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Sinn Féin, once considered the political wing of the IRA will be the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly for the first time, pushing the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) into second place. BBC News repor
Qantas has announced it will begin direct flights from Sydney to London and New York from 2025. The new routes will be the longest passenger flights in the world, and are expected to take more than 19 hours. A
The board of Twitter has agreed to a US $44 billion takeover offer from billionaire Elon Musk. Musk, who made the shock bid less than two weeks ago, said Twitter had "tremendous potential" that he would unlock.
A Japanese woman officially certified as the world's oldest person has died aged 119. Kane Tanaka was born in 1903. She got married a century ago and had four children. Tanaka spent her later years in a J
A US judge has held former President Donald Trump in contempt for failing to turn over files for an investigation into his business practices. The judge has ordered Trump pay a fine of US $10,000 per day until he c
The results in the French presidential elections are in and projections show incumbent Emmanuel Macron, who was favourite to win, has secured a second term with 58% of the votes. That gives him a second five-year
Authorities in Shanghai have said they will tighten the enforcement of lockdown measures, as a COVID surge continues in China's financial capital. The BBC reports new measures include placing electronic door alarms
Ukraine's president has told the world's finance ministers his country needs US $7 billion every month until the summer to keep functioning. Volodymyr Zelensky also said they will need hundreds of billions of doll
World Bank president David Malpass says the world faces a "human catastrophe" from a food crisis arising from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. He told the BBC that record rises in food prices would push hundreds of mi
Ukraine's allies have pledged to send more weapons to help it defend against a renewed Russian offensive. The US and other allies vowed to send artillery, anti-tank and air defence aid to Kyiv, during a 90-minute v
The U.S Embassy in Fiji says they are cooperating with Fijian authorities in the matter where the superyacht, Amadea belonging to a Russian oligarch has been docked at the Queens Wharf in Lautoka since last week. T
The US Food and Drug Administration has authorised a first-of-its-kind test that detects coronavirus using breath samples. The agency says the test delivers results within three minutes, but cautioned that it would
Tesla boss Elon Musk has offered to buy Twitter, saying he is the right person to "unlock" the social media platform's "extraordinary potential". In a surprise announcement, Musk says he would pay US $54.20 a share
Sixteen people have been injured in a shooting during the morning rush hour at a New York City subway station. The unidentified attacker detonated a smoke bomb and opened fire at Brooklyn's 36th Street station.
Food prices are soaring again in many countries. They had already reached their highest level on record earlier this year as the pandemic, poor weather and the climate crisis upended agriculture and threatened foo
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has been removed from office after a no-confidence motion brought against him succeeded by 174-0. This is the first time a no-confidence motion against a Prime Minister of Pak
Chinese authorities have extended their lockdown of Shanghai to cover all of its 25 million people after a fresh surge in Covid cases. Initially, there had been separate measures for the eastern and western sides,
Facebook users around the world have been waking up to find themselves locked out of their accounts for no apparent reason. The message many received reads: "Your Facebook account was disabled because it did not fo
Russia has announced it will "drastically reduce" military combat operations in two key areas of Ukraine "to boost mutual trust" in peace talks. The decision to scale back operations around the capital, Kyiv, and t
China has announced its biggest city-wide lockdown since the Covid outbreak began more than two years ago. The city of Shanghai will be locked down in two stages over nine days while authorities carry out Covid-19
