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Beijing shifts its story on the latest confrontation between Chinese and Australian forces, claiming that one of its fighter jets intercepted an Australian helicopter because it was trying to spy on naval exercises in the Yellow Sea.

Aid agencies warn of a humanitarian catastrophe as Israeli forces seize the Palestinian side of the Rafah crossing in southern Gaza and close the flow of aid through the checkpoint.  

US President Joe Biden has been trying to head off a full-scale assault by the Israelis in Rafah, where hundreds of thousands of Palestinians have sought refuge from combat elsewhere in Gaza.

Stormy Daniels gave a graphic account of a sexual encounter with Trump during her testimony at the New York hush money trial. 

The arrest of multiple people over an alleged Russian plan to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is the latest in a long line of reported plots.

Ransomware outfit LockBit once offered a million-dollar bounty for anyone who could 'doxx' its leader.  Now governments including Australia's have obliged.

AstraZeneca has initiated the worldwide withdrawal of its COVID-19 vaccine, Vaxzevria, which is no longer being manufactured or supplied, the company said.

Visitor numbers are up more than 10 per cent compared to pre-pandemic levels with a combination of a weak yen, the relaxation of coronavirus restrictions and "revenge travel" making Japan one of the world's hottest destinations.

TikTok and its Chinese parent company ByteDance are suing the US government over a law that would ban the popular video-sharing app unless it's sold to another company, arguing that it vaguely paints it as a threat to national security to get around the First Amendment.

Boeing badly needs a space win for its Starliner venture, a years-delayed program with more than $US1 billion in cost overruns.