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The humanitarian organisation Gift of the Givers will be dispatching a team to Turkey and Syria on Tuesday to assist in search and rescue efforts following a series of devastating earthquakes on Monday.

Psychiatrists in Australia will be able to prescribe magic mushrooms and ecstasy to their patients to treat certain mental health conditions. The country's Therapeutic Goods Administration will permit the prescribing of MDMA for the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder and psilocybin for treatment-resistant depression.

The Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg was arrested in Germany on Tuesday night during a non-violent protest over the expansion of a coal mine.

An opinion piece written by English broadcaster Jeremy Clarkson on the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle, has been removed from the Sun's website. The Independent Press Standards Organization (IPSO) that regulates newspapers and magazines in the United Kingdom says they received 12 000 complaints by Monday afternoon.

Basketball star Brittney Griner is "safe" and headed home to the United States after being freed from a Russian prison ordeal in a swap for the notorious arms dealer Viktor Bout, the two countries announced on Thursday.

Australian Police have identified a new trend of drug dealers proving they would do anything possible to get drugs into the country. The Australian Border Police say serious organised criminals are now targeting the elderly in online scams to coerce the victims into working as drug mules to recoup their debts.

Shanghai Disneyland in China says their park will remain closed until further notice.

Liz Truss has resigned as Prime Minister of the UK - just 45 days after replacing Boris Johnson in office.

The two women walked into the room in the National Gallery, Trafalgar Square, in which the ‘Sunflowers’ is hung and at 11 am threw the contents of two tins of Heinz Tomato soup over the painting which has an estimated value of $84.2 million.