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Trump administration withdraws US from WHO amendments on health policy

Trump's administration began withdrawing from the World Health Organisation on January 20.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 10 hours ago

US brokers ceasefire as Israel, Syria clash in Druze heartland

A UN organisation said 79,339 people have been displaced since Sunday.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 10 hours ago

CEO caught in ‘affair’ at Coldplay concert under investigation

Videos of the incident went viral, gaining millions of views on TikTok.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 10 hours ago

Dozens of Russian spies exposed, UK imposes largest-ever sanctions

GRU units targeted Yulia Skripal's phone before the 2018 Novichok attack.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 11 hours ago

Three teens die in Mackay crash, police seek dashcam footage

Three teenagers died in a head-on crash in northern Queensland on Friday night.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 12 hours ago

‘Gangster granny’ and family jailed for $180m cocaine operation

Deborah Mason, the 65-year-old leader, was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 13 hours ago

Trump files $16b lawsuit against Murdoch, WSJ over Epstein letter claim

The US President denies writing a suggestive letter to Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 16 hours ago

Air India crash: Pilot Sumeet Sabharwal under scrutiny for fuel cut-off

He planned to resign to care for his father after his mother's death.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 17 hours ago

CBS cancels ‘Late Show’ after Colbert criticises Trump settlement

The cancellation is a financial decision, not related to show performance.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 17 hours ago

Starlink internet slows with more users, study finds

Starlink's speed issues arise with as few as 419 users in 160sq km areas.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 18 hours ago

Visitor eats $10.4m banana artwork at French museum

The artwork, called 'Comedian', was by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 18 hours ago

Visitor eats $6.2m banana artwork at French museum

The artwork, called 'Comedian', was by Italian artist Maurizio Cattelan.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 19 hours ago

A handshake in orbit 50 years ago transformed the space race

New York Times: How the first international human spaceflight came together.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 19 hours ago

Three officers dead in Los Angeles training facility explosion

A bomb squad was moving explosives when the blast happened, according to media.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

US Republicans approve Trump’s $9b cuts to foreign aid, public broadcasting

Most of the cuts target aid for countries hit by disease, war and disasters.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

New book questions Richard III’s role in princes’ disappearance, claims survival

Two skeletons were found in a wooden box at the Tower and reburied at Westminster.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

South Korea to end private adoptions after landmark probe

The country will end its private agency adoptions after finding widespread irregularities.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Holy Family Church has been a place of refuge during war, but is damaged after a deadly Israeli strike

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu expressed regret for the strike which killed three people.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Man wearing neck chain is pulled into MRI machine during a scan in New York, police say

New York Times: The man, who was not authorised to be in the room, was critically injured.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Thai scandal: Proposal to prosecute women for sex with monks sparks misogyny claim

At least 9 monks have been defrocked after allegedly being extorted by the woman.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Trump tells Justice Department to seek the release of Epstein grand jury testimony

Justice Dept told to seek the release of 'all pertinent' grand jury testimony.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Trump threatens to sue Wall Street Journal over story on alleged 2003 letter to Epstein

The letter is said to feature Trump's signature as part of a crude drawing.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Lula slammed Brazilian politicians who back Trump’s policies as ‘traitors to the homeland’

Trump has linked the tariffs to a 'witch hunt' against former president Jair Bolsonaro.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Their relationship is under scrutiny after Trump Administration withheld parts of investigation files

New York Times: Their past relationship is under scrutiny.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

New US assessment finds underground site at the focus of US strikes in Iran badly damaged

New York Times: Some experts are sceptical, saying Iran has other sites that weren't hit.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Maurene Comey, a federal prosecutor who worked on the Epstein case, told colleagues not to give into fear

New York Times: Maurene Comey is the daughter of James Comey, a former FBI director.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Andrew Tate accused of sexually assaulting Canadian influencer in Romania

Telegraph: Canadian YouTuber claims she was strangled by Tate after night out in Romania.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

In September, Homeland Security will end temporary protections for more than 50,000 Hondurans and Nicaraguans

Homeland Security says programme ending as 'conditions have improved' in those countries.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Air India crash: Boeing 787 fuel control switch probe finds no issues

Investigation details disclosed to pilots after switches face srutiny.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

54 people killed in 24 hours of heavy monsoon rain in Pakistan

Torrential rains caused urban flooding, house collapses in Punjab province.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Democrats scathing at US ‘retreat’ from the world, with $15b in cuts to foreign aid formalised

'We will not be lectured about the issue of food aid,' says State Dept spokeswoman.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Senate approves US President Trump’s bill to cut spending, sending it to the House

The legislation hands the Trump administration a victory in its ongoing power struggle.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Senator Ron Wyden has been digging into Epstein’s vast financial network for the past three years

NY Times: Confidential bank reports show an enormous financing machine behind Epstein.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Trump’s bruised hand, swollen legs due to vein condition, says White House

There had been speculation about the US President's heavily bruised hand and swollen legs.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Pope Francis used to nightly call the Church of the Holy Family and priest Gabriel Romanelli

Ten other people were wounded in Israeli tank fire including the parish priest.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Identities of agents and elite soldiers are among UK’s most closely guarded state secrets

Telegraph: Their identities are understood to have been included in a leaked spreadsheet.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Austrian daredevil Felix Baumgartner dies in Italy paraglider crash

Baumgartner famously jumped from the edge of the Earth's atmosphere in a 2012 stunt.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Engineer Leslie Holton led a group of university students to create tool that simulates finding breast tumour

'This idea that I had 20 years ago is now a thing. It’s amazing; it really is.'

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

In an increasingly multipolar world, most countries don’t want to choose sides between hegemons

NYT Opinion: Middle powers would prefer the US plays an important, if less dominant, role.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Melbourne woman charged with attempted murder after house fire injures girls

The fire occurred on May 21, tearing through a townhouse in the city's southeast.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Air India crash: US officials believe captain likely cut off fuel supply

US officials believe the captain cut off the fuel supply before the crash.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Grand Canyon fire has North Rim residents wary of an uncertain future

New York Times: Tourism staff at the North Rim of the Grand Canyon count the fire fallout.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Migration fears turn Europe’s borderless dreams into traffic nightmares

New York Times: Germany, Poland, Austria, France, Italy, Netherlands bring checks back.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Puerto Ricans hope famous son’s return will also showcase the US island territory

Bad Bunny has started a 30-show concert series in San Juan, drawing fans from everywhere.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

China’s aircraft carriers push into waters long dominated by US

New York Times: Exercises involving two aircraft carriers were held in seas near Japan.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Blaze at shopping centre in Kut, Iraq, claims 50-plus lives, injures dozens

The shopping centre had opened just five days before the fire.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Chinese farmer makes splash with homemade submarine

The sub can dive to eight metres and stay underwater for 30 minutes.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Taiwan holds air raid drills as China threat looms

Drills simulated wartime aid distribution and a mass-casualty event.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Driver sentenced after crashing into tractor and damaging homes in the UK

Families were left homeless after the crash in the northern English city of Chester.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Texas woman charged with attempted murder using fentanyl-laced chocolates

Pamela Stanley, 63, was charged with attempted murder using fentanyl.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Teen dies after AI sextortion scam; rise in ‘nudify’ app blackmail

AI tools are increasingly used to create fake nudes targeting children.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

The apartment is home to the widow and son of Chizuo Matsumoto, executed founder of Aum Supreme Truth cult

The cult, which carried out a Tokyo attack 30 years ago, is splintered in three factions.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Decades after a Nazi captain stole an erotic Roman mosaic, it returns to Pompeii

The mosaic will be temporarily displayed in Pompeii’s Antiquarium Museum.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

DOJ fires Maurene Comey, prosecutor involved in Jeffrey Epstein and Diddy cases

Maurene Comey worked on prominent cases, including Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Detainees report relentless mosquitoes, limited water in the Florida Everglades holding centre

The $758m detention centre lacks permanent structures.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Israel turns on the new Syrian regime by striking the Ministry of Defence building in Damascus

Telegraph analysis: What to know about the latest flashpoint in the Middle East.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

First the high and then the crash - drug-related distress in Ibiza puts island’s public ambulance service at risk

NYT: In peak season, more than a quarter of all calls for ambulances are to nightclubs.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Astronomers observe birth of a solar system for first time

The minerals around the star were first spotted by the James Webb Telescope.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Noaa was developing tool to help communities prepare for extreme rainfall. Trump officials stopped it

It would have projected how climate change could affect rainfall frequency and intensity.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Lava spews from 2.4km fissure in volcanic eruption on Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula

Residents were advised to stay indoors due to high gas pollution levels.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Four Labour MPs suspended for breaking party discipline following a revolt over welfare cuts

MPs say they were representing their constituents in opposing cuts to disability benefits.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

7.3-magnitude quake strikes off Alaska, tsunami warning issued

Authorities have issued a tsunami warning for South Alaska and the Alaska peninsula.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Alaska earthquake: 7.3-magnitude quake strikes off Alaska, tsunami warning withdrawn

A tsunami with a maximum height of 6.1cm was observed at Sand Point.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Eight healthy babies born using new IVF technique to cut risk of passing on genetic diseases

The new technique offers an 'important reproductive option' for families, an expert said.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Nearly 500 tonnes of food intended for malnourished children to be destroyed

The high-energy biscuits passed their July expiration date in a warehouse in Dubai.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Donald Trump denies plans to fire Federal Reserve chairman Jerome Powell

Stocks initially sank but rebounded after the President's denial of firing Powell.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

What to know about the ‘Epstein files’ - now haunting the White House

New York Times: It's evolved from a legal trail into a recipe for conspiracy theories.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Elon Musk launches AI girlfriend available to 12-year-olds

Ani is a chatbot designed to engage in sexual conversations with users.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Trump decries ‘stupid’ Republicans as Epstein row grows

The US President's comments have caused a split within his administration.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Israel strikes Damascus after warning Syria over Druze violence

The strikes killed one person and wounded 18 others, the health ministry said.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Gaza aid point crush kills 20 people

The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation blamed the chaos on 'agitators' in the crowd.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Older, white males without university education feel most restricted in what they can say, study finds

Telegraph: Nearly half of people surveyed - 49% - thought people are too easily offended.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

It was unbelievable - Andrew Roth, 97, remembers the day he was liberated from Buchenwald with complete clarity

The USC Shoah Foundation arranged their meeting to preserve first-hand accounts.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Videos from the Amazon reveal ocelots and opossums seeming to team up for hunting

New York Times: 'Like two old friends walking home from a bar' a researcher said of video.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Broken promises and conspiracy theories: Why the ‘Epstein files’ have caused a MAGA firestom - The Front Page

The long-awaited release of fresh info on Jeffrey Epstein has sparked political angst.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

US immigration policy echoes approaches tried before in Australia, Britain and elsewhere

It also reflects past attempts to deal with people offshore, such as at Guantanamo Bay.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Diplomatic sources say profits from $390b seized by the EU could form new war chest

Telegraph: Under the most likely plan, a Nato-controlled cash pot will be topped up.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

US agents seize $16m in crypto linked to Sinaloa cartel fentanyl raids

Raids uncovered drugs hidden in produce, such as meth in cucumbers and blueberries.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Trump Administration last month deployed thousands of National Guard members to Los Angeles

California governor calls for guardsmen still remaining in the city to also be sent home.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Willie Walsh says video recordings would ‘significantly assist’ accident investigations

The comments follow the preliminary report into last month's Air India crash.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Former Thai PM Thaksin Shinawatra faces royal defamation trial in Bangkok

Thaksin faces up to 15 years' prison if convicted of royal defamation charges.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

See images of solar eruptions on the sun in unprecedented detail

Nasa's probe captured images 6 million km from the sun.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

At Sydney’s Northern Beaches, the modified bikes speed between vehicles and pedestrians regularly

A police operation uncovered widespread use of e-bikes that don't comply with NSW rules.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Blood tests show promise in early cancer detection, and further large-scale studies are planned

Start-ups have developed tests to detect over a dozen cancers early.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Vance Boelter claimed he had been ‘approached’ by governor and ordered to kill state’s two senators

Acting US Attorney Joseph Thompson, leading the case, described the note as a fantasy.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

US House Speaker Mike Johnson and other Republicans break with US President over Epstein

Democrats pile on pressure, nearly forcing a vote to take up the issue on the House floor.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani proposes city-owned grocery stores amid inflation

The mayoral candidate proposes city-run grocery stores in each of NYC's five boroughs.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

What to know about Mamdani’s proposal for city-owned grocery stores amid inflation

The mayoral candidate proposes city-run grocery stores in each of NYC's five boroughs.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Roughly 1500 tarantulas found stuffed in boxes meant for chocolate cake

German customs officials found spiders crammed into containers inside red cake boxes.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Notorious killer Bradley Murdoch dies day after murder anniversary

Peter Falconio’s remains have never been found, and police are still seeking information.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Revealed: 24,000 Afghans offered asylum in UK after data breach

Britain offered asylum to nearly 24,000 Afghan soldiers and families.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Australia’s focus on deepening economic ties with China, amid security questions, carries its own risks

NYT analysis: Albanese aims to stabilise links with Beijing, despite US security pressure.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

French PM proposes cutting national holidays to cut debt

France may cut Easter Monday and May 8 to reduce national holidays.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Syrian forces accused of ‘executions’ in Druze area as Israel launches strikes

Israel launched strikes against Syrian forces defending Druze in Sweida.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Trump UN envoy pick chastised for discussing bombing on Signal

Mike Waltz discussed US military plans in a group chat that included a journalist.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Sycamore Gap vandals jailed for four years

The tree's destruction caused widespread outrage and distress globally.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Some Maga supporters have been left wondering who and what to believe about a case many focused on

New York Times Opinion: Trump seems in danger of being consumed by a conspiracy theory.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

UK children set for anti-misogyny lessons in schools to tackle ‘manosphere’ and ‘incel culture’

Secondary schools will also teach greater awareness of AI deepfakes.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Companies focus on ways of achieving energy efficiency as consumption keeps increasing

AI could consume 3% of the world’s electricity by 2030, the IEA says.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Asako Yuzuki’s novel ‘Butter’ captivates global audience with feminist critique of her country

Asako Yuzuki was inspired by Kanae Kijima, a woman sentenced to death in 2012.