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The number of students enrolling in US colleges has fallen again.
The National Student Clearinghouse Research Center said undergraduate enrollment in autumn 2021 dropped 3.1 percent, contributing to a 6.6 percent decline since 2019.
US correspondent Kate Fisher reports
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India's daily COVID-19 infections continue to grow at an alarming rate with the country recording 247,000 new infections on Thursday.
In the capital, one in four are now testing positive for the virus.
And experts warn that the worst is yet to come.
Ishan Garg tells us more.
IN: Officials in DelhiThe Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been accused of failing Australian businesses, which are being crippled by staff shortages.
Australia's covid infection rates have skyrocketed since the emergence of the Omicron variant.
Shaun Bindley reports from Brisbane.
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A New York judge has denied an effort by Britain's Prince Andrew to secure the dismissal of a civil lawsuit accusing him of sexual abuse.
Lawyer Lisa Bloom, who represents several of Jeffrey Epstein's alleged victims, explains what happens next.
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She says Prince Andrew's accuser, Virginia Giuffre, could seek an out of court settlement,…but in a statement welcoming the judge's decision her lawyer said she is determined to have the case heard in court.
The singer Ronnie Spector, the leader of the hit 60s group "The Ronettes", has died at the age of 78.
Her family says she had a brief battle with cancer.
Our US Correspondent Simon Marks reports.
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US President Joe Biden's approval rating has dropped to just 33 per cent according to a new opinion poll.
53 per cent of respondents in the left-leaning Quinnipiac University poll disapproved of his performance.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Calls are growing for the resignation of British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and some of them are coming from within his own party.
The Prime Minister on Wednesday acknowledged that the DID attend a party in the garden of Number 10 Downing Street that appears to have breached lockdown regulations being observed by the rest of the country at the time.
In Parliament he apologized and said that with hindsight he should have left the event and instructed its attendees to return to work.
Even the Prime Minister's defenders, like the Leader of the House of Commons Jacob Rees Mogg, now concede their man is in difficulty.
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With more, our London correspondent Olly Barratt,
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A four hour meeting in Brussels today between NATO and Russia made no breakthrough over Ukraine.
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg says the alliance's members reiterated that they will not agree to Russian demands for the promises that Ukraine will be blocked from ever joining NATO.
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The White House is to distribute millions of free coronavirus tests to schools across the United States in a bid to keep classrooms open.
It comes as covid-19 hospitalisations reach record levels.
Kate Fisher reports from Washington
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Inflation is up to its highest annual rate in nearly 40 years in the United States.
It affected the cost of everything from food, energy and homes in 2021, with supply chain issues and high demand pushing prices up even more.
Caroline Malone reports from Washington.