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Survey puts support at 61% – handing New Zealand PM an extra 40th birthday presentJacinda Ardern has been handed a 40th birthday present in a new poll showing Labour is on track to cruise to victory in this year’s New Zealand election.Her party charted…
Read MoreMany islanders in America live in large families and tight-knit communities, and work in frontline service industries, increasing their risk of exposure Pacific islanders living in the US are being hospitalised with Covid-19 at up to 10 times the rate …
Read MoreSecurity remains tight outside as crowds gather and relations between China and US worsenStaff at the US consulate in Chengdu have been making final efforts to clear the premises before Monday closure ordered by Beijing as relations with Washington con…
Read MoreAuthorities scour area after people try to swim from a boat to reach Langkawi island Malaysian authorities have launched a search for 24 Rohingya refugees who went missing while trying to swim to shore from a boat off the resort island of Langkawi.Musl…
Read MoreKim Jong-un imposes lockdown on Kaesong, calling it a ‘critical situation’ Coronavirus – latest updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageThe North Korean leader has declared an emergency and a lockdown in a border town after a person suspected of having …
Read MoreElders chief says Australia’s trade with China is being used as a ‘weapon for foreign affairs’Agricultural business leaders concerned about the impact rising tensions with China will have on exports are hoping to explore a “separation of powers” betwee…
Read MoreJustice department says Juan Tang lied about her background on a visa application, as US-China tensions growA Chinese researcher accused of concealing her ties to the Chinese military on a visa application was booked into a northern California jail, as…
Read MoreA spike in cases in the capital Port Moresby threatens to overwhelm the country’s health systemCoronavirus latest updatesPapua New Guinea’s Covid-19 outbreak could overwhelm its health system within days, the country’s pandemic chief has warned, as mas…
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Read MoreCountry cracking down on illegal wildlife trade after coronavirus originated in Chinese wet marketVietnam has banned all imports of wild animals, dead or alive, and announced a crackdown on illegal wildlife markets as part of efforts to reduce the risk…
Read MoreMove by Beijing comes in response to the closure of the Chinese consulate in Houston earlier this week and amid worsening relations between the countriesBeijing has ordered the closure of a US consulate in south-western China, in a move that escalates …
Read MoreProperty mogul Ren Zhiqiang accused of ‘severe violation of discipline and law’ and being disloyal to the partyAn influential former Chinese property executive and critic of President Xi Jinping has been ousted from China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP)…
Read MoreExiled journalist is offered a role at University of Canterbury amid celebration of successful application for refugee statusBehrouz Boochani granted refugee status in New Zealand“A protective cloak” will be draped over Kurdish Iranian exile Behrouz Bo…
Read MoreUS Secretary of state calls for countries to triumph over Beijing’s ‘new tyranny’ as four Chinese nationals charged with visa fraudUS secretary of state Mike Pompeo has called on “free nations” to triumph over the threat of what he said was a “new tyra…
Read MoreChairs of eight parliamentary foreign affairs committees say new security law infringes human rightsThe chairs of eight parliamentary foreign affairs committees from across Europe have written to the Chinese government in opposition to Hong Kong’s new …
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