Gunmen aboard motorcycles have attacked a series of villages near Niger’s troubled border with Mali, leaving at least 137 people dead in the deadliest violence to...
Wool exporters are the latest casualty in the worldwide delays affecting the shipping industry. Key points: Exporters report a seven to 20-day shipping delay in sending...
WHO’s plea to vaccine producers to address ‘grotesque’ inequalities Let’s kick it off with a call from the World Health Organization (WHO), which wants vaccine producers...
Australian shares are expected to fall in early trade, despite Wall Street’s technology stocks rebounding from a recent pullback that was sparked by a surge in...
Youth advocacy groups warn the Queensland Government’s proposed overhaul of youth justice laws will set the state back a decade. Key points: Public hearings are being...
Nyadol Nyuon is a resilient woman. Despite being abused and a target of hate speech on social media, she recently started to tweet again. “I’ve already...
People who have previously had COVID-19 may only need one shot of a coronavirus vaccine to be protected, according to new research. But experts say all...
The flood emergency in Sydney’s west has raised questions about whether more could have been done to alleviate the risks. Warragamba Dam began to spill on Saturday,...
The Hong Kong-based company which has secured a 12-year mining licence on a remote West Australian island, next to a military training ground, insists it has...
A large fire has swept through a Rohingya refugee camp in southern Bangladesh, destroying thousands of homes. Key points: At least four blocks of the heavily populated camp...