Police used tear gas to disperse hundreds of people in a central Iranian city who were protesting to demand government action over a drought, media reported. Some videos on social media appeared to show police and protesters clashing in the dry bed of the Zayandehrud River.

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 Poland - Syrian friends Anas Kanaan, 34, and Mouein al-Hadi, 36, were told by people smugglers that they would easily be able to get to Germany from Belarus. They just had to pay 3,000 euros ($3,390) each to an intermediary in Turkey. But the safe crossings from Belarus to Poland indicated by the smugglers were closed off. Then,

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Boris Johnson has said that people who come into close contact with anyone who tests positive for coronavirus with the new Omicron variant will have to self-isolate, regardless of their jab status, as he delivered a press conference in Downing Street.

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Australian officials confirmed Sunday that two overseas travelers arriving in Sydney are the first to test positive in the country for the omicron variant of the coronavirus, as nations around the world tightened controls against the worrying new strain.

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MELBOURNE - Australia will introduce legislation to make social media giants provide details of users who post defamatory comments, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said on Sunday. The government has been looking at the extent of the responsibility of platforms, such as Twitter and Facebook, for defamatory material published on their sites and comes after the country's highest court ruled

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There are now 11,331 active cases of the virus in Victoria, as tighter border rules come into force to respond to the new Omicron variant. 

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Victoria records 1,061 new local COVID-19 cases and four deaths

- Britain's Katie Archibald and Dutchman Harrie Lavreysen strengthened their grip on the UCI Track Champions League in round two in Lithuania on Saturday. Archibald, Madison gold medallist at the Tokyo Olympics, won the scratch and elimination races to top the standings in the women's endurance before next weekend's double-header in London. Olympic champion Lavreysen proved unbeatable

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Archibald, Lavreysen dominate UCI Track Champions League second round

The NSW State Emergency Service received 300 requests for assistance, including 12 flood rescues, in the latest 24-hour period.

Emergency volunteers forced to perform 'unacceptable' number of flood rescues in NSW

Michelle Wu was sworn in Tuesday as Boston’s first woman and first person of color elected mayor in the city’s long history.

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