New Zealand

The novel coronavirus pandemic has infected almost 100 million people around the world, with over 2.1 million fatalities. Here are updates for January 25:

It's Australia Day, sparks are likely to fly, and not just from the fireworks and the traditional barbecues that mark the occasion.

Prime minister Scott Morrison also plays down comments by education minister on plan's potential

Monday: Sussan Ley signs Australia up to two international agreements to price in climate risk. Plus: why we shouldn't take the minimum wage for granted

Facebook Oversight Board to judge Donald Trump suspension

Australia has immediately suspended its green zone travel bubble with New Zealand out of an "abundance of caution," says Health Minister Greg Hunt.

Australia has put a stop to the New Zealand travel bubble for 72 hours after a South African variant of COVID-19 was detected in a woman after 14 days of

An Auckland woman has become New Zealand's first locally acquired COVID-19 case in more than two months.

NSW authorities have issued an alert for recent Kiwi arrivals after a COVID-19 case leaked from New Zealand's hotel quarantine system.

For a number of weeks.

As Chinese families weigh whether to gather for Lunar New Year, the country is experiencing the highest rates of infection since March 2020. But the source of the new outbreak is hotly debated.

The UK mutation of Covid-19 may be more deadly, Britain's PM says.

Tse Chi Lop is the most important alleged drug importer to be nabbed by the federal police in two decades. His syndicate is allegedly responsible for up to 70 per cent of all narcotics entering Australia.

A one-way travel bubble between the Cook Islands and New Zealand began on Thursday. On Auckland-bound flights, Cook…

Appearing in front of a Senate inquiry, Facebook staff said the company will ban news from Australian feeds if the news code goes through.

Sakaria Taufao, 51, from New Zealand, was sentenced to seven years in jail on Friday after a jury found him guilty of sexually assaulting the 18-year-old in Ipswich on September 5, 2015.

The nuclear-armed and dependent states have been put on notice. They know the treaty jeopardises their claimed right to continue to threaten the planet.

The Sunshine Coast Lightning's Cara Koenen is chasing her first start in the green and gold at the upcoming Constellation Cup.

A first-grader pulled his sister out of a car before running down a remote country road to save his mother who was still trapped inside the overturned car in New Zealand.

If we learned something from 2020 it's that you underestimate our ability to think and achieve outside the square at your peril. So get your passport ready!