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Black Eyed Peas singer will.i.am (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Black Eyed Peas star accuses Qantas attendant of racism

Black Eyed Peas musician will.i.am has accused a flight attendant from Australia’s national carrier Qantas of being racist and rude to him on a flight.

A fire burns at barricades built by protestors near the entrance to the Cross Harbour Tunnel in Hong Kong, Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. A Hong Kong police officer was hit in the leg by an arrow Sunday as authorities used tear gas and water cannons to try to drive back protesters occupying a university campus and surrounding streets (Kin Cheung/AP)

Hong Kong police launch operation to flush out protesters

Police have launched a late-night operation to try to flush about 200 protesters out of a university campus in Hong Kong.

Gotabaya Rajapaksa has declared victory (Eranga Jayawardena/AP)

Sri Lanka’s former defence secretary wins presidential vote

Sri Lanka’s former defence secretary Gotabaya Rajapaksa has secured a comfortable victory in the nation’s presidential election.

A protestor prepares to fire a bow and arrow in Hong Kong (AP/Kin Cheung)

Hong Kong police officer hit by arrow amid continuing protests

A Hong Kong police officer has been hit by an arrow as authorities used tear gas and water cannons to try to drive back protesters occupying a university campus and surrounding streets.

Louisiana governor John Bel Edwards has seen off a challenge from the Republicans (AP/Matthew Hinton)

Democrats hold on to Louisiana governor’s seat despite Trump’s best efforts

Louisiana’s Democratic governor John Bel Edwards has narrowly seen off a challenge from the Republicans to clinch a second term.

The impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump heard more damning allegations against the US President on Saturday (Evan Vucci/AP)

Impeachment probe hears of Gordon Sondland’s role on Ukraine

Transcripts released on Saturday in the impeachment inquiry show the US Ambassador to the EU, Gordon Sondland, playing a key role in President Donald Trump’s effort to have the country conduct political investigations as a condition for receiving military aid.

President Donald Trump is undergoing a health check-up (Evan Vucci/AP)

Donald Trump undergoes health check-up

US President Donald Trump is undergoing medical tests as part of what the White House said was his annual check-up.

Mark Sandy, a career employee in the White House Office of Management and Budget, arrives at the Capitol to testify in the House Democrats’ impeachment inquiry (J Scott Applewhite/AP)

Donald Trump overheard demanding Ukraine investigations, impeachment probe told

Impeachment investigators met in private on Saturday with a White House budget official, as the historic inquiry produced new testimony offering direct insight of President Donald Trump’s actions towards Ukraine.

Women mourn during the wake of supporters of former president Evo Morales killed during clashes with security forces, in Sacaba, Bolivia (Juan Karita/AP)

Eight killed in violence amid Bolivia’s political crisis

Bolivia’s political crisis again turned deadly when security forces opened fire on supporters of Evo Morales.

People’s Liberation Army soldiers use brooms to help the clean-up following protests in Hong Kong (Television Broadcasts Limited Hong Kong via AP)

Chinese troops on streets of Hong Kong for protest clean-up

Chinese troops came out of the barracks in Hong Kong on Saturday – not to quell protests but to help clean up.

Tourists take pictures in a flooded St. Mark’s Square, in Venice on Friday(Luca Bruno/AP/PA)

St Mark’s Square reopens in Venice after flooding forced closure

Tourists and residents have been allowed back into St Mark’s Square in Venice a day after it was closed due to exceptionally high tidal waters that swept through most of the lagoon city’s already-devastated centre.

People check the aftermath of a car bomb explosion in the city of al-Bab, northern Syria (Albab City via AP)

At least 18 killed in Syria car bomb attack

A car bomb has killed at least 18 people in a Syrian town controlled by Turkey-backed opposition fighters, activists have said.

A protestor kicks away a tear gas canister during a yellow vest demonstration in Paris (Kamil Zihnioglu/AP/PA)

Tear gas fired by police as yellow vest protesters mark anniversary

Tear gas and water cannon were used on Saturday as Paris police sought to disperse yellow vest protesters marking the first anniversary of the birth of their movement against government policies seen as favouring the rich.

Parent Mirna Herrera kneels with her daughters Liliana, 15, and Alexandra, 16 at the Central Park memorial for the Saugus High School victims (Damian Dovarganes/AP/PA)

Teenager who killed two in California shooting dies in hospital

A 16-year-old boy who killed two students and wounded three others at his southern California high school before turning a gun on himself died on Friday without investigators discovering the motive for the attack.

The presidential candidate from Sri Lanka’s governing party Sajith Premadasa leaves after casting his vote in Weerawila, Sri Lanka on Saturday (Chamila Karunrathne/AP)

Muslim bus convoy attacked as Sri Lanka prepares for election

Buses carrying Muslim voters in northern Sri Lanka were attacked by gunfire and stones and blocked by burning tires hours voting began in Saturday’s presidential elections, according to a group monitoring election violence.

Police in riot gear arrive at the scene of a protest in the financial district in Hong Kong on Friday (Achmad Ibrahim/AP)

Hong Kong protesters leave one university

Rebellious students and anti-government protesters abandoned their occupation of at least one major Hong Kong university on Saturday.

Security forces and backers of former President Evo Morales clash in Sacaba, Bolivia (Dico Solis/AP)

Bolivia’s growing crisis turns deadly as five killed in clash

Bolivia’s political crisis turned deadly after security forces opened fire on supporters of Evo Morales in a central town, killing at least five people.

Former US President Barack Obama (Michael Sohn/AP)

Obama cautions Democratic hopefuls on tacking too far left

Former US President Barack Obama has warned the Democratic field of White House hopefuls not to veer too far to the left.

US President Donald Trump (Evan Vucci/AP)

Conflicting White House accounts of first Trump-Zelenskiy call

US President Donald Trump on Friday released the rough transcript of a phone call he had with the incoming president of Ukraine.

Tiffany Li arrives at the courthouse (Tony Avelar/AP)

US heiress who posted 35 million dollar bail acquitted of murder

A San Francisco real estate heiress has been acquitted of killing the father of her children.

Marie Yovanovitch is sworn in to testify (Andrew Harrer/Pool via AP)

Ousted ambassador tells Trump impeachment hearing she felt ‘big threat’

The former American ambassador to Ukraine has told the impeachment hearing in the US of the “big threat” she felt upon being ousted from her post and learning that Donald Trump had denounced her in a phone call with Ukraine’s president.

Astronauts perform maintenance on the International Space Station (Nasa via AP)

Astronauts start spacewalks to fix cosmic ray detector

Astronauts have begun an extraordinarily complicated series of spacewalks to fix a cosmic ray detector at the International Space Station.

People make their way in a flooded St Mark’s Square in Venice (Luca Bruno/AP)

People rush to protect artworks as new tidal surge hits Venice

Exceptionally high tidal waters have surged through Venice again.

The foldable smartphone, Huawei Mate X (Martyn Landi/PA)

Huawei sells folding smartphone with no Google after US ban

Chinese tech giant Huawei has begun selling its first foldable smartphone without Google apps or US-made processor chips following sanctions imposed by Washington.

A barefoot Palestinian boy and others look into a crater made in overnight Israeli missile strikes that destroyed a house and killed eight members of the Abu Malhous family, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip (Khalil Hamra/AP)

Israel says it has completed Gaza strikes after rocket fire

Israel says it has completed a series of airstrikes on targets linked to the Islamic Jihad militant group in Gaza, after rocket fire that rattled a day-old truce.

Students embrace during a vigil in the aftermath of the shooting at Saugus High School (Marcio Jose Sanchez/AP)

California school shooting suspect ‘quiet and smart’

The 16-year-old boy suspected of killing two students in a burst of gunfire at a school outside Los Angeles has been described as a quiet, smart child you would never have expected to turn violent.

Joe Biden has been called a ‘rabid dog’ by North Korea (Niall Carson/PA)

North Korea calls Joe Biden a ‘rabid dog’ for insulting its dignity

North Korea has called former US Vice President Joe Biden a “rabid dog” that “must be beaten to death with a stick” in its latest swipe against foreign and political leaders it sees as hostile to its leadership.

A protester runs after throwing petrol bombs at the toll booth for the Cross Harbour Tunnel in Hong Kong (Ng Han Guan/AP)

Hong Kong protesters issue demands as they barricade themselves into university

Protesters who barricaded themselves in to a university in Hong Kong have partially cleared a road they were blocking and demanded the government commit to holding local elections on November 24.

President Donald Trump walks to Marine One on the South Lawn of the White House, to travel to a campaign rally in Louisiana (Alex Brandon/AP)

Trump says impeachment probe has been ‘very hard’ on family

US President Donald Trump has said the impeachment probe against him has been “very hard” on his family.

People are led out of Saugus High School after reports of a shooting (KTTV-TV via AP)

Second teenager dies after California school gun attack

Authorities say a second victim of a Los Angeles area high school shooting has died.

Tourists push their luggage in a flooded St Mark’s Square in Venice (Luca Bruno/AP)

Italy declares state of emergency over Venice flooding

Italy’s government has declared a state of emergency in flood-ravaged Venice.

The crash site of the passenger plane in Ukraine (Dmitry Lovetsky/AP)

MH17 probe suggests ‘closer ties than thought’ between Russia and Ukraine rebels

An international team of investigators piecing together a criminal case over the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 over Ukraine say evidence suggests links between Russia and separatists in the region were closer than previously believed.

James Le Mesurier was found dead outside his Istanbul home on November 11 (AP)

Wife of White Helmets founder ‘barred from leaving Turkey’ amid death probe

Authorities have barred the wife of a former British army officer who founded the White Helmets volunteer group from leaving Turkey pending the investigation into his death, according to reports.

A lander is lifted during a test of hovering, obstacle avoidance and deceleration capabilities at a facility in Huailai in China’s Hebei province, Thursday, Nov. 14, 2019. China has invited international observers to the test of its Mars lander as it pushes for inclusion in more global space projects. Thursday’s test was conducted at a site outside Beijing simulating conditions on the Red Planet, where the pull of gravity is about one-third that of Earth. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

China shows off Mars lander for international observers

China invited observers to a successful test of its Mars lander as the country pushes for inclusion in more global space projects.

Israeli soldiers (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Israel and Islamic Jihad cease fire after heavy Gaza fighting

Israel and the militant Islamic Jihad group have reached a ceasefire to end the heaviest Gaza fighting in months that killed at least 34 Palestinians, including eight children, and paralysed parts of Israel.

In this image made from video, forest trees are on fire in Hillville, New South Wales state, Australia, Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2019. More than 50 homes were damaged or destroyed and 13 firefighters were injured overnight by catastrophic wildfires across Australia’s most populous state before the emergency subsided on Wednesday, officials said. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)

Toll rises in Australian wildfires with worsening weather forecast

The death toll in wildfires raging across Australia’s most populous state has risen to four as authorities warned of worsening weather conditions to come.

Demonstrators gather during a protest in the financial district (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

Hong Kong hit by more transport disruption and campus violence

Hong Kong residents endured a fourth day of traffic chaos and mass transport disruption as protesters closed some main roads and rail networks while police skirmished with students at major universities.

Australian cricketer Glenn Maxwell during the ICC World Cup (Nigel French/PA)

Players’ mental health becoming major issue in Australian cricket

A serious health concern is emerging in Australian cricket.

Disney Plus hits 10m subscribers on first day

Disney Plus says it hit more than 10 million sign-ups on its first day of launch, far exceeding expectations.

President Donald Trump tweeted many times on Wednesday (Patrick Semansky/AP)

Trump downplays moment as impeachment hearings open

US president Donald Trump said he was “too busy” doing the people’s business to watch the impeachment hearings that imperil his presidency.

Adam Schiff and Devin Nunes watch as Top US diplomat in Ukraine William Taylor leaves after testifying at a hearing of the House Intelligence Committee (Saul Loeb via AP)

Takeaways so far from public US impeachment hearings

The first public hearing in the impeachment inquiry has got under way in Washington.

George Kent and William Taylor are sworn in to testify (Andrew Harnik/AP)

Trump overheard asking about Ukraine investigations, diplomat says

US president Donald Trump was overheard asking about “the investigations” he wanted Ukraine to pursue that are central to the impeachment inquiry, a senior diplomat has said.

George Kent and William Taylor take an oath before testifying (Scott Applewhite/AP)

Trump lashes out at witnesses as public impeachment hearing begins

Congress has launched the first public hearing of Donald Trump’s impeachment investigation to determine whether the 45th president of the United States should be removed from office.

James Le Mesurier was founder and director of Mayday Rescue (AP)

Body of ex-Army officer to be flown from Turkey to UK

The body of a former British army officer who helped found the White Helmets volunteer group in Syria is to be flown to London following a post-mortem, Turkey’s state-run news agency said

Protesters test a self-made catapult on a barricaded bridge into the Chinese University of Hong Kong (Ng Han Guan/AP)

Students from mainland China flee Hong Kong after more unrest

University students from mainland China and Taiwan have been fleeing Hong Kong as college campuses become the latest battleground in the city’s five-month anti-government unrest.

The speed limit on Dutch motorways is being cut (Lewis Whyld/PA)

Speed limit on Dutch motorways cut in bid to reduce pollution

The Dutch government is lowering the speed limit on motorways in a bid to cut emissions of nitrogen oxide.

Elon Musk said Tesla will build a factory near Berlin (Jae C. Hong/AP)

Electric car maker Tesla to build factory near Berlin

Tesla boss Elon Musk has said the electric car maker plans to build a new factory near Berlin.

Mourners chant angry slogans as they carry the body of Islamic Jihad militant Abdullah Al-Belbesi (Khalil Hamra/AP)

Israeli strikes kill more militants in Gaza as rocket fire resumes

Israeli air strikes have killed more Islamic Jihad militants in Gaza as rocket fire towards Israel resumed after a brief overnight lull.

Catalan pro-independence demonstrators (AP Photo/Emilio Morenatti)

Hundreds of motorists blocked by Catalan separatists

Hundreds of car and truck drivers are stuck in a large traffic jam in north-eastern Spain caused by Catalan separatists blocking a major route near the city of Girona.

Japanese space probe starts year-long journey home from asteroid

A Japanese spacecraft has departed from a distant asteroid, starting a year-long journey home after collecting soil samples and data that could provide clues to the origins of the solar system.