Australia is yet to make a decision about lifting the travel bubble restrictions with New Zealand
Australia will decide tomorrow whether to keep a travel suspension on New Zealand, after two people have tested positive to the highly infectious South African strain in Auckland. Read more...
Iranians Detained for Happy Video Are Released on Bail
One of the stars of "Happy in Tehran," an exuberant music video that offended the sensibilities of Iran's conservative judiciary, reported on Instagram Wednesday that she was free. Read more...
Republicans Rally Against Impeachment Trial, Signaling Likely Acquittal for Trump
All but five Republican senators voted to challenge the constitutionality of the trial, suggesting that Democrats were unlikely to find the 17 they would need to join them in convicting the former president. Read more...
Police raid a BABY SHOWER for breaking Covid rules
Body-worn footage of officers entering the house in Hornchurch, east London, on Sunday shows the group sitting around a table covered with food and a balloon arch at one end of the room. Read more...
British Candidate Clarifies Just Which Immigrants Disturb Him
In a contentious radio interview, a British nationalist politician from an anti-immigrant party denied being racist. Read more...
Capitol Police Detail Failures During Pro-Trump Assault
The acting chief of the Capitol Police told lawmakers that the department knew days ahead of time of the risk of violence targeting lawmakers but was unprepared when the mob attacked on Jan. 6. Read more...
Word of the Day + Quiz 124; parsimony
This word has appeared in three New York Times articles in the past year. Read more...
Ulrika Jonsson claims Elizabeth Hurley's 'provocative' topless snaps are 'wholly inappropriate'
The presenter, 53, said it 'doesn't sit well with her' that the actress, 55, would enlist family members such as her 80-year-old mother to take the images as it feels like 'crossing a boundary.' Read more...
Leon Black to Step Down as Apollo39;s C.E.O. Over Payments to Jeffrey Epstein
An inquirys finding that Leon Black, the billionaire boss of Apollo Global Management, paid the convicted sex offender 8 million touched off an attempt to remove him. Read more...
Australian Open 'likely' to be postponed by 'one or two weeks'
Next year's Australian Open will "likely" be postponed by "one or two weeks," according to an announcement by the state government in Victoria, Australia on Wednesday. Read more...
Nadal calls for 'wider perspective' from players in quarantine ahead of the Australian Open
Rafael Nadal says he feels "privileged" to be playing in this year's Australian Open as he called on his fellow stars to have a "wider perspective" on the mandatory quarantine period ahead of the tournament. Read more...
Malin Andersson dances around her house in a bra and thong
Malin Andersson was feeling full of life on Tuesday, taking to Instagram to flaunt her curves by prancing around her house in her underwear. Read more...
My wife looked like one of my Killer Women subjects - vacant-eyed and murderous
The question I am most often asked these days, by everyone from cabbies to supermarket staff, is 'What time do you have to get up for Good Morning Britain?' Read more...
From Raven Leilani to Olga Grushin, Christopher Wilson and Belinda Bauer This week's best fiction
While buzzy US debuts are always ten-a-penny, this wild dark comedy is absolutely the real deal. Read more...