Correspondence released under the Official Information Act 1982 shows the tour’s promoter writing desperately to the NZ government to be allowed in.

The Karen National Union rebel group, which operates along the eastern border with Thailand, said on Tuesday it was bracing for a major government offensive.

With the situation in Myanmar now spiralling out of control and a major humanitarian crisis looming, the Australian government needs to act quickly.

The resignations followed the appointment of a new defence minister who celebrated the dictatorship that killed and tortured thousands of Brazilians.

They are among the estimated 20 million people around the world who keep cities clean. But despite risks, they miss out on the health services they need.

With his intense stare, cannonball head, bristling moustache and machine-gun style of speaking, Liddy looked like the archetypal bad guys he later depicted on TV.

The German shepherd nipped someone while on a walk on Monday while still adjusting to his new surroundings, a White House staffer said.

The city that never sleeps slipped into a COVID-era coma last March. But New York’s nightlife is back, with lights on for clubs and live shows from Friday.

Some see Taiwan’s religions of Daoism and Buddhism as encouraging the trend but experts say it is driven by a growing sense of isolation in the middle-class.

IPAC was formed last year, partly in response to China’s bullying of Australia after Prime Minister Scott Morrison called for an inquiry into the origins of the coronavirus pandemic.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio called the video of the attack “absolutely disgusting and outrageous” and said it was “absolutely unacceptable” that witnesses did not intervene.

The head of the World Health Organisation acknowledged his investigators were not able to access all the data they wanted during their trip to China.

The need for Australia to define what it stands for has never been more pressing and, it seems, never further from our grasp.

Several German regions have suspended use of the shots in people under 60 after reviewing the latest data on rare side-effects released by Germany’s medical regulator.

The teenager who shot the harrowing footage of George Floyd under the knee of a police officer told court she began recording because “it wasn’t right, he was suffering, he was in pain”.

SpaceX has chalked up another failed landing for its futuristic, bullet-shaped Starship, as the prototype Mars rocket broke apart right before touchdown.

A UK police watchdog says that officers didn’t behave “in a heavy-handed manner” when they broke up a vigil for a London woman whose killing sparked an outcry about women’s safety.

Chinese authorities have said the changes are aimed at getting rid of loopholes and deficiencies that threaten national security.

The former heads of government are imploring the United Nations to act to stop the military killing spree.

It is still an idea, but one that already has substantial backing. It could avoid some of the nationalistic decisions made this time around.

Terrified villagers were forced back into Myanmar from Thailand as the junta bombed the borderlands and three ethnic armed groups vowed to join the resistance.

Indonesian police said the couple, married six months, used pressure cooker bombs in an attack on a Roman Catholic Cathedral.

“I felt he was acting in a highly flirtatious and inappropriate manner, especially in front of my family and neighbours,” the woman said.

Palma is the centre of one of Africa’s biggest gas deposits, where Total plans to extract liquified natural gas from offshore sites in the Indian Ocean.

The state prosecutor is preparing femicide charges for four Tulum police officers after an autopsy concluded they broke her neck when kneeling on her back.

Investigators are likely to examine the performance of the two Egyptian canal pilots aboard the Ever Given who were supposed to advise the captain.

The trial of a former Minneapolis police officer charged with killing George Floyd has begun, with prosecutors showing the jury video of Derek Chauvin pressing his knee on the black man’s neck.

Ghislaine Maxwell, a US citizen, has pleaded not guilty to charges brought a year after her ex-boyfriend Jeffrey Epstein was arrested on sex trafficking charges.

Speaking during a virtual White House briefing, Dr Rochelle Walensky grew emotional as she reflected on her experience treating COVID-19 patients.

Revelation throws into question how the US government can protect individuals, companies and institutions if it can’t protect itself.

The tugs blared their horns in jubilation as they guided the Ever Given through the water after days of futility that had captivated the world, drawing scrutiny and social media ridicule.

China is once again employing the strategy it has used to great effect to project its military power in the South China Sea.

A leaked draft version of the report, however, said that the transmission of the SARS-CoV-2 virus from animals to humans was the most likely scenario.

A graphic novel for children from the wildly popular Captain Underpants series is being pulled from library and bookshop shelves after its publisher said it “perpetuates passive racism”.

A contracted helicopter carrying guides and guests from a lodge on a heli-skiing trip in Alaska’s backcountry crashed, killing the pilot and four others, including the Czech Republic’s richest man.

40 years ago, just 70 days into his first term, US President Ronald Reagan and three others were shot and wounded by a gunman outside the Washington Hilton.

Kim Sang-jo raised the rent on his property two days before a government-imposed cap on increases took effect.

The cargo ship has been partially refloated after being stuck in the crucial waterway for six days and causing a massive traffic jam. The crew are very pleased.

The attacks in Palma started just hours after the French energy company Total announced that it would resume work on a huge natural gas project.

At least 500 people were being evacuated from a nearby village after a massive fire broke out at the Pertamina Balongan Refinery in Indonesia’s West Java province.

Video from Tulum shows a police officer kneeling on a woman’s back as she cries out, before four of them stand around her body, then load it onto a truck.

The laws to expand the state’s existing medical marijuana program and set up a a licensing and taxation system for recreational sales are expected to pass within days.

“It’s about time... I have spent more time on housing plans than wedding plans,” the NZ Prime Minister said on Monday.

One prospective juror said that she feared for her family’s safety if chosen for the trial of a white ex-police officer charged with killing George Floyd.

Russia’s President is keen to be seen as a strong leader while the state propaganda blitz portrays Joe Biden as a stumbling, doddery old man.

Egyptian President Abdel Fatah al-Sissi is preparing orders to unload the cargo from the ship, a risky operation requiring mega-cranes and helicopters.

The funeral of one of 114 protesters killed on Saturday was a target : “While we are singing the revolution song, security forces just arrived and shot at us.”

After beginning its free public vaccinations, the world’s fourth largest country hopes to next month begin selling millions of doses to companies for their employees and families.

With COVID-19 infections soaring, doctors in Paris have stepped up calls for another full national lockdown to replace evening curfews and regional curbs.

Scientists are working around the clock to find new vaccine-resistant variants in an effort to help end the pandemic.