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She Made a ‘Soul-Destroying’ Rape Claim. Then 3 Others Came Forward.

Brittany Higgins has filed a formal police report against a former government employee who she said raped her in Australia’s Parliament House in 2019, roiling the government.

Facebook’s New Look in Australia: News and Hospitals Out, Aliens Still In

The social network’s decision to block journalism rather than pay for it erased more than expected, leaving many outraged and debating what should happen next.

Parliament Rape Claim Roils Australian Government

A former government staff member said she had been made to choose between going to the police and keeping her job. Prime Minister Scott Morrison apologized.

As the Australian Open plays on, Victoria officials order a ‘circuit breaker’ Covid lockdown.

The tournament will continue, though without spectators, as professional athletes are deemed essential workers under new restrictions in Victoria state.

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A U.S. Sportswriter’s ‘Glimpse of the Future’ in Near-Normal Australia

He was curious to know how it felt to cover a global event that is giving us a glimpse into a post-pandemic world.

What to do with all those disposable masks? Turn them into roads, researchers say.

Global Roundup

Bodies again pile up in Bolivia as Latin America endures a long, deadly coronavirus wave.

“When 10 or 20 patients die, their beds are full again in a few hours,” one specialist said.

Greece’s prime minister is accused of flouting the country’s virus rules again.

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New Zealand will admit refugees again, nearly a year after closing its borders to noncitizens.

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GLOBAL ROUNDUP

India’s coronavirus victims are memorialized online, and other news from around the world.