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Tears, hugs and laughter at Sydney airport as Australia reopens border after 20 months
There have been tears, laughter and warm embraces at Sydney's international airport after Australia's border opened for the first time in 20 months.Travellers tore off their face masks as they saw their loved ones...
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‘We didn’t deface the Eiffel Tower’: Australia responds after Macron accuses Morrison of lying over submarine deal
Australia has hit back at France after French President Emmanuel Macron accused the country's PM Scott Morrison of lying to him over an abandoned GBP49bn submarine contract in favour of teaming up with...
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‘Defend, repulse and bury the terrorist’ – Ethiopia PM calls on public after two groups seize control of towns
Ethiopia's prime minister has called on the public to "defend, repulse and bury the terrorist" after two different groups fighting the government claimed they had seized control of two towns.Tigrayan forces, who have been...
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Nine firefighters killed after becoming trapped by cave collapse in Brazil
At least nine firefighters have been killed and one has been injured after a cave collapsed on them during a training exercise.The rescue team in Brazil were practising techniques in the Duas Bocas cave...
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Time is running out for the Maldives – as not one but three existential dangers threaten its survival
The Maldives is fighting for its very survival. As an archipelago of low-lying islands in the Indian Ocean, it faces not one but three existential dangers, all driven by climate change.
The rising sea levels...
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Humanity has ‘run down the clock’ on climate crisis – grim warning from PM as COP26 begins
"It's one minute to midnight and we need to act now," Prime Minister Boris Johnson will declare today, as he seeks to stir world leaders into dramatic action at urgent UN climate talks.At the...
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G20 summit failed to meet moment as world leaders ‘fluffed their lines’ with weak climate pledge
Whatever spin comes out of Rome, it appears that the G20 summit has failed to meet the moment.Details of the final communique identify limiting warming to 1.5C as a common goal, and stipulate that...
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‘Father of tiramisu’ Ado Campeol dies aged 93 as Italian city of Treviso ‘loses a star’
Italian restaurateur Ado Campeol, dubbed the "father of tiramisu" by his country's media, has died at the age of 93.Campeol was the owner of Le Beccherie in the city of Treviso, northern Italy, where...