Health experts were warning that big crowds risk fuelling a resurgence in COVID-19 infections.

NZ has 10 million doses of Pfizer on order in 2021, enough for two doses for its entire population.

President Emmanuel Macron’s rival Marine Le Pen had hoped to use the regional elections as a springboard for next year’s national ballot.

He’s the veteran American pollster whose advice led to the US government abandoning the term “global warming” and he’s got a new goal.

“We took note of Chairman Kim’s recent statement, referring to both dialogue and confrontation. We will be prepared for either,” the US envoy said in Seoul.

Tourism is booming in Tibet as more Chinese travel in-country because of the coronavirus pandemic, posing risks to the region’s fragile environment and historic sites.

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Eight children in a van from a youth home for abused or neglected children were killed in a fiery multi-vehicle crash, the most devastating blow from a tropical depression that caused flash floods and spurred tornadoes in Alabama.

Beccy Serou didn’t see her daughter’s text message until 40 minutes after it was sent. When she tried to respond, her daughter’s phone was off.

Choice of flowers in book one of the numerous personal “nuggets tucked within the book” to honour Diana, Meghan Markle revealed.

Footage showed a BBC journalist making his way through an aggressive mob of anti-vaccination protesters who accused the journalist of “lying” about lockdowns.

In the past 24 hours, around a dozen districts have fallen to the Taliban — mostly in the country’s north - the culmination of an insurgent offensive.

China has rejected the theory that the virus originated in a lab in Wuhan, the Chinese city where the first cases were reported. 

Australia has reciprocal social security agreements with 31 foreign governments, but citizens in other countries are left without financial support.

Scott Morrison’s office spent weeks planning a secret G7 side trip for the Prime Minister to explore his convict family roots.

The breakdown in talks coincided with confirmation that Iran’s only nuclear power plant had undergone an unexplained emergency shutdown.

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Officials said the Hong Kong government has demanded staff sign a letter supporting Beijing’s claim to Taiwan.

The Israeli Foreign Ministry said Ebrahim Raisi’s election as president should “prompt grave concern among the international community”.

Cuba, whose biotech sector has exported vaccines for decades, has opted not to import foreign vaccines but rather to rely on its own.

The EU said because Banksy “has chosen to be anonymous” his “identity cannot be legally determined”, leading to his trademark to be cancelled on two more pieces.

Brazil has recorded half a million COVID-19 deaths, a toll second only to the US that shows few signs of easing.

The director of a new Pixar animation has dashed the LGBTQ community’s hope that the film Luca is the company’s first major homosexual production.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Saturday announced the passing of their German shepherd Champ, who they called a “constant, cherished companion” for 13 years.

Searchers combed a North Carolina river Friday for two missing tubers after a family on a recreational float went over a dam, resulting in three deaths and the rescue of four people from the water.

Ebrahim Raisi has been congratulated on his victory by the other two candidates, but his dark past troubles Washington DC.

The star witness in tell-all The Closet of the Vatican, gay activist Francesco Lepore writes about “Vladimirum Putin” being called “pro homicida habet” (a killer).

The World Health Organisation’s chief scientist says the variant, more infectious than others, will soon be dominant globally.

In a rare move, the United Nations General Assembly has voted overwhelmingly for an arms embargo against Myanmar’s junta, although China and India abstained.

Indonesia is experiencing its biggest surge of the virus since February but Bali’s deputy governor says the province is ready to welcome foreign tourists in July.

Beijing says Dong Jingwei is still running counter-intelligence and warning against foreign agents - but rumours persist that he is now in Washington DC.

The head of the British Pregnancy Advisory Service said calls for women “of childbearing age” to avoid alcohol sounded like advice from The Handmaid’s Tale.

Friends of Australian Sean Turnell fear that the junta need to convict him if they’re to find Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of passing information to foreigners.

The European Union on Friday added the US to a list of countries for which travel restrictions should gradually be lifted. The list applies to all American tourists, vaccinated or not, for nonessential travel.

In his first direct comments on US President Joe Biden’s administration, Kim said preparing for dialogue and confrontation would protect the dignity of his country.

Eight flights were cancelled and 10 schools were shut down in the northern Japanese city of Sapporo after a bear shoved its way onto a military base.

Females don’t hit sexual maturity until their late 50s, a new study said, and maybe strangest of all, they are pregnant for a long time.

It is now trapping an “unprecedented” amount of heat, NASA says after two measurement methods arrived at the same conclusion.

Gaza and Israel both launched small-scale attacks as negotiators continue to wrangle the details of the cease-fire and 8000 remain homeless.

The clock is ticking for some 8000 skilled migrants like Amir Tawdrows who meet all the criteria except for a travel exemption.

“It’s not a black thing because none of us are free until we are all free,” said the 94-year-old activist known as the “Grandmother of Juneteenth”.

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When Scott Morrison left his hotel room last Sunday, he made sure one important document was tucked away in his bag.

Would-be audience members don’t have to be born in the USA to see the Boss perform - but it will help to be vaccinated in the USA.

The charity said that their website serves to provide readers with a “full picture” of those its commemorates - but has no plans to remove Blyton’s plaque.

If all goes well, some of the first pills developed in the US could be ready by the end of the year.

Officials said the infant was in good health and that the boatman would receive a house and benefits for his heroic rescue.

By focusing on an array of real or imagined disasters, Republicans avoid addressing the crisis in democracy created by Trump with his efforts to nullify the election,

COVID-19 cases are surging across Africa as health workers warn that a third wave is now taking hold on the continent.  

On June 18, 1983, flight engineer Dr Sally Ride was the first US women to enter space but the media chose to focus on the personal.