French PM rejects new lockdown despite 9000+ cases a day

French PM rejects new lockdown despite 9000+ cases a day

France has world's seventh-highest COVID-19 death toll but Jean Castex says"We don't want to bring life to a halt".

  • bySudip Kar-Gupta andMatthias Blamont

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La Nina has arrived,threatening even bigger blazes and storms

La Nina has arrived,threatening even bigger blazes and storms

La Nina — a phenomenon that occurs when the surface of the Pacific Ocean cools — has officially formed,the US Climate Prediction Centre said.

  • byBrian K. Sullivan
'Godzilla dust cloud'from the Sahara spreads across the world

'Godzilla dust cloud'from the Sahara spreads across the world

A vast cloud of Sahara dust is blanketing the Caribbean as it heads to the US with a size and concentration that experts say hasn't been seen in half a century.

Australia’s deep connection with enslavement
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Australia’s deep connection with enslavement

New research shows that massive slavery compensation payments helped fund Australia's settlement by the British.

  • byGeorgina Arnott
Months at sea with no internet,sailing ship heads back to a'different world'

Months at sea with no internet,sailing ship heads back to a'different world'

Christiaan De Beukelaer planned a three-week sailing trip. By the time his ship berths in Hamburg,he would have spent five months onboard - mostly without internet.

  • byMichelle Griffin
Dutch students complete Atlantic crossing forced by virus

Dutch students complete Atlantic crossing forced by virus

The children were on an educational cruise of the Caribbean when the pandemic forced them to radically change their plans for returning home in March.

  • byMike Corder
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An oil boom is bringing wealth to this poor nation,but also tensions

An oil boom is bringing wealth to this poor nation,but also tensions

Guyana,once of South America's poorest countries,is speeding towards a future as an oil-producing giant.

  • byAnatoly Kurmanaev
It seemed as if nothing could stop James Bond,but then came a novel enemy ... the coronavirus

It seemed as if nothing could stop James Bond,but then came a novel enemy ... the coronavirus

How will James Bond navigate the post-#MeToo world? A ride on the publicity bandwagon elicits a few answers.

  • byGreg Callaghan
Cruise ship Regal Princess being held off Florida coast

Cruise ship Regal Princess being held off Florida coast

The Coast Guard delivered testing kits to the ship while the US Centres for Disease Control and Prevention issued a"no-sail order".

After a fast and scandalous fall,can the Queen’s favourite son ever rebuild his reputation?

After a fast and scandalous fall,can the Queen’s favourite son ever rebuild his reputation?

Prince Andrew may be the favourite,but his 60th birthday this month was far from a celebration after recent scandals.

  • byCamilla Tominey
Ex-guard queries Andrew's alibi for night he allegedly had sex with teen

Ex-guard queries Andrew's alibi for night he allegedly had sex with teen

A former royal protection officer,working at Buckingham Palace,says he believes the duke could have been in London,not at home,on the night in question.

  • byMartin Evans