People who can’t afford to care about Covid
Coronavirus has wreaked havoc across the world, but in some countries, residents can’t even afford to care about getting sick.
Coronavirus has wreaked havoc across the world, but in some countries, residents can’t even afford to care about getting sick.
It is far deadlier and was the cause of thousands of deaths across Africa. But now Covid-19 is responsible for killing more people than ebola.
Private spy software sold by an Israeli company has been found on the mobile phones of journalists and politicians around the world.
Protests in South Africa have exploded into violence, with widespread looting. Now the army has been deployed as the chaos grows.
A mum who claimed she gave birth to 10 babies has been admitted to a psychiatric ward after an investigation found no evidence the children existed.
Hundreds of fortune hunters armed with pickaxes have descended on a small village after a farmer found a mystery gem that sparked a diamond rush.
Two television presenters have suddenly become online sensations after a painfully awkward exchange live on air went viral.
A man has been arrested after reportedly punishing his seven-year-old by tying him to a pole and covering him in honey so bees would sting him.
It has a flag, army, a bustling capital and is holding its seventh democratic election. Yet you probably won’t find this nation on any map.
A ferry disaster is unfolding in Nigeria, with 140 people missing and feared drowned after an overloaded river boat broke up and sank.
Hundreds of children are missing after a devastating volcanic eruption sent smouldering lava pouring towards a busy city.
It was once one this city’s most thriving suburb, alive with culture. But a terrible decision, and decades of dithering, has left a “desolate” scar.
This nation destroyed thousands of doses, with the health minister blaming “propaganda” for its residents’ reluctance to receive the jab.
Security driver Leo Prinsloo shot to worldwide fame after his heroic actions foiling a gang of armed robbers – and now they want payback.
Scott Morrison has been confronted by a distraught woman who fell at his feet and begged him to help her family with cameras looking on.
The hero guard, caught on dashcam keeping his cool as robbers attacked his armoured car in a hail of bullets, has been identified as a former police sniper.
A sailor has shared the astonishing tale of the “worst decision of his life”, which led to him living off stale bread while trapped at sea.
A high-profile doctor who endorsed controversial treatments for coronavirus has died in hospital after contracting the virus.
Bloody fighting has broken out in north-central Africa, with Islamist group Boko Haram reportedly “forcefully acquiring wives”.
A search is underway after 10 bodies were spotted near the remains of a rubber boat bound for Europe.
A woman who allegedly came across a man raping a mentally ill victim is accused of filming and then posting the attack online instead of coming to the woman’s aid.
The owners of the cargo vessel that blocked the Suez Canal are facing a staggering fine after it was “seized” on court orders.
A hotel owner has been charged with murder after a “perfect” young couple were found dead in a bathroom while on a romantic getaway.
Egypt’s first female captain was accused of blocking the Suez Canal – despite being on a different boat hundreds of kilometres away.
A hidden “campaign of destruction” has finally caught the world’s eye, but failing to call a spade a spade has left UN officials running in circles.
Even with the Ever Given now moving again, there is a deeply disturbing situation brewing on some of the ships that were stranded.
Horns blared in celebration as a huge container ship that was blocking the Suez Canal was freed and the waterway reopened to traffic.
The container ship blocking the Suez Canal has reportedly been refloated a week after it veered off course, causing huge disruption to trade.
The Suez Canal debacle has got the world talking – but it could have serious consequences for Aussies, at the worst possible time.
Trapped crash passengers have begged for help and been forced to climb from the wreckage themselves after two trains collided in Egypt.
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