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The grim milestone comes as the UN’s top decision-making body postpones a key vote on Gaza aid for the third time.

UN security council resolution calling for ceasefire and more aid deliveries delayed again at the request of the US

ATO letters demanding tax payments likened to notorious robodebt system; volunteers describe ‘busiest ever Christmas’ as they hand out groceries

The top leader of Hamas is in Egypt for talks on halting the war in Gaza and securing the release of at least some of the estimated 129 Israeli captives held there

Editorial: Developing countries are right to want to fight illicit financial flows and combat aggressive tax strategies that rob them of cash they need

Analysis: Washington – Israel’s staunchest ally – cannot afford to be out of touch with international opinion over the climbing death toll in Gaza

Jailed Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny did not appear at a scheduled court hearing on Monday and has not been seen or heard from in 15 days. Amid speculation that he has been secretly moved to another prison or is seriously unwell, the UN has raised concerns of an “enforced…

Another climate summit has come and gone. The 28th Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP28 to you and me) took stock of the world’s progress in limiting global heating to 1.5°C. This is the guardrail scientists have advised world leaders to make every…

The novel COVID-19 variation JN.1 has now been officially classified by the World Health Organization as a single "variant of interest," following the strain's quick global spread. This announcement was made on Tuesday. Health officials have been cautious in stating that, in comparison to earlier versions, JN.1 has not yet…