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The cases are believed connected to an outbreak that prompted a snap three-day lockdown of Auckland last week.

Washington’s long history of difficulties in the Middle East is down to conflicting interests.

Ai Weiwei wants his works withdrawn from the Museum of Modern Art if it doesn’t remove chairman Leon Black, an art collector who paid Epstein almost $200 million for financial advice.

The Environment Protection Ministry has backed a court-imposed a ban on reporting on the investigation saying it was complex.

Changes, along with earlier pledges of reform, have largely been brushed off by the mainly youthful protesters, many of whom are demanding greater job opportunities.

The tragic COVID milestone brought sorrow, but arrived amid a growing belief the United States’ worst coronavirus days may be behind it.

The Justice Department accuses Emma Coronel Aispuro of helping her husband plan escapes from Mexican prison.

China’s human rights record was condemned at the UN’s top human rights forum, but foreign minister Wang Yi said it was just an excuse to meddle.

NASA has released footage of the Perseverance probe’s descent before landing on the surface of Mars.

The disturbing scene from a video released by Spain’s Civil Guard highlighted the great lengths and risks that migrants and asylum seekers take in their attempts to leave North Africa. 

The ambush occurred as the convoy was travelling from Goma, the country’s eastern regional capital, to visit a World Food Program school feeding project.

The true numbers are thought to be significantly greater, in part because of the many cases that were overlooked, especially early in the outbreak.

William made the statement after his 99-year-old grandfather spent a sixth night in hospital.

The meeting came two weeks after EU foreign policy chief Josep Borrell was publicly humiliated by Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during a trip to Moscow.

The British Prime Minister also declares there is “no credible route to a zero-COVID world”.

The probe, led by Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, is believed to be the most serious legal threat Trump is facing in his post-presidential life. 

Dominion Voting Systems has accused My Pillow chief executive Mike Lindell of spreading false conspiracy theories that Dominion’s machines rigged November’s presidential election.

Europe is turning away from Chinese leader Xi Jinping and his Belt and Road initiative.

The state television broadcaster on late Sunday carried a public announcement from the junta, formally called the State Administration Council, warning against the general strike.

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Shutting down the news is the act of a dictator and may have a powerful impact on whether the Biden administration pursues antitrust legislation.

Boeing has recommended suspending the use of 777 jets with the same type of engine of the flight that was forced into an emergency landing after it shed debris over Denver.

Iran has walked back a threat to shut down inspections of its nuclear plants but won’t respond directly to the US about five jailed Americans.

The monument to the architect of the Bolsheviks’ murderous Red Terror has dominated a Moscow square. Citizens will vote whether to reinstate the statue.

Forget about oil and arms. Coronavirus vaccines are emerging as the newest currency of choice in the Middle East.

The 518-year-old Mona Lisa has seen many things in her life on a wall, but rarely this: Almost four months with no Louvre visitors.

British Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab will also mark Britain’s return to the UN Human Rights Council by condemning the rights record of fellow council members China and Russia.

“People will be talking about this decades and decades and decades from now,” Anthony Fauci said on NBC’s Meet The Press.

The nine-month sentence of Pablo Hasel, known for his virulently anti-establishment raps, has prompted debate over freedom of expression in Spain.

Trump “should not define our future. We have got to define it for our self,” Arkansas Governor Asa Hutchinson said.

Annalisa Malara got a text last year from a high-profile patient. It read: “I’m alive because of you.”

Some Texans who were still able to turn on lights or keep their fridge running found themselves with bills of $USD5000 ($6353) or more for only five days of usage.

The hypnotic spirals were discovered February 18 spread across Anderson Creek, a 200-metre-wide tributary of the Tennessee River in north Alabama.

US officials are being urged to throw their support behind the former finance minister Mathias Cormann for the OECD’s top job.

An offshore oil spill has deposited tar across more than 160 kilometres of coastline in what officials are calling one of the country’s worst ecological disasters.

The former Sky News Australia chief is now a central player in the biggest upheaval in British broadcasting for more than three decades.

Among those who perished in homes that had lost their heating include an 11-year-old boy who died in his bed.

Argentina’s health minister, Ginés González García, has resigned at the request of the president over revelations that people with close ties to the government were given early access to COVID-19 vaccines.

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Debris from a United Airlines plane fell onto Denver suburbs during an emergency landing on Saturday after one of its engines suffered a catastrophic failure.

A settlement agreement has been reached in a lawsuit that alleged James Franco intimidated students at an acting and film school he founded into gratuitous and exploitative sexual situations.

The ruling upheld Navalny’s sentence of more than two years in prison and set Russia on a collision course with Western nations, which could impose additional sanctions on Moscow.

Israel will take a major step towards normality with the roll-out of a digital vaccination pass that will allow citizens to visit gyms, swimming pools and hotels.

Accusations fly over who was to blame for a mobile phone that signalled location of the emir’s daughter.

A well-known Greek actor and director has been arrested on rape charges, police say, as recent claims spark the country’s own #MeToo movement.

Pope Francis has put a 19th century English Catholic priest who was a distant relative of Britain’s Prince William on the path to sainthood.

Russia has registered the first case of a strain of new bird flu virus being passed to humans from birds but says the outbreak has been controlled.

The heir to the British throne went to a London hospital on Saturday to visit his father, who was admitted earlier his week for “observation and rest” after falling ill.

Cathay Pacific Airways is taking extreme measures to cope with new rules that require flight crew to quarantine in Hong Kong.