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To photograph one of rarest creatures on Earth you have to be incredibly skilled and remarkably lucky. But Sergey Gorshkov is clearly both - as demonstrated by his stunning picture of a Siberian, or Amur, tiger dee
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has won a landslide victory in the country's general election. With all votes tallied, Ardern's Labour Party won 49.1%, bringing a projected 64 seats and a rare outright pa
Millions in New Zealand are heading to the polls today in the country's general elections. The election was originally due to be held in September but was postponed by a month after a renewed Covid-19 outbreak.
Singapore diners have jumped at the opportunity to have lunch on a stationary Airbus A380 parked at the city's main airport. Despite a price tag of up to US $496, the first two seating dates sold out within half an
The World Bank says extreme poverty is set to rise this year for the first time in more than two decades, with coronavirus expected to push up to 115 million people into that category. The Bank says the pandemic is
Facebook has deleted a post in which US President Donald Trump had claimed COVID-19 was "less lethal" than the flu. Trump is at the White House after three days of hospital treatment having tested positive for the virus
US President Donald Trump says he is doing well, but that the next few days will be the "real test". The video, posted on Twitter, comes after mixed messages earlier in the day about his health, after a COVID-19 di
Social media sites like Twitter, Facebook and Tiktok has said it will suspend users who openly use the platform to express hope that US President Donald Trump dies from his ongoing battle with COVID-19. Twitter has
A source familiar with the US President Donald Trump's health has told reporters that the next 48 hours will be critical in determining how he fares. Trump and his wife tested positive for COVID-19 on Friday. The P
US President Donald Trump has been taken to hospital less than 24 hours after testing positive for coronavirus. Trump began displaying "mild symptoms" of COVID-19 yesterday after disclosing that he and his wife had
Wakaya Island owner and US heiress, Clare Bronfman has been sentenced to six years and nine months in prison for her role in a New York self-help organisation that United States federal prosecutors say engaged in forced
NSW and South Australia are set to be the first states to welcome New Zealand tourists as part of a travel bubble. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said today the arrangement will initially be only one-way,
Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison has joined the debate over gender-inclusive toilets. Liberal Senator Claire Chandler could be dragged before the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Commission after saying wome
The presidential debate commission says it will soon adopt changes to its format to avoid a repeat of the disjointed first meeting between President Donald Trump and Democrat Joe Biden. The commission said the deba
Walt Disney has announced it will lay off 28,000 employees, mostly at its US theme parks. Disney cited the parks' limited visitor capacity and uncertainty about how long the coronavirus pandemic would last as reaso
The number of people worldwide who have died from Covid-19 has passed one million, with many regions still reporting surging numbers of new infections. According to a tally by Johns Hopkins University the death tol
A man in the US state of Maryland has been sentenced to one year in prison for throwing two large parties at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. 42-year-old Shawn Marshall Myers was found guilty of two counts o
The Samoan government has extended its Covid-19 State of Emergency until 26 October. The Samoa Observer reported the weekend announcement by Cabinet will take the country into the seventh month of restrictions desp
A total of 108 surviving pilot whales have been released back into the sea after a mass stranding in Australia. Marine Experts believe Macquarie Harbour on Tasmania's west coast is now clear of live whales. Bu
A stabbing in Paris that left two people seriously injured is being treated as a terror attack. The French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin said the attack near the former office of satirical magazine Charlie Heb
