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The change has surprised staff and contradicts the US Health Department’s long-held scientific consensus that vaccines don’t cause autism. Source link

A team of specialised doctors from Sydney has flown to Papua New Guinea to determine whether a rare set of conjoined twins can be surgically separated. Source link

The powerful chair of a United States congressional committee who called in the head of Australia’s internet regulator to testify before US Congress says he does not think foreign governments should be telling America about its “First Amendment liberties”. Source link

China was already wary about Japan’s new Prime Minister, Sanae Takaichi, a renowned Beijing hawk, before she weighed in on one of its most sensitive issues: Taiwan. Now it’s unleashing economic pain. Source link

The White House says senior Trump administration officials have met Ukrainian officials in the past week to discuss the plan. Source link

Former mayor Alice Guo has generated headlines for years in the Philippines. Now, her story might have come to an end. Source link

Joe Biden, George Bush and every living former vice-president — Kamala Harris, Mike Pence, Al Gore and Dan Quayle — were in attendance, along with generals, foreign dignitaries and Supreme Court justices. Source link

The inquiry’s chair finds that more than 23,000 deaths could have been avoided had the British government acted sooner. Source link

Mount Semeru’s sudden eruption left more than 170 people on its slopes in danger, while nearby residents fled for safety. Source link

Six Democratic politicians, all of whom are veterans, are urging members of the military not to obey unlawful orders. Source link