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Meet Tsehay Hawkins: the teenager taking over as the Yellow Wiggle

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One person is displaced every second by our warming planet. Where will they go?

23 mins ago Immigration

Increase skilled migration to 200,000 per year, says leading business group

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Holocaust survivor Eddie Jaku to be honoured with state memorial service

Coronavirus

Victoria reports 1,749 local COVID-19 cases amid new push to vaccinate vulnerable

Immigration

SIEV X anniversary: Cover-up claims remain 20 years after 353 asylum seekers drowned

Coronavirus

NSW records 273 local COVID-19 cases and four deaths as hospitalisations drop

Welfare

NSW unveils almost $500 million in new funding for women escaping domestic violence

Welfare

NSW unveils almost $500 million in new funding for women escaping domestic violence

Coronavirus

ACT to allow travel from Sydney next month, records 24 new COVID-19 cases

Identity

'Fab jab' clinics are popping up this week to help LGBTIQ+ Victorians get vaccinated

Coronavirus

Michael Gunner hits back at US Republican Ted Cruz over NT COVID-19 vaccine mandate

Climate Action

Climate Change

Faith communities demand more climate action at protests across Australia

Climate Change

The federal government is yet to commit to net zero by 2050. What about the states?

Climate Change

Thousands of school students demand climate action at protests across Australia

Climate Change

Scott Morrison confirms he'll attend COP26 climate talks in Glasgow

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Vaccine in Focus

Coronavirus

What happened to other countries that opened up after hitting their vaccine targets?

Coronavirus

Australia is rolling out COVID-19 booster shots. Here's how they work

Coronavirus

What are the COVID-19 vaccination rates in your local area?

Coronavirus

How does COVID-19 vaccine modelling work and what can it really tell us?

Coronavirus

Once you've had COVID-19 should you still get vaccinated or qualify for 'freedoms'?

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57 mins ago

Politicians are giving young Australians a voice

Youth Voice in Parliament week has kicked off, with dozens of MPs across the political spectrum giving up one of their speaking slots to deliver speeches from young Australians instead.

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57 mins ago

Politicians are giving young Australians a voice

Youth Voice in Parliament week has kicked off, with dozens of MPs across the political spectrum giving up one of their speaking slots to deliver speeches from young Australians instead.

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9 hours ago

Tributes after first black US secretary of state Colin Powell dies aged 84

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken paid tribute Monday to his predecessor, Colin Powell, the nation's first African-American national security adviser, Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman and secretary of state, who died from COVID-19 complications.

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4 hours ago

Trudeau apologises for skipping invite on first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau apologised to the Tk'emlups te Secwepemc Nation for failing to respond to an invitation to join the community for the first National Day of Truth and Reconciliation on 30 September. The nation invited Trudeau to attend a ceremony to honour the lost children and survivors of indigenous schools on that day, but Trudeau travelled with his family for a vacation instead.

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1 hour ago

Heavy rains, landslides leave many dead in India

At least 22 people have died after torrential rains swept through villages and flooded roads in the southern Indian state of Kerala.

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5 hours ago Asia-Pacific

Mass prison release in Myanmar following amnesty

Crowds thronged the gates of Myanmar's most notorious jail on Monday night as a mass national release of prisoners got underway following the announcement of an amnesty by the country's military rulers.

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7 hours ago Climate Change

Alien landscapes and collapsing homes as Siberia's permafrost thaws

The old airport in the Siberian settlement of Churapcha has been unusable for years, its runway transformed into a swampy field of puffed-up mounds and reliefs. Like cities and towns across northern and north-eastern Russia, Churapcha is suffering the consequence of climate change thawing the permafrost on which everything is built.

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7 hours ago Coronavirus

Vaccination mandate for kids sparks protest in California

Parents, grandparents and others staged protests against California's mandate to vaccinate all eligible schoolchildren against COVID-19.

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1 day ago Mental Health

Spain's 'Crying Room' seeks to banish mental health taboo

The Crying Room is housed in a building in central Madrid, which aims to remove the stigma in society attached to mental health, crying and seeking help.

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1 day ago Climate Change

Times Square billboard mocks Australia's climate change policies

New York City’s iconic Times Square was lit up this week by billboards shaming Australia’s climate change policies.

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17 hours ago Australia

Catch up: SBS World News (18 October 2021)

Did you miss the latest SBS World News bulletin? You can catch up on all the major national and international news stories of the day.

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2 days ago Europe

Tens of thousands demonstrate in Rome against fascism

Tens of thousands of union members and other Italians gathered in Rome to stand up against rising fascism Saturday, a week after right-wing extremists forced their way into the headquarters of Italy's most powerful labour confederation while protesting a COVID-19 certification requirement for workplaces.

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4 days ago

NSW announces end of quarantine for fully vaccinated travellers

Premier Dominic Perrottet announced that high levels of vaccination in the state had enabled the state government to scrap hotel quarantine and home quarantine programs for those with two doses.

02:44

3 days ago Middle East

Violence erupts in Beirut over port blast probe

Heavy gunfire has left at least six dead in the streets of Beirut after protests on the investigation into last year's massive port explosion escalated.

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4 days ago Climate Change

Video catches Queen criticising world leaders avoiding COP26

A hot mic picked up a conversation where Queen Elizabeth criticised world leaders for inaction on climate change as 'irritating'.

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3 days ago Europe

Britain calls for 800 foreign butchers to avoid pig cull

Britain will offer six-month emergency visas to 800 foreign butchers to avoid a mass pig, after farmers complained that an exodus of workers from abattoirs and meat processors had left the pork sector fighting for survival.

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4 days ago North America

Flames blaze as Alisal fire rages across southern California coast

More than 1,500 firefighters fought the fast-moving Alisal wildfire as it raged across California's southern coast.

4 days ago Environment

Marine turtles in rehab in Ecuador beachside hospital

Marine turtles hurt by ocean trash undergo rehab in an animal hospital in southern Ecuador, recovering until they're strong enough to return to the wild.

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5 days ago

Australian swimmer crosses English Channel for 44th time

Australian marathon swimmer Chloe McCardel set a new record after she made her 44th crossing of the English Channel.

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4 days ago Environment

Taiwan tea farmers 'powerless' to changing climate

A once-in-a-century drought last year, followed by torrential rain this year, have decimated tea crops and left Taiwan's farmers scrambling to adapt to a changing climate.

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4 days ago

Norway PM calls bow and arrows attack 'gruesome'

Norway's Prime Minister Erna Solberg described a bow and arrow attack that killed several people in a small town near Oslo as "gruesome".

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5 days ago Australia

The former child soldier who escaped Joseph Kony's army

Grace Arach was just 12 when she was abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army - a violent group of Ugandan insurgents - and forced to fight as a child soldier. She eventually escaped to Australia, where she is a specialist working with children who have disabilities.

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5 days ago Arts

Tiananmen Square statue to be removed from Hong Kong university

The sculptor of a statue commemorating the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown has hit out against 'mafia' tactics over an order to have it removed from a Hong Kong university.

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5 days ago

North Korea holds bombastic military parade

North Korean state footage shows Kim Jong Un applauding shirtless soldiers smashing bricks and leaping over cars in a military parade for the 76th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea.

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2 days ago

Catch up: SBS World News (16 October 2021)

Did you miss the latest SBS World News bulletin? You can catch up on all the major national and international news stories of the day.

01:22

5 days ago Environment

Aurora Borealis lights up North America

The Northern Lights illuminated skies further south than usual in North America due to the impact of a solar eruption, according to NASA.

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6 days ago Language

Did Netflix's Squid Game botch the translation in the subtitles?

Some commentators have accused Netflix's Squid Game of doing a poor job translating the show's Korean dialogue to English subtitles. We asked two translation experts what they thought.

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5 days ago World

Indigenous people in Latin America march on Day of the Race

Indigenous people in Argentina and Venezuela marched to mark the Day of the Race (Columbus Day) and to protest what they described as oppression towards their communities.

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