Australia's Royal Commission investigates into institutional child sexual abuse and hears allegations that a paedophile ring operated within the Salvation Army in Sydney.
The Russian Minister of Defence Sergei Shoigu suggests that Moscow will have to fight for a long time in Ukraine to achieve the objectives of its intervention, which has entered its fourth month.
Pope Francis says his "heart aches for the massacre at the primary school in Texas," which left at least 19 children and two teachers dead. "It is time to say enough is enough to indiscriminate arms trafficking," he adds after his weekly general audience in St Peter's Square.
Cathay Pacific Airways will rehire hundreds of cabin crew who were previously laid off or resigned ahead of plans to ramp up its flight services, the Post has learned. The airline company invited former staff who had said they would like to be contacted for future jobs to send a priority application in an email seen by the Post on Wednesday. “I’m pleased that as we look to resume our flight operations, it is the right time for us to begin rebuilding our team,” Jeanette Mao, the airline’s general
Beijing warns that President Joe Biden's Taiwan policy will have "irredeemable consequences" for the China-US relationship if the United States continues down "the wrong path". Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin accuses the US of "covertly and secretly" supporting "Taiwan independence separatist activities". President Biden said Washington's "strategic ambiguity" policy on Taiwan remains unchanged.
In Ukraine's only region fully controlled by Russian troops, Moscow-backed officials are pushing for formal annexation while those still living there say they are apprehensive about the future.
India said it has capped sugar exports to safeguard its own supplies and ease inflation, days after a ban on wheat shipments sent global prices soaring in the wake of the Ukraine war.
Democrat Beto O'Rourke interrupted a news briefing on the Uvalde school shooting to accuse Texas Governor Greg Abbott of deadly inaction on gun control
Sexual harassment and assault are rife in the factories that supply some of the world’s leading fashion brands. In Tamil Nadu, union leader Thiyva Rakini is trying to change that ‘When the factory owners see me, they turn pale’ … Thivya Rakini, president of Tamil Nadu Textile and Common Labour Union. Photograph: Sivaram V/The Guardian
Forced to flee fighting, Lyudmyla was assured the authorities would rehouse her in a town in western Ukraine. But when she arrived, they took one look at her and turned her away.
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson braced Wednesday for the release of a senior civil servant's long-awaited full report into a "Partygate" scandal, as new allegations emerged about a culture of lockdown-breaking boozing in his offices.
The price of shares in Brazil's state oil giant Petrobras fell Tuesday in reaction to President Jair Bolsonaro firing its boss after only 40 days on the job.
The city's mayor Demba Diop said the fire was caused by 'a short circuit and spread very quickly'
A critically endangered Sumatran elephant and its unborn baby were found dead from suspected poisoning in western Indonesia, a conservation official said on Thursday.
The number of confirmed cases of monkeypox worldwide has reached 219 outside of countries where it is endemic, according to an update released by the European Union's disease agency.
Bright colours and bold logos proudly signal where India has set up base on the main street in Davos this year, as the country trumpets its pro-business and foreign investment drive. Inside a pavilion on the Swiss Alpine resort's Promenade street beneath an "India @ Davos 2022" logo, the federal government served up treats including 'masala chai' tea, 'samosa' snacks and other spicy delicacies. Clustered around it are six Indian states with their own lounges, housed in what are usually high street shops.
Chinese foreign minister Wang Yi and his delegation leave their hotel in the Solomon Islands ahead of meetings with the Honiara government. It comes as China puts forward a wide-ranging draft agreement and a five-year plan to ten nations in the Pacific, as part of Wang's tour of Pacific nations, which began Thursday. The South Pacific is increasingly a theatre for competition between China and the United States -- which has been the primary power in the region for the last century. IMAGES
China's premier has sounded an unusually stark warning about the world's second-largest economy, saying it must return to normal as the country's zero-Covid strategy bites into growth.
"This is how we live, running to our cellars. Maybe we should leave," cries retired nurse Larysa Kosynets, heading for safety before Russian shells start slamming into her village near the eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv.
Australia will present a more ambitious UN emissions target "very soon" and is bidding to co-host a COP summit with Pacific island neighbours, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Thursday, signalling a ground shift in climate policy.
Five-year-old’s parents offered to compensate the store for the shattered Teletubby figure worth over £5,000
