Over one million people have been evacuated in eastern India and Bangladesh after a cyclone caused severe rain and high tides.

Cyclone Yaas has caused two deaths and damaged over 20,000 homes and shelters in the two nations, although the real figure is expected to be much higher.

Cyclone Yaas is the second severe storm to hit India within a week, as the country continues to wrestle with COVID-19.

Oil company Shell has lost a climate lawsuit filed by seven environmental groups, who say the company is threatening human rights due to its billion-dollar investments in fossil fuels.  

A Dutch court ordered Royal Dutch Shell to reduce its CO2 emissions by 45 percent by 2030. 

Earth Netherlands Director Donald Pols said this is a historic moment as it is the first time a court has ruled for a major polluter to cut its emissions. 

Scientists from the University of New South Wales have developed simple measures to combat the declining population of Bridled Nailtail Wallabies in Queensland. 

The method known as head-starting will see the species fenced off within their natural habitat until they’re too big to be eaten by feral cats. 

The Bridled Nailtail Wallabies are listed as a vulnerable species, with just 500 left in the wild. 

COVID-19 vaccination hubs have now opened in Hervey Bay, Maryborough, and Bundaberg. 

Both the Astrazeneca and Pfizer vaccine are being administered for people in the 1A and 2B groups, including meat packers, police officers, surf lifesavers and state emergency volunteers. 

Wide vaccine lead and executive director of nursing services Fiona Sewell says the clinics have attracted large crowds with most patients turning up prior to clinic opening times. 

Queensland is preparing for a very successful cotton production season, with the national crop 1.5 billion dollar already four times bigger than last season. 

The boom follows easing drought conditions and recent heavy rains and flooding.

Cotton Australia chief executive Adam Kay said despite the increased crops, the industry needs to focus on market diversification after losing China, its biggest market.

Voluntary euthanasia is another significant step closer to becoming legal in South Australia, after a bill passed its first Lower House hurdle with an overwhelming majority.

The bill passed the Upper House earlier this month and is the 17th attempt to reform the law in 26 years.

New South Wales is now the only state not in the process of legalising voluntary euthanasia.

A final vote on the matter due to take place on June 9.

According to the UN, a volcanic eruption in the eastern democratic of Congo has left more than twenty thousand people homeless. 

The Saturday eruption killed dozens and destroyed hundreds of homes, with lava stopping three hundred metres shy of the Goma airport. 

UN Office for Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs spokesperson said the cloud caused by the volcano will likely cause respiratory disease.

US President Joe Biden has asked intelligence officials to redouble their investigation into the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. 

The investigation will also explore the possibility that the origins of the virus trace to a Chinese lab, a theory Biden has previously dismissed. 

Biden directed US national laboratories to assist with the investigation and called on China to cooperate with international inquiries into the origins of the pandemic.