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Western Sydney International (WSI), the city's first commercial 24-hour airport, opened for flights on Sunday. It's been built to serve Western Sydney, but for some residents, living close by won't necessarily mean a faster commute. A metro is being...

Only two weeks after undergoing surgery for lung cancer, Pope Leo XIV has been given the medical green light to embark on an ambitious 12-day tour of South America next month."Based on his current clinical...

Algeria is to send troops to Niger in its first foreign deployment since sending forces to Egypt during the Arab-Israeli war in 1973.The deployment follows a visit to Algiers by Niger's defence minister, as the country seeks support against...

More than 60 people have been killed in a series of attacks on Christians in Ethiopia's Oromia region, according to the country's Orthodox Church.One resident, whose 75-year-old father was killed, described it as an ambush. "We were completely unprepared...

In the next week, two sets of elections will be held on two continents, the outcomes of which could have profound consequences for the world.By a fluke of electoral timetabling, millions of voters around 6,000 miles apart will unite...

Two Catholic bishops in the US have said they regret meeting President Donald Trump at the White House, after images of them praying with him were released and prompted many to ask if they were making a political statement.Photos...

Measuring the electoral impact of online mobilisation, however, is notoriously difficult. While Lula's allies credit Lula's Army with helping fuel the comeback, political scientists caution that it is impossible to determine how many votes, if any, were directly influenced...

On Monday, the court was shown three pieces of CCTV footage from inside Tape nightclub on the night of the attack.The attack lasted no more than 20 seconds, but Brown could be seen hitting the victim four times with...

A US Marine has been indicted on suspicion of murdering and robbing a woman in Japan earlier this month in a case that has triggered protests, Japanese media reports.Devin Jacob Ballard, 20, who was stationed at US Marine Corps...

Lula, who turns 81 on Tuesday, has already been president for three non-consecutive terms, serving two terms between January 2003 to December 2010, and again from January 2023.His win makes him the first in Brazilian history to secure a...