US requests an open United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the crisis over Ukraine.
The variant is sharpening an East-West divide on the balance between public health, the economy and basic freedoms.
Investment will help protect about 64,000 jobs but critics say Scott Morrison is ignoring climate change.
Decision comes amid tensions after countries sanctioned Mali for failing to organise elections following two coups.
Castro takes office amid myriad challenges, including an ongoing dispute about who will lead the newly elected Congress.
Lloyd Austin’s memo comes amid condemnation of US drone attacks that killed civilians in Middle East, Afghanistan.
Popa langur found living in an extinct volcano in Myanmar among 224 new species listed by the World Wildlife Fund.
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