Ahead of his lying-in-state, Pope Francis's body was made ready to withstand Rome's warm spring weather with a temporary embalming and a touch of make-up, an expert told AFP.
The body of the 88-year-old, who died on Monday, will be on display for three days in Saint Peter's Basilica from Wednesday before his funeral on Saturday.
The EU on Wednesday slapped Apple and Meta with 700 million euros in fines for breaking digital competition rules, risking the wrath of US President Donald Trump.
A populist party in New Zealand's governing coalition on Tuesday proposed a law to enforce a biological definition of men and women, condemning the existing "woke ideology" of "cancerous social engineering".
The first US official to visit Southeast Asia since Washington announced punitive tariffs on the region's countries on Tuesday issued a robust defence of President Donald Trump's foreign policy approach.
Jason Bryce, the founder of the group Cash Welcome, said this was a way for Australians to tell banks and politicians that they want to keep using cash and be able to access it easily.
Cardinals will meet Tuesday to decide the date for Pope Francis's funeral, starting a process that will culminate in the election of a new Catholic leader within three weeks.
Gaza's civil defence agency on Monday accused the Israeli military of carrying out "summary executions" in the killing of 15 rescue workers last month, rejecting the findings of an internal probe by the army.
During the Australian federal election, voters will elect all 150 members of the House of Representatives and 40 of the 76 Senate seats.
Seated on the pavement outside a bank in central Damascus, Abu Fares's face is worn with exhaustion as he waits to collect a small portion of his pension.
US strikes on a Yemeni fuel port killed at least 58 people, Huthi rebels said Friday, in the deadliest attack of Washington's campaign against the Iran-backed group.
Hamas on Friday urged the international community to exert immediate pressure to end Israel's complete blockade of the Gaza Strip that has been in place since March 2.
HESTA is transferring its member account services to a new platform managed by GROW Inc., prompting what it describes as a necessary suspension of services.
China told Washington on Wednesday to "stop threatening and blackmailing" after US President Donald Trump said it was up to Beijing to come to the negotiating table to discuss ending their trade war.
Israel said Wednesday it would keep blocking humanitarian aid from entering Gaza, where a relentless military offensive has turned the Palestinian territory into a "mass grave", a medical charity reported.
If one person had won the whole amount, they would have been Oz Lotto's second-biggest individual winner. Some winners were still unaware of their good fortune, while others with registered tickets had already been contacted.
Elite US university Harvard was hit with a $2.2 billion federal funding freeze on Monday after rejecting a list of sweeping demands that the White House said was intended to crack down on campus anti-Semitism.
Recent exemptions to sweeping US import tariffs may be short-lived, top officials said Sunday, with Donald Trump warning that no one was "getting off the hook," and China urging the US to simply abandon its aggressive trade levies policy altogether.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese plan involves allowing buyers to get a mortgage with just a 5% deposit. Meanwhile, the Coalition's promise to make mortgage repayments tax-deductible is expected to increase demand, which could push prices higher.
The African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA), whose future is in doubt since Donald Trump returned to the White House, provides duty-free access to the United States for certain African products.
An Australian IVF clinic has admitted a mix-up led to a mother giving birth to someone else's baby.
Cyclone watches have been issued from the Berkeley River mouth to Cockatoo Island, covering much of the northern Kimberley coastline. Gale winds are expected to impact coastal areas and nearby islands within the next 24 to 48 hours.
Dr. Vicky Sheppeard, the director of the Public Health Unit at NSW Health South Eastern Sydney Local Health District, said all six people had spent time in Sydney's CBD during the period when they were likely exposed.
Billionaire Elon Musk blasted President Donald Trump's senior trade advisor Peter Navarro as "truly a moron" and "dumber than a sack of bricks" on Tuesday in a growing rift over the US tariff policy that has rocked the world.
Kim Jong Un's powerful sister slammed US-led efforts to take away North Korea's nuclear weapons, saying the idea of denuclearising the country was a "daydream".
The mother of an Israeli soldier held hostage in Gaza longs for her son's return, fearing that Israel's renewed bombardment of the territory puts his life at even greater risk.
Indian authorities are readying for the extradition from the United States of a man that New Delhi accuses of helping plan the 2008 Mumbai siege that killed 166 people.
Russia said Wednesday that it was waiting for "explanations" from France after a Russian government employee was detained for hours at a Paris airport in what it called a "shameful spectacle".
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has fired a senior US officer assigned to NATO, the Pentagon announced Tuesday, saying her removal was due to a loss of confidence in her ability to lead.
Rescuers were racing to find survivers Tuesday among the rubble of a Dominican Republic night club where at least 18 people died and dozens were hurt in an early-morning roof collapse.
President Volodymyr Zelensky said Tuesday that Ukrainian troops had captured two Chinese citizens fighting alongside Russian forces, adding that Kyiv would demand an explanation from Beijing and a reaction from its allies.
