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A total reform to Australia's grid is urgently needed, or else the transition to renewables could spell disaster for energy security, says the government's Energy Security Board. The board told ...

NEW DELHI—U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met a representative of the Dalai Lama in New Delhi on ...

The Business Council of Australia (BCA) has urged state and federal governments to adopt a smarter and nationally ...

MADRID—A Spanish judge has seen "sufficient evidence" for Colombian singer Shakira to face trial for tax fraud, a ...

TOKYO—Francesco Di Fulvio and Italy won the 2019 world championship in men's water polo, establishing themselves as gold ...

MOSCOW—Russia on Thursday fined Google 3 million roubles ($41,000) for violating personal data legislation, Google's first fine for ...

LONDON—British broadcaster ITV said it has "no current plans" for another series of music talent show "The X ...

KABUL—Afghan villagers searched desperately for survivors after a flash flood swept down a narrow valley in a Taliban-controlled ...

BAGHDAD—An Iraqi army helicopter crashed during a combat operation in northern Iraq on Thursday, killing all five crew ...

WASHINGTON—The United States on Wednesday said it imposed sanctions on eight prisons run by Syria's intelligence apparatus, some ...

JOS, Nigeria—Half of Nigeria's rural population in central Plateau state may face famine next year following mass crop ...

OTTAWA—Many British Canadians are frustrated after being snubbed by a new plan to ease quarantine restrictions for entry ...

LONDON—International governments and companies have pledged more than $4 billion to educate 175 million children around the world ...

Google “unfairly and excessively” charges people for digital purchases in its Play Store, a new legal action brought ...

TOKYO—Belinda Bencic could become the first woman to clinch a singles tennis gold for Switzerland after she booked ...

MOSCOW—A Moscow court ordered Google on Thursday to pay a fine of 3 million rubles (roughly $41,000) for ...

BERLIN—A German federal court on Thursday faulted aspects of Facebook's handling of "hate speech," at least in the ...

Space flights and satellite launches can now “blast off” from UK soil after new regulations came into force, ...

A national Holocaust memorial centre will be built next to Parliament after a minister signed off on a ...

KARACHI, Pakistan—A Chinese national was shot and wounded in an attack in Pakistan's largest city Karachi on Wednesday, ...

NAIROBI—Kenyan wildlife authorities said on Wednesday they had captured a lion that had wandered into a residential area ...

American Sunisa Lee became the new Olympic women’s all-around champion Thursday, following the stunning departure of her fellow Team ...

CALGARY—A return to a somewhat normal summer as COVID-19 restrictions are eased is putting a strain on Canada’s ...

KITAMAAT VILLAGE, B.C.—A powerful earthquake off Alaska Wednesday night triggered tsunami warnings and watches far across the Pacific ...

Team GB shooter Matt Coward-Holley’s bronze medal in the men’s trap at the Tokyo Olympics is an “incredible” ...

WASHINGTON—Democratic and Republican congressmen on July 28 introduced a bill that aims to revive an arm of the ...

A Liverpool fan who was injured at Hillsborough is the 97th person to be unlawfully killed in the ...