The New Zealand Ministry of Health is carrying out “urgent testing” after two more people tested positive for COVID-19 after leaving hotel quarantine.

Despite pressure not to speak out, Zhang has been organising relatives of coronavirus victims in China to demand accountability from officials.

A new report accuses the government of money-laundering and being indifferent to the devastating impact on its people.

Treasurer Josh Frydenberg said reality did not match the rhetoric of Xi Jinping after the Chinese President told world leaders the “strong should not bully the weak”.

Breaking from the previous government, the 43-year-old also pledged not to spend any more public money to support Estonia’s fossil fuel industry, and end oil shale mining by 2040.

In a report, the top human rights watchdog also found that traditionally patriarchal relationships in the South Korean mayor’s office had created conditions that led to harassment and abuse.

Republican Senator Rand Paul’s proposal argued the former president couldn’t be tried as a private citizen. It was defeated 55-45.

They are accused of using a practice they called “auto-subscribing” to charge monthly fees for unsolicited messages about celebrity gossip, horoscopes, jokes, love tips and trivia.

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The Netherlands’ first curfew since World War II was imposed on Saturday despite weeks of falling infections.

A simple majority was needed in the Democratic-controlled chamber for his confirmation.

The panel only wants humans to make decisions on launching nuclear warheads.

With existing purchases, the White House expects to be able to deliver enough of the two-dose regimens to states to vaccinate 300 million people.

The British PM appeared sombre at a news conference held in Downing Street and said he accepted full responsibility for the handling of the pandemic.

The government had opposed the farmers’ rally, saying it would be a “national embarrassment” if it overshadowed Republic Day.

Britain opposes China’s national security law and says it is in breach of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration, which frames Hong Kong’s sovereign status.

Call comes as Biden adjusts US policy in a more robust way toward Russia after his predecessor, Donald Trump, refused to take on Putin directly. 

Lawyers for the British socialite also complained that not enough black and Hispanic grand jurors were used to indict her.

An “unseemly” dispute has broken out between Europe and the pharmaceutical companies behind two key coronavirus vaccines.

Giuseppe Conte handed in his resignation to the head of state, hoping he will be given an opportunity to put together a new coalition and rebuild his parliamentary majority.

The US had accused Iraq of "environmental terrorism" after millions of barrels of Kuwaiti crude flooded into the Persian Gulf.

Roaming groups of rioters set fires, threw rocks and looted stores in violence triggered by a night curfew aimed at curbing the coronavirus.

First opened in about 1873, the Antiquarium was damaged by bombing during World War II and again in 1980, when a deadly earthquake rocked the Naples area.

German officials were concerned the vaccine may not receive approval from the EU’s medicines authority for use in the age group, newspapers had reported.

Indian security officials said clashes came after at least 18 Chinese soldiers tried to cross into Indian-claimed territory at Naku La in Sikkim on January 20.

At the Chinese border, there will be an expedited six-hour “clearance time” for perishable goods, such as seafood, and reduced tariffs for other products.

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Three men who represent the country’s church, state and commerce have been infected by the virus in a potent reminder of just how bad things have become.

The Chinese leader’s 25-minute Davos speech was a masterclass in double-speak.

It comes less than a week after his executive order directing the US government to implement protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.

Joe Biden is expected to be as tough on China as Donald Trump, but he will need to pull together enough of the rest of the world’s economies to give Xi Jinping pause for thought.

A Texan teenager who tipped off the FBI about his father’s alleged involvement in the Capitol riots said he would “do it again”.

Despite the changed nature of Washington, Trump’s second impeachment trial appears destined to end just as his first did.

Conte’s decision leaves Italy with no straightforward path to reestablishing a workable government, even as the pandemic rages on.

Of all the stadiums, conference centres and other venues commandeered for the rollout, this one is by far the most unique.

The redesigned bill featuring Harriet Tubman was initially due to be unveiled last year, but those efforts were halted by ex-president Donald Trump.

The director general of the ILO said the impact of the coronavirus pandemic had not only been greater than that of the GFC but also the Great Depression.

The comments neither deny the existence of the property itself nor contradict Navalny’s investigation.

Moderna’s vaccine is effective against new variants of the coronavirus that have emerged in Britain and South Africa, the company has announced.

The Chinese President warned of possible confrontation if countries pursue a policy of economic decoupling from China.

Dominion has accused Rudy Giuliani of defamation in what it called his “big lie” campaign about widespread fraud in the presidential election, court documents show.

New Zealand’s first local case in more than two months is a patient who contracted the highly transmissible South African variant while in quarantine.

The Morrison government will face significant pressure to join US military action in the Taiwan Strait if Beijing carries out its threats.

Approval of the new US President’s COVID relief package, Donald Trump’s second impeachment and a pesky filibuster rule all point to a possible gridlock.

The United Nations estimates that nearly 80 per cent of Syrians live under the poverty line.

After watching him jettison his anti-corruption pledges and botch Brazil’s coronavirus response, some say they were wrong to back the Trump of the Tropics.

The move comes just days after Dr Anthony Fauci said he was following developments related to the new coronavirus variant “very carefully”.

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The rioting youths took to the streets to protest against the new nationwide curfew designed to help curb the spread of coronavirus in the Netherlands.

The infected woman has the South African strain of COVID-19 and testing has been ramped up across Auckland and New Zealand’s north in an attempt to prevent any outbreak.