Watch: Jacinda Ardern speaks in first post-Cabinet briefing of 2021
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says approval for the Pfizer vaccine could come as early as Wednesday next week. Watch it live: Ministers received an update...
What we know about the South African variant of Covid-19
New Zealand's first new community case of Covid-19 since November has been confirmed as the highly-transmissable South African variant. Photo: 123rf.com The 56-year-old Northland woman...
Covid-19 update: Two new cases in managed isolation facilities
There are two new cases of Covid-19 reported in managed isolation facilities in New Zealand today, the Ministry of Health says. A woman receives a...
New Zealand and China upgrade free trade agreement
The New Zealand and Chinese governments have signed an upgrade to the free trade agreement between the two countries. Photo: Pool / Stuff / Kevin...
Israeli intelligence minister visits Sudan
There was no immediate comment from Sudanese officials. A Sudanese protester carries their national flag as they march in a demonstration to mark the anniversary...
Hot weather prompts suspension of fire permits in parts of South Island
All active fire permits in Canterbury and most of the upper South Island have been suspended. Photo: RNZ / Claire Eastham-Farrelly It comes as Fire...
F-35s caught by Hezbollah TV over Lebanon in rare operational flight
A photographer for Hezbollah-owned TV station Al Manar tweeted photos of the advanced fifth-generation aircraft flying over Lebanon. ISRAELI F-35 takes off from an airbase...
Coronavirus: Hadassah stops accepting COVID-19 patients
Prof. Zev Rotstein, head of Hadassah, said that the hospital, located in Jerusalem, no longer had enough equipment or medicine to provide for new patients....
Lemons in short supply in New Zealand this summer
Gin drinkers who fancy a twist of lemon with their tipple may be best to switch to a sliver of cucumber this summer. Kerikeri grower...
Iran executes second wrestler 5 months after killing wrestler Afkari
The Iranian regime's lethal assaults on decorated Iranian athletes continued unabated, with the execution of a second champion wrestler on Monday. The Jerusalem Post reported...
Judith Collins focuses on housing, Covid-19 in National’s state of the nation address
National is calling on the government to introduce urgent temporary legislation to make it easier to build houses. National Party leader Judith Collins. Photo: RNZ...
Syrian Arab Army forces position themselves on Mount Hermon – report
Syrian Armed Forces — of the Syrian Arab Army were spotted on the Lebanese side of Mount Hermon in the north of Israel on Monday night,...
Protesters demand rapid action on climate change
More than 100 climate strikers gathered at Parliament to hand over a list of demands for rapid action from the government. People gathered outside Parliament...
Countering the erosion of Holocaust memory 76 years later – opinion
JUDIT ILLES January 27, 2021 will mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, designated by the United Nations General Assembly as a day to honor the memory...
UN’s Guterres: COVID-19 created antisemitism spike, as neo-Nazism rises
COVID-19 has triggered a new wave of antisemitism at a time when Neo-Nazism and white supremacy was already on the rise, UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres...
WHO gives initial nod to first Israeli-sponsored resolution
The World Health Organization’s Executive Board on Monday approved for the first time an Israeli-sponsored resolution when its 34 members supported a text to protect...
On this day: Israel held first ever elections for Knesset in 1949
As Israel heads to a fourth election in two years, we look back at Israel's first-ever election for Knesset, a step in the formation of...
Coronavirus: Israeli data supports Pfizer vaccine effectiveness – Maccabi
The preliminary results shared by Maccabi showed that only 20 people out of some 128,600 who received both shots have since been infected with the...
Trump administration eased sanctions on Israeli mining magnate Gertler
In its final week in office, former US President Donald Trump's administration eased sanctions against Israeli mining magnate Dan Gertler that were imposed for alleged...
Ministry of Education process stifled complaints of abuse – childcare staff
A teacher says the Ministry of Education made it hard for staff to complain about the owner of a Feilding childcare centre who is alleged...
Rights Groups In Kazakhstan Hit With Fines, Face Pressure Amid Crackdown
The operations at two human rights organizations in Kazakhstan have been suspended and they may face closure amid a crackdown on rights groups in the...
Jailed Belarusian Blogger Losik Ends Hunger Strike After Six Weeks
Ihar Losik, a popular Belarusian blogger, says he has ended a hunger strike he began almost six weeks ago* to protest charges that he helped...
Thirteen dead, thousands homeless in southern Africa after storm Eloise
The death toll from storm Eloise rose to at least 13 on Monday after heavy winds, rain and flooding destroyed buildings, drowned crops and displaced...
Leon Black to step down as Apollo CEO after Epstein review
Leon Black said on Monday he would relinquish his chief executive post at Apollo Global Management Inc following the buyout firm’s independent review of his...
Stimulus jitters dent Wall Street’s early gains; Nasdaq hits record
Major U.S. averages on Monday closed well off their best levels of the day, which included a Nasdaq record, as concerns over the timing and...
U.S. Treasury resuming steps to put Harriet Tubman on $20 bill – White House
The U.S. Treasury Department is taking steps to resume efforts to put escaped slave and abolitionist Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill, White House and...
Spain reports record 94,000 COVID-19 cases over weekend, incidence hits new high
Spain reported a record 93,822 new coronavirus infections over the weekend, while the incidence of the virus as measured over the past 14 days jumped...
Majority of U.S. Senate votes to confirm Yellen as Treasury chief, voting continues
A majority of the U.S. Senate voted on Monday to confirm Janet Yellen as the first woman Treasury secretary. Voting on her nomination is continuing.
Facebook blocks Netanyahu chatbot, citing privacy violation
Facebook said on Monday it removed a post and suspended a messenger bot from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s page, after it posted that he...
‘I feel divine’ says Madrid care home resident after second COVID shot
Residents of a Madrid nursing home got their second shot of the coronavirus vaccine on Monday and some began planning their first trip outside in...
Ugandan court orders opposition leader’s freedom, troops still block his home
A Ugandan court ordered security forces on Monday to free opposition leader and pop star Bobi Wine, whose house arrest since a presidential election has...
Saudi Arabia to get AstraZeneca shots in about a week from India
The Serum Institute of India (SII) will supply Saudi Arabia with 3 million AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine doses priced at $5.25 each in about a week...
Italy PM to resign on Tuesday after cabinet meeting – cabinet office
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will hand in his resignation to the head of state on Tuesday after convening the cabinet to inform ministers of...
U.S. approves all deals involving Yemen’s Houthis for one month
The United States on Monday approved all transactions involving Yemen’s Houthi movement for the next month as Washington reviews a Trump administration designation of the...
UK health minister says new COVID variant makes it harder to lift lockdown
Britain’s health minister Matt Hancock said on Monday a new more infectious coronavirus variant means the government needs to be more cautious in lifting lockdown...
Earth is losing ice faster today than in the mid-1990s, study suggests
Earth’s ice is melting faster today than in the mid-1990s, new research suggests, as climate change nudges global temperatures ever higher. Altogether, an estimated 28...
Italy sends warning letter to Pfizer over COVID vaccine delays
The Italian government on Monday sent a letter of formal notice to Pfizer calling on the drug company to respect its contractual commitments over its...
Italy PM Conte to resign on Tuesday, seek fresh mandate
Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte will hand in his resignation to the head of state on Tuesday after a morning cabinet meeting to inform his...
Risk of ‘vaccine-busting’ coronavirus variants prompts tougher UK quarantine – Johnson
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday he was looking at toughening border quarantine rules because of the risk of “vaccine-busting” new coronavirus variants....
Britain records 22,195 new COVID cases, has given 6.6 million first vaccine doses
Britain said on Monday it had recorded 22,195 new COVID-19 cases, down from 30,004 the previous day, with government statistics showing that 6,573,570 people had...
Anger and grief as United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll nears 100,000
As the United Kingdom’s COVID-19 death toll approaches 100,000, grief-stricken relatives of the dead expressed anger at Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s handling of the worst...
Outbreak of South African Covid-19 variant would need alert level move – modeller
New Zealand should be ready to move alert levels if there is an outbreak of the new Covid-19 South African variant, a leading modeller of...
Joe Biden repeals US military transgender ban
US President Joe Biden has overturned a ban by his predecessor on transgender individuals serving in the US military. President Biden repeatedly said he planned...
Community on alert: Northlanders get Covid-19 tests and hope for best
The new community case of Covid-19 in Northland has locals worried about another community outbreak. The Kauri Museum in Matokohe, one of dozens of sites...
Shake-up of trusts about to come into force
New laws covering the governance of trusts comes into effect at the end of the week and promises to be the biggest shake-up in the...
Contaminant dumping: Minister says companies must comply with consents
Local Government Minister Nanaia Mahuta says councils can take stronger action against companies dumping contaminated waste water, even though they have identified loopholes in the...
Nearly 160 Anti-Lukashenka Protesters Detained In Minsk Over Weekend
Almost 160 demonstrators were detained over the weekend in continued protests against strongman Alyaksandr Lukashenka's claiming of a landslide victory and a sixth presidential term...
White House going to the dogs as Biden pets Major and Champ move in
Outgoing President Donald Trump was the first president since Andrew Johnson in the 1860s not to share the presidential digs with a dog or a...
Christchurch health caution, with potential record high forecast
With a temperature of 36 degrees forecast in Christchurch today, residents are being urged to keep hydrated and stay sun-smart, while and firefighters have helicopters...
Iran Reportedly Orders Operators To Block Signal Messaging App
The Iranian monthly Peivast is reporting that Iran has blocked the private encrypted messaging application Signal, ordering mobile operators to filter it from their networks....