Stolen but not silent: Indigenous Australians protest national celebrations
As Australia prepares for its national day of festivities on Jan. 26, Indigenous woman Rita Wright will be protesting the celebrations at a march in...
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Mexican president contracts COVID-19 after worst week of pandemic
Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Sunday he had tested positive for COVID-19 amid the country’s deadliest week yet in the coronavirus pandemic,...
Pacific island nations turn to Beijing-backed AIIB as pandemic sinks economies
Pacific island nations are turning to China-led agencies to plug funding gaps in their pandemic-ravaged budgets after exhausting financing options from traditional western partners, stoking...
U.S. rejoins fight against climate change at high level summit
The United States will mark its return to the global fight against climate change on Monday by joining high level talks on ways to better...
Trump did not receive accurate coronavirus data, COVID official deduces
Former White House coronavirus response coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx implied that President Donald Trump may have been depending on inaccurate data about the virus. US...
Armenians unite in prayer across the Israeli-Jordanian divide
Armenian priests stood in two different countries but chanted the solemn epiphany service together from both sides of the Jordan River on Sunday. “Physically we...
Antisemitism is expected to rise significantly around the world in 2021
Ministry decries ‘first institutional threat to Jewish religious freedom in Europe since the Holocaust'. A float featuring antisemitic caricatures at the Aalst Carnival parade in...
China-Taiwan tensions rise days into Biden presidency
Chinese air force planes including 12 fighter jets entered Taiwan’s air defence identification zone for a second day on Sunday, Taiwan said, as tensions rise...
‘Get out Bolsonaro!’ say ex-supporters in Brazil as COVID-19, vaccines weigh
Meggy Fernandes voted for Jair Bolsonaro in Brazil’s 2018 presidential election, attracted by the far-right former army captain’s promise to shake up a hidebound political...
Mexico’s death toll from COVID-19 set to pass grim milestone of 150,000
Crying outside a Mexico City cemetery, a family embraced the box that contained the ashes of their beloved grandmother. The grandmother had fallen ill a...
Biden speaks with France’s Macron, seeks to strengthen ties
U.S. President Joe Biden spoke on Sunday with French President Emmanuel Macron, expressing his desire to strengthen bilateral ties, the White House said, as Biden...
Portugal President Rebelo de Sousa wins new term in socially distanced ballot
Portugal’s centre-right President Marcelo Rebelo de Sousa won a second term on Sunday, exit polls showed, in an election marked by strict health and safety...
Spanish woman who ‘died’ of COVID returned 10 days later: newspaper
An 85-year-old woman believed by her family to have died from the coronavirus surprised her relatives by returning to her care home nine days after...
Presidents of Mexico, Russia to discuss Sputnik V vaccine on Monday
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador will speak by telephone with his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Monday to discuss Mexico’s acquisition of the Russian...
ICC has arrested Central African Republic war crimes suspect Said: statement
The International Criminal Court on Sunday said it had taken into custody a former Central African Republic commander of the “Seleka” faction suspected of war...
Yemen aid groups call on U.S. to revoke Houthi terrorism designation
Twenty-two aid groups working in Yemen called on Sunday for the new U.S. administration to revoke the designation of Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi movement as a...
UAE cabinet approves setting up embassy in Tel Aviv
The United Arab Emirates cabinet on Sunday approved the establishment of an embassy in Tel Aviv in Israel, state media said, and Israel announced its...
Egypt begins COVID-19 vaccination drive with frontline medical staff
Egypt began vaccinating frontline medical staff against COVID-19 on Sunday using the jab developed by China National Pharmaceutical Group (Sinopharm). The vaccine will be provided...
Mexican authorities recover 19 bodies, some shot and burned, in remote area
Mexican authorities said over the weekend they recovered 19 bodies, some burned and shot, in a vehicle left in an uninhabited region of Tamaulipas in...
‘We can’t wait:’ Biden pushes U.S. Congress for $1.9 trillion in COVID-19 relief
The Biden administration and Democratic and Republican lawmakers discussing a new $1.9 trillion in coronavirus relief agreed on Sunday that the most important priority should...
Kremlin accuses U.S. of meddling in affairs, but says ready to talk
President Vladimir Putin would respond in kind if the new U.S. administration showed willingness to talk, a Kremlin spokesman said on Sunday, while also accusing...
Republican congressman played a role in Trump’s campaign to fight election loss: NYT
A Republican U.S. congressman played a role in ex-President Donald Trump’s efforts to oust the top Justice Department official and replace him with a loyalist...
Trump’s coming impeachment trial aggravates rift among Republicans
The coming second impeachment trial of former U.S. President Donald Trump on a charge of inciting the deadly storming of the Capitol has aggravated a...
Swarm of quakes in quick succession hit Rotorua
The Bay of Plenty has been rocked by eleven earthquakes today. Photo: Supplied / Geonet The largest was a magnitude 4.9 earthquake which struck at...
Biden to impose South Africa travel ban to combat new COVID-19 variant – CDC
President Joe Biden will impose a ban on most non-U.S. citizens entering the country who have recently been in South Africa starting Saturday in a...
Revealed: The companies dumping contaminants down the drain
Talleys, Ernest Adams and Yoplait are among hundreds of manufacturers and brands dumping contaminants into New Zealand's drains and getting away with it. Photo: RNZ...
Trump administration had no coronavirus vaccine distribution plan: White House
There was no distribution plan for the coronavirus vaccine set up by the Trump administration as the virus raged in its last months in office,...
Racism in Oranga Tamariki not over yet, says Lady Moxon
Having a Māori acting as head of Oranga Tamariki is not enough to solve racism in the Ministry for Children, says Lady Tureiti Moxon. Lady...
Covid community case: Infection at MIQ facility ‘most likely scenario’
Infectious disease expert Michael Baker says it is unlikely the woman at the centre of a Covid community case scare in Northland caught the virus...
Police detain 100 people in Amsterdam after protest over lockdown, curfew
Dutch police used water cannon, dogs and mounted police to disperse a protest in central Amsterdam on Sunday against coronavirus lockdown restrictions and detained more...
‘It’s a big ask’: Odds stacked against American Magic – expert
American Magic has the leadership and resources to recover from its disastrous capsize but it's an uphill battle to be competitive again, says a sailing...
Government grants vaccine suppliers indemnity against claims
The government has granted the Covid-19 vaccine suppliers Pfizer and BioNTech indemnity from any claims that may arise from use of the vaccine. Pfizer and...
New Covid community case’s husband, hairdresser return negative tests – Hipkins
Two of the closest contacts of a woman who tested positive for Covid-19 in Northland after leaving managed isolation have tested negative. Chris Hipkins: "We're...
Police investigating Christchurch death
Police in Christchurch are looking into a death in the suburb of Avonhead yesterday. Police were called to a home about 11.30am on Sunday, and...
Scooped: The history of ice cream in New Zealand
New Zealanders are among the biggest consumers of ice cream in the world - each eating an incredible 23 litres per annum on average. And...
Anti-Biden conspiracy claims US escalating role in Syria
“Here we go again,” one person tweeted, claiming a “large” convoy had entered eastern Syria on the “first day” of Biden’s presidency. Turkish Kurds look...
Police apologise for wrongly saying crash victim died
Police have apologised after incorrectly saying a person died in a crash two days ago, when the person is alive and in hospital. Photo: 123RF...
Israel and US officials to discuss Iran, Abraham Accords soon
Israel and the Biden administration will soon hold their first talks on Iran and the Abraham Accords. Israel's National Security Adviser Meir Ben-Shabbat and his...
Covid-19: Latest community case travelled across Northland
The latest community case in NZ travelled across Northland before her positive test result, but was scrupulous about using the Covid Tracer app, health authorities...
Gov’t to approve sending Morocco normalization deal to Knesset for a vote
The government is expected to approve on Sunday sending the normalization deal with Morocco to the Knesset for approval. An initial declaration to resume ties...
Coronavirus: Officials may close airport to keep out coronavirus mutation
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will bring a proposal to the government on Sunday to prohibit the entry and exit of all foreign and Israeli passengers...
Doctors issue challenge to do more for Māori children
Health workers should not stand by and accept worse health for Māori children and the industry must do more to help, says a doctors' group....
Texas man charged for trying to assassinate Rep. AOC at Capitol riot
Prosecutors said Miller made numerous threatening remarks online, including one instance in which he commented "next time we bring the guns" U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez...
PA: Importing settlement products is a war crime
The Palestinian Authority said on Saturday that it has filed a complaint with the United Nations, the Arab League and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation...
Larry King, legendary Jewish-American talk show host, dies at 87
Legendary talk show host Larry King died on Saturday at 87, a month after being hospitalized with COVID-19. His exact cause of death at Cedars-Sinai...
Coronavirus: Walmart to begin distributing vaccines
At full capacity, the superstore plans to deliver 10-13 million doses each month at its over 5,000 pharmacies across the US. An employee pushes shopping...
Iran’s regime punishes innocent murdered wrestler’s coach and club
Islamic Republic of Iran authorities in January launched a new crackdown against athletic friends of the wrestling champion Navid Afkari who was hanged in September...
Emergency services recover man’s body from river near Kaitaia
A man has been found dead in the Awanui River, near Kaitaia. Photo: CC BY 3/ Ulrich Lainge Emergency services who were called to the...
Coronavirus: India vaccinates over 1 million people in 6-day vaccine driv
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Friday India was completely self-reliant on coronavirus vaccine supplies as the world's second-most populous country inoculated more than 1...
Parts of Sydney may be too hot to live in ‘within decades’
As the planet warms and summers become longer and less bearable, severe heatwaves are coming to represent an existential threat to the Australian suburbs. Sydney...