WHO puts global COVID-19 death toll at nearly 15 million
New report by UN health agency says coronavirus pandemic killed nearly three times more people than officially reported.
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Thousands sickened, one dead as latest severe sandstorm hits Iraq
Residents of six of Iraq's 18 provinces, including Baghdad and Al-Anbar, hit by thick clouds of choking dust.
‘They killed everything’: Darfur survivor recounts deadly attack
Despite a peace deal signed in 2020, a military coup in Sudan last year has brought back instability in the region.
Australia PM urges calm as Solomons leader cites ‘invasion’ claim
Tensions have risen since the Solomon Islands signed a security deal with China amid protests by Australia and the US.
Musk gets extra $7bn for Twitter bid from tech heavyweights
Billionaire Elon Musk has strengthened the equity stake of his offer to buy Twitter.
Oil climbs to highest since March as US eyes crude purchases
West Texas Intermediate jumped more than 3 percent to surpass $111.
Centrists form alliance with Macron’s party for legislative vote
LREM will coordinate which candidates it presents with the centrist Modem party and the Horizons party.
Yemen: New presidential council aims to show it represents change
With a truce largely holding, the council has been able to present itself as working towards a diplomatic solution.
Fiji seizes Russian oligarch’s $300m yacht at US request
US Justice Department task force has focused on seizing Russian yachts and luxury assets following invasion of Ukraine.
Africa CDC calls for COVID vaccine orders from S Africa’s Aspen
Aspen officials in South Africa say its COVID-19 vaccine plant risks shutting down after receiving not a single order.
Explainer: How does conscription work in Russia?
Spring conscription is under way in Russia, fuelling anxieties that young men will be sent to Ukraine's front lines.
Russia expels Denmark embassy staff in tit-for-tat move
Russia says the move is in retaliation to Denmark's expulsion of 15 Russian envoys as well as its support of Ukraine.
More Americans applied for jobless aid last week
The total number of people collecting unemployment benefits is still at its lowest level in more than 50 years.
US productivity drops most since 1947, driving up labour costs
Nonfarm productivity, measuring hourly output per worker, plunged at a 7.5 annualised rate last quarter, US data shows.
California declares unprecedented water restrictions amid drought
Residents have been warned to scale down their water usage this summer, as critical shortages loom.
Smuggled kangaroos leave Indian forestry officials mystified
Wildlife trafficking gangs have a new commodity to smuggle through India – kangaroos, confounding officials.
Colombia extradites drug lord ‘Otoniel’ to the United States
Dairo Antonio Usuga's Gulf Clan was believed to be responsible for 30 percent of all cocaine exports from Colombia.
‘No end in sight’: In Beijing, fears of Shanghai-style lockdown
Officials in Chinese capital have designated 518 coronavirus outbreak sites amid growing fears of a city-wide lockdown.
Zelenskyy calls for longer truce to evacuate Mariupol civilians
About 200 people are still trapped in the sprawling Azovstal steel plant as Russians intensify assault.
The Ukrainian refugees who made it to Australia
Ukrainians tell of perilous nights under bombardment, frightening car journeys under fire and long waits at the border.