the Seine River has been euthanised while being transported to Normandy.
Ukraine deputy PM says Crimea explosions ‘a reminder of whom it belongs to’
Russia denied the Saki base was shelled and said munitions had exploded. Kyiv denied it attacked the base but unnamed officials and the prime minister fuelled speculation.
- by Susie Blann
Spider snooze: New study suggests spiders sleep and dream
The night footage of baby jumping spiders showed patterns that looked a lot like sleep cycles with their legs twitching and parts of eyes flickering.
- by Maddie Burakoff
Opinion
Russia-Ukraine war
My aunt lives in Ukraine. We haven’t heard from her in five months
Since March we have not heard from my aunt Alla, who lives in eastern Ukraine, and we know nothing of her whereabouts.
- by Virginia Wallace
Emaciated but alert: Beluga whale stranded in Seine given vitamin dart
Time is running out for the whale who’s already rejected a meal of frozen herring and live trout.
- by Vivian Song
From the Archives, 1902: The king is crowned, long live the king
120 years ago, Edward VII was crowned the King of Great Britain and Ireland and all the British dominions beyond the seas in a lavish ceremony held at Westminster Abbey.
- by Staff Writers
Opinion
Italy
La dolce vita might not cure COVID, but it sure felt like an antidote
Cross-border human connection and conversation, as it turns out, are what we’ve been missing these past few years.
- by Edwina Munns