World
AstraZeneca creator says Australia’s mixed messages on vaccine may cost lives
Dame Sarah Gilbert made the intervention amid a heated debate over whether the wider use of the vaccine could have prevented lockdowns in Sydney and Melbourne.
- by Bevan Shields
Breaking
Coronavirus pandemic
Biden pushes federal workers - hard - to get vaccinated, wants cash incentive for public
- by David Shepardson, Jeff Mason and Steve Holland
Opinion & Perspectives
Breakthrough COVID infections a reality check on road to normality
Matthew Knott
Rare but rising cases of “breakthrough” COVID-19 infections are complicating America’s return to normality and offer a preview for Australia as it reopens.
North America
Delta Variant as contagious as chickenpox: CDC internal report
An internal report from the Centres for Disease Control found the Delta variant is more transmissible than SARS, Ebola, the cold, the flu and smallpox.
- by Apoorva Mandavilli
COVID-19 could lead to cognitive decline, new research suggests
One study showed that losing the ability to smell, which has been commonly reported among COVID-19 patients, is correlated with cognitive troubles.
- by Angela Haupt
Breaking
Coronavirus pandemic
Biden pushes federal workers - hard - to get vaccinated, wants cash incentive for public
- by David Shepardson, Jeff Mason and Steve Holland
Analysis
Coronavirus pandemic
Breakthrough COVID infections a reality check on road to normality
- by Matthew Knott
Europe
Asia
Breaking
Tokyo Olympics
Japan tops 10,000 coronavirus cases per day
Hospitals are now filling up in Tokyo with half of all beds already occupied and three more prefectures hosting events are going into a state of emergency.
- by Eryk Bagshaw
Hong Kong waiter sentenced to nine years in jail under security law
The sentence sets a precedent as to how similar cases will be dealt with by the city’s traditionally independent courts, as dozens arrested under the legislation await their fate.
- by James Pomfret and Sara Cheng
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‘Suicide drone’ used to attack ship tied to Israeli billionaire, killing crew members
A US official said it appeared the attack on the oil tanker in the Arabian Sea was carried out by a suicide drone - an unmanned aircraft loaded with explosives that detonates on impact with a target.
- by Jon Gambrell
‘Death Kitty’ ransomware appears to hit South African ports
- by Ryan Gallagher and Paul Burkhardt
