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New Zealand's largest city has declared a state of emergency after torrential rain prompted widespread flooding and evacuations. The downpour in Auckland on Friday shifted houses, stalled traffic, and cut power to homes and businesses.…

China strongly criticised the United States at a World Trade Organization meeting on Friday, calling Washington a "unilateral bully" and a "rule breaker" in the latest escalation of rhetoric between the two trade rivals. China's…

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza claimed responsibility on Friday for rockets fired on Israel overnight amid international efforts to defuse tensions following one of the deadliest raids in the occupied West Bank in years.…

The International Criminal Court has said it will reopen its investigation into possible crimes against humanity in the Philippines over former president Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war, which led to the deaths of thousands of people. The…

Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has met Eritrea’s President Isaias Afwerki in Asmara during the Russian diplomat’s second tour of Africa to boost international support for Moscow’s war effort in Ukraine. The visit comes after…

Five Memphis police officers have been fired and are facing murder charges after Tyre Nichols, 29, died three days after a traffic stop on 7 January. Meanwhile, United States President Joe Biden says the protests in Tennessee should remain…

The U.S. has sanctioned a Chinese company for allegedly providing satellite imagery of Ukraine to support the mercenary Wagner Group’s combat operations for Russia. On Thursday, the U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets…

During the Lunar New Year holiday, Macau, the world's biggest gambling hub, experienced a vibrant atmosphere with tens of thousands of tourists filling its casinos and picturesque cobbled streets. This lively scene was a stark contrast to…

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, has excluded two companies from China and India for selling light combat aircraft and a weapons system to military-ruled Myanmar. In a statement from the Ethnic Board, the fund, valued…

According to NK News, North Korea has ordered a five-day lockdown of the capital Pyongyang amid rising cases of an unspecified respiratory illness likely to be a case of Covid-19. Citing a government announcement, the Seoul-based outlet…