The Middle East conflict that now looms largest across the globe is a conflict nobody apparently wants.

There are strong similarities between the Thai and Hong Kong protests, and not just with youth borrowing tactics from the city-state’s protest movement.

What if the government told you it could triple some of your money in a pandemic?

After weeks of warnings that cases were again on the rise, a third surge of coronavirus infection threatens to be the worst of the pandemic yet in the country.

“Homosexual people have the right to be in a family. They are children of God,” Pope Francis said, in what amounts to his clearest support to date for the issue.

One aspect of the Cube might be helpful in framing the challenge the coronavirus poses: a Rubik’s Cube is engaged individually, but solving it is about human solidarity.

Prosecutors imposed significant penalties exceeding $US8 billion against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma, although the lion’s share will go unpaid.

“Fauci is a disaster. If I listened to him, we’d have 500,000 deaths,” the US President said in a conference call with campaign workers.

The British government said there was a 95 per cent chance the cyberattacks were carried out by Russia, as US indicts six Russian military officers for wide-spread hacking.

British Airways’ new CEO warns the industry may not survive the pandemic if people do not start flying again soon.