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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern today launched her re-election campaign promising a “laser-like†focus on boosting jobs and economic growth hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. Ardern told her supporters tha
Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has seen his personal wealth rise to US $100 billion after the launch of a new short-form video feature. Facebook announced the US rollout of Instagram Reels, its rival to controver
An Air India Express plane with 191 people on board has crashed at an airport in the southern state of Kerala, killing at least 16 people. The Boeing 737, en route from Dubai, skidded off the runway in rain and bro
US President Donald Trump has issued an executive order banning any transactions with ByteDance, the Chinese company that owns the video-sharing app TikTok, starting in 45 days. Trump said in the order that the app
New York's Attorney General has announced a lawsuit aimed at dissolving the powerful National Rifle Association over alleged financial mismanagement. Letitia James said the NRA had diverted millions of dollars to l
The top U.S government official on infectious diseases, Dr Anthony Fauci says drugmakers will likely have tens of millions of doses of a coronavirus vaccine in the early part of next year, with production ramping up so
The US government has ordered 100 million doses of an experimental coronavirus vaccine. Johnson & Johnson, which is behind the jab, announced the US $1 billion deal, noting that the government may purchase a fu
A number of Beirut port officials are being placed under house arrest pending an investigation into Tuesday's huge explosion. The blast killed at least 135 people and injured more than 4,000 others. A two-week stat
Authorities in the Australian city of Melbourne have warned of a "dangerous" rise in people resisting lockdown measures, sometimes violently. Police said this trend included so-called "sovereign citizens" - who esp
A large blast in the Lebanese capital, Beirut, has killed at least 50 people and injured more than 2,700 others. The BBC reports that it is not yet clear what caused the explosion. Videos show smoke billowing
The head of the World Health Organization has said that while there is hope for a vaccine against COVID-19, one might never be found. The BBC reports that Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus told a news briefing there was "
The co-creator of the computer mouse, William English, has died aged 91. The BBC reports the engineer and inventor was born in 1929 in Kentucky and studied electrical engineering at university before joining the U
The Australian state of Victoria has declared a state of disaster and imposed new lockdown measures after a surge in coronavirus infections. Under the new rules, residents of the state capital Melbourne are subject
At least 10 people have died after drinking alcohol-based sanitiser after liquor shops were closed in a village in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. The village of Kurichedu has been placed in lockdown after a lo
North Korea has reported its first 'suspected' COVID-19 case. State media in North Korea says the suspected COVID-19 case involves a person who defected to South Korea three years ago and has now returned across th
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex are taking legal action in the U.S after drones were allegedly used to take pictures of their son Archie. A complaint filed in Los Angeles claims an unnamed person photographed 14-mon
The US has charged four Chinese nationals with visa fraud for allegedly lying about their membership of China's armed forces. BBC News reports three are under arrest while the FBI is seeking to arrest the fourth, w
Ten men, mostly Syrian refugees, have been found guilty over the gang rape of a woman outside a German nightclub. The 2018 attack in the city of Freiburg fuelled anti-foreigner sentiment, with protests by the far r
The UK and US have accused Russia of launching a weapon-like projectile from a satellite in space. It said actions like this "threaten the peaceful use of space". The US has previously raised concerns about th
A law enforcement review in Australia has found Police in Sydney asked a young woman to remove her tampon during a strip-search. BBC News reports it was among instances of police misconduct uncovered in an investi
