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Dissanayake picks a 21-member cabinet as he plans sweeping reforms, including a campaign promise of a new constitution.

Schools go online until further notice because of toxic smog in the latest bid to ease Indian capital’s health crisis.

The US says it will allow Ukraine to use US-provided weapons to strike inside Russia.

As the war enters its 997th day, these are the main developments.

Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe says she has no regrets as Senate expresses disapproval of protest against the monarch.

Republican Brendan Carr has accused major tech platforms of operating a ‘censorship cartel’.

Veteran radio host and ex-rugby coach previously denied allegations of indecent assault aired by local media.

Israel’s latest military attacks on Lebanon stir up traumatic memories of civil war for Australia’s Lebanese community.

Biden became the first sitting US president to visit the Amazon, where he emphasised fight against climate change.

Move comes as Biden heads into his final months in US office, with Trump believed to be more favourable towards Russia.

The Catholic Church pontiff made his most explicit criticism yet of Israel’s conduct in extracts from an upcoming book.

The fighting is estimated to have killed tens of thousands of civilians.

The interim leader pledges electoral and constitutional reforms before elections in address marking 100 days in power.

Protests erupted after six bodies, believed to have been kidnapped from the Meitei community, were recovered on Friday.

Chris Wright, a fracking magnate, has said ‘there is no climate crisis’ and champions fossil fuel production.

Joint training is announced after three countries express concerns about ‘dangerous conduct’ by the Chinese military.

Jorge Martin finishes third in the season finale to become the first independent rider world champion of the MotoGP era.

Super Typhoon Man-yi has hit the Philippines’ main island of Luzon with winds up to 185 kilometres per hour.

The Democratic Party’s decision to abandon working-class voters is bearing the expected disastrous results.

At COP29, Bangladesh’s Muhammad Yunus addresses climate crisis and national healing after political upheaval.

Mohammad Afif killed in an Israeli strike on a building in central Beirut in a setback to the Lebanese armed group.

Civil defence spokesman says rescue workers are unable to reach the site of the attack due to the Israeli siege.

At least 10 people have been killed and dozens more injured in an Israeli strike on a UN-run school in northern Gaza.

One of Gaza’s oldest restaurants, that survived multiple wars on the enclave has been reduced to a basic food kiosk.

Nationwide power cuts announced after Russia carries out large-scale strikes across Ukraine, including Kyiv and Odesa.