There have been calls to scrap mandatory isolation for COVID-19 cases. Here’s why experts say it’s too soon
The head of the Health Services Union wants self-isolation requirements for COVID-positive people to be scrapped, but experts say that’s still a long way off for Australia.
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Experts in Ukraine to Inspect Nuclear Plant in Battle Zone
A senior adviser to Ukraine’s president said that key aspects of the negotiations between the international team, Ukraine and Russia were in question, including a safe route…
Read moreLast Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91
The former president opened up the USSR but failed to prevent its collapse in 1991.
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Gorbachev was asked on Larry King how he wants history to judge him. See his response
Former Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev takes viewer questions in an exclusive sit down with Larry King in 1993.
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He was the final leader of the former Soviet Union. And to the end, Gorbachev was a leader more respected in other countries than at home.
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Russia’s Occupation of Nuclear Plant Gives Moscow a New Way to Intimidate
President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia appears to be using the facility to scare Ukraine’s leaders and warn the West to stay out of the conflict.President Vladimir…
Read moreLast Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev dies at 91
The former president opened up the USSR and saw it collapse in 1991.
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Reviled by Many Russians, Mikhail Gorbachev Still Has Lots to Say
Mr. Gorbachev helped bring an end to the Soviet Union, and some say he should be tried for it. He shrugs it off. “It is freedom of…
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Mikhail Gorbachev, Reformist Soviet Leader, Is Dead at 91
Adopting principles of glasnost and perestroika, he weighed the legacy of seven decades of Communist rule and set a new course, presiding over the end of the…
Read moreAt least 3 dead, hundreds of thousands still without power as storms slam Michigan, Indiana, Pennsylvania
A wall of angry storms roared through Michigan, Indiana and Pennsylvania with heavy rains, hail and wind gusts of up to 80 mph in some areas.
Read moreWoman killed by falling tree in Ohio storm
An Ohio woman was killed Monday when a tree fell on her behind her home. It happened as severe storms brought damaging winds, heavy rains and flash…
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Here’s the latest for August 30: Ukraine’s president meets with IAEA; Satellite photos show flood damage in Pakistan; Iraqi cleric asks forces to back down; Electricity prices…
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Thailand has legalised cannabis, but its war on drugs continues
Thailand has introduced the most progressive drug laws in South East Asia in relation to cannabis. But the war on ‘harder’ drugs continues. Dateline meets some of…
Read more‘This prolonged heat wave is going to be very dangerous,’ the NWS says. Temperatures will be difficult to endure even for the locals.
Some of the hottest temperatures of the year are on the way for the West Coast and possibly staying dangerously hot through Labor Day as a mega…
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Russia plans to halt natural gas flows to Germany again.
Gazprom, the Russian energy giant, said it would shut down the Nord Stream 1 pipeline for three days of maintenance, raising worries about a complete shutdown of…
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