Guatemalans returned to the city streets this week to protest against President Alejandro Giammattei’s government. 

The protests started on November 21, after Congress approved a $12.8bn funding cut for human rights agencies, healthcare, education, and the judiciary.

More than 2,000 protestors gathered in Guatemala City’s central plaza this Saturday - frustrated with the government’s budget decisions, their mixed response to the COVID-19 pandemic and recent hurricanes that hit Guatemalan communities.

Female-led Australian film, Babyteeth, won 9 awards at this year’s AACTA awards.

The film, which stars Eliza Scanlen, tells the story of a teenager with cancer who falls in love for the first time.

Directed by Shannon Murphy, produced by Jan Chapman and Alex White, the film was nominated in 12 out of 13 possible film categories this year.

Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk says Queensland’s border will remain closed to Adelaide for another week.

She said the decision was made following the advice of Chief Health Officer Jeannette Young, so free travel would be possible by Christmas time. 

Queensland has classed 20 local government areas in Adelaide as official hotspots

Border restrictions for other states like Victoria and New South Wales will be removed from December 1.

Anthony Fauci, American’s Director of National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has warned that the US could face a surge of coronavirus cases in the coming weeks.

Mr Fauci told CNN that the surge would be ‘almost certain’, due to millions of Americans travelling for Thanksgiving weekend.

The United States is the worst affected country, with 266,074 coronavirus deaths.

Just a few days after footballer Diego Maradona’s death, the Argentinian police investigated his doctor, Leopoldo Leuque in search of elements that would prove potential medical negligence.

The footballer died of a heart attack last week, just a month after he undertook a brain operation in which Dr Leuque was involved in.

The search order was requested by prosecutors in the affluent Buenos Aires suburb of San Isidro and signed by a local judge, but the prosecutor's office provided no information on what prompted the investigation.

63 international students from Japan, China, Hong Kong and Vietnam are the first cohort to touch down in Darwin since March this year.

The group will be immediately transferred from Darwin to the Howard Springs quarantine facility where they will undergo 14 days of hotel quarantine. 

The Northern Territory Government arranged a deal with the Federal Government and Charles Darwin University (CDU) in September, to fly the students to Darwin with the university chartering the flight and paying for the quarantine.