13 February 2021
The US Senate adjourns the impeachment trial of former president Donald Trump and will reconvene tomorrow for closing arguments and a final vote. Read back through our live blog.
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12 Feb: Taylor Swift is dropping the first of her re-recorded albums, the initial step in a plan to wrest back control of all her early music as part of her long-running battle with nemesis and former collaborator Scooter Braun.... more
12 Feb: The mandatory wearing of face masks in Perth and the Peel region will be lifted from Sunday, WA Premier Mark McGowan confirms, while a hard border will be reinstated with Victoria from tonight.... more
12 Feb: As Victoria goes into lockdown, desperate to prevent the spread of a highly contagious strain of coronavirus which originated in the UK, health experts say Australians can still have faith in the nation's vaccine strategy.... more
12 Feb: Crown director Andrew Demetriou becomes the third board member to resign from the gaming giant but claims the NSW gaming authority's comments about him are "unfair and unjust".... more
11 Feb: The Reffitt family had been expecting a visit from police, but they did not think heavily armed officers would almost break down their door. Jackson Reffitt had tipped off the authorities that his father had been at the Capitol riot.... more
11 Feb: Australian microbiologist Dominic Dwyer was part of a 10-person team sent to the Chinese city of Wuhan to investigate the origins of COVID-19, but he says the probe faced political pressure and tensions with its hosts.... more
11 Feb: The husband of a woman who died in the Sriwijaya Air crash says he hopes Indonesia will be stricter about regulations on airplane conditions, "so this kind of accident won't happen again".... more
11 Feb: After a string of concerns over its efficacy in people over the age of 65, the World Health Organization backs the Oxford/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for use in all age groups.... more
RUGBY NRL side the Sydney Roosters have recruited a former French magician as a secret weapon More...
BUSINESS Rocket Lab is on the verge of listing on the US technology based NASDAQ index, in a deal that values the New Zealand-US startup at 5.7 billion dollars More...
