Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro's supporters have held rallies calling on the military to overturn the election results of Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva. Bolsonaro and his supporters have claimed that the presidential election was fraudulent, but have provided no evidence for these claims.

Iranian authorities will publicly trial roughly 1,000 protesters over their "subversive actions." Demonstrators deemed to hold central roles in organising or participating in protests will be investigated in Tehran.

A handful of celebrities have confirmed they will stop using Twitter after Elon Musk officially acquired the social media platform last week. 'Grey's Anatomy' and 'Bridgerton' producer and screenwriter Shonda Rhimes said she was "not hanging around for whatever Elon has planned".

The Oak Fire has been declared a state of emergency as it burns through nearly 5000 hectares in California, forcing 6000 people to evacuate. As most of the USA sweats through a heatwave, firefighters have been unable to control the blaze near Yosemite National Park as of Saturday evening.

Karen Andrews has revealed she was asked by the Morrison government's office to issue a statement on an asylum seeker boat intercepted on election day. "There was a lot of media reporting, there was a lot of social media reporting, about this being a scaremongering tactic by the Coalition government," former Home Affairs Minister Andrews said.

Scott Morrison brought a new meaning to blazing the campaign trail when he picked up some welding tools in Alice Springs. He assured the workshop leader that he was an experienced tradesman as he picked up his tools but was seen staring into the bright sparks without his helmet on more than once.

Russia will invade Ukraine within days, US President Joe Biden has told the media. "Russian troops currently have Ukraine surrounded from Belarus, along the Russian border, and with Ukraine to the Black Sea in the south and all of its border," he announced.

Ukrainian forces and pro-Russian rebels have clashed in the separatist region of Donbass.

However, conflicting accounts have arisen about what happened and who instigated the clash. Ukraine says the rebels shelled the Ukrainian military who did not retaliate and the shells hit a kindergarten in Stanytsia Luhanska, injuring two teachers and cutting power to most of the town.

The Australian Security Intelligence Organisation's chief Mike Burgess has pushed back at the federal government's claims Labor is 'China's pick' for the upcoming federal election. #auspol Scott Morrison and Peter Dutton both embarked on the scare campaign in Question Time this week, however ASIO chief Mike Burgess confirmed to a Senate estimates hearing that the agency has no concerns about any Labor candidates.

Black Day For Blackberry Users

Spare a thought for your friends and family who stayed hopelessly loyal to their BlackBerry, as support was discontinued overnight for classic devices running 10, 7.1 OS and earlier. It marks the end of a 20+ year journey that saw the smartphone own nearly 20% of the global market in 2009 and 2010.

The Prime Minister has announced there will be a new advisory for the AstraZeneca vaccine for persons under the age of 50, following blood clot concerns. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) has recommended people under the age of 50 should be offered an alternative to the AstraZeneca vaccine after a link was found to rare blood clots.

#BREAKING: The Federal government has agreed to all 55 recommendations of the Sex Discrimination Commissioner's "game-changing" Respect@Work report "wholly, in part, or in principle", according to PM Scott Morrison. #auspol The PM has encouraged all Australians to step up to their "responsibility" to change the culture surrounding sexual harassment in the workplace, but not to do so "in a way that sets Australians against each other". #auspol

Prime Minister Scott Morrison extends his condolences to the families of both Malcolm ‘Kela’ Smith, who died in a Queensland hospital after contracting #COVID19, and rugby league legend Tommy Raudonikis. "3.1 million out of 3.8 million doses did not come to Australia": Prime Minister Scott Morrison says vaccines not arriving from Europe has impacted the early stages of our COVID-19 vaccine rollout. #auspol

BREAKING: Australian COVID vaccine trial cancelled - UQ and CSL abandon trials due to 'unexpected' false positives for HIV. The vaccine was one of four the Government has made agreements to purchase.

#BREAKING Australian Defence Force Chief General Angus Campbell is delivering a report into war crimes committed in Afghanistan #auspol pscp.tv/w/coRckjFXZ0tn… Campbell: "The killing, the unlawful killing, of civilians and prisoners is never acceptable. It is my duty and event of my fellow Chiefs to set things right."