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World - New Zealand Herald News - 7 hours ago

Zohran Mamdani: His meteoric rise from state assemblyman to mayor of New York

New York Times: His campaign empowered a new coalition of younger voters and immigrants.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 7 hours ago

Seven dead, multiple injuries after UPS cargo plane crashes in US city of Louisville

A long trail of fiery debris and plumes of smoke can be seen across Louisville.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 8 hours ago

Zohran Mamdani to be New York mayor, as Democrats sweep New Jersey, Virginia governor races

Results suggest a shift in political mood as the US looks to next year’s Midterms.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 9 hours ago

Voter interest in New York’s mayoral election is the highest in decades, with two million casting ballots

New York Times: In the 2021 election, turnout was 23%, a modern-day low. That's changed.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 10 hours ago

US strike on alleged drug boat kills two in eastern Pacific

At least 67 people have died in US maritime strikes since September.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 10 hours ago

Virginia gets its first female governor as Democrats flip state in test of Trump’s second term

Democrat Abigail Spanberger wins back the governor's mansion for her party.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 11 hours ago

Three dead after UPS cargo plane crashes in US city of Louisville

A long trail of fiery debris and plumes of smoke can be seen across Louisville.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 11 hours ago

UPS cargo plane crashes in US city of Louisville

A long trail of fiery debris and plumes of smoke can be seen across Louisville.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 11 hours ago

Several dead after fire rips through Tuzla, Bosnia nursing home

Flames tore through the upper floor of a Tuzla nursing home on Tuesday night.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 12 hours ago

Antarctica’s Hektoria Glacier retreats 8km in weeks, fastest on record

Hektoria Glacier lost 8km of ice in just two months.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 12 hours ago

Planes halted at Reagan National Airport for 90 minutes over bomb threat to incoming flight

A caller targeted an inbound United Airlines flight.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 12 hours ago

UPS cargo plane crashes in US city of Louisville: FAA

'This is an active scene with fire and debris. Stay away,' Louisville police said.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 13 hours ago

French authorities do DNA test to identify body chopped in half and found on a riverbank

Police believe the victim was a 75-year-old Swiss man missing since Friday.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 13 hours ago

The Maldives, where about a fifth of the population uses tobacco, brings in generational smoking ban

The smoking ban also extends to tourists.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 14 hours ago

US seeks two-year UN mandate for Gaza stabilisation force - a key part of Trump plan

New York Times: Deployment of international troops could reinforce the fragile ceasefire.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 14 hours ago

Campaigner Alan Bates understood to have settled UK Post Office scandal case after two decades

More than 900 sub-postmasters were wrongfully prosecuted as a result of faulty software.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 15 hours ago

A third of Australian households are going hungry

Almost half of renters and most Australians with a disability reported hunger.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 15 hours ago

Explainer: What to know about elections in New York, New Jersey, Virginia and California

First big elections under Trump poised to deliver signals to both sides ahead of Midterms.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 16 hours ago

Dick Cheney helped shape the old Republican Party, only to see it transformed by Trump and Maga

He elevated the power of the vice-presidency, embracing aggressive anti-terrorism tactics.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 16 hours ago

Trump says Jews who vote for Mamdani in New York are ‘stupid’

The President has threatened to cut federal funding to New York.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 16 hours ago

Rail crew member Samir Zitouni named as hero of Huntingdon train attack

Samir Zitouni, 48, remains critically ill after tackling the attacker.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 16 hours ago

Administration hints furloughed workers may not be paid after shutdown

Updated notices tell staff only ‘excepted’ workers will receive back pay.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 17 hours ago

Afghanistan earthquake survivors face freezing winter without shelter

Families who lost homes now face freezing nights in makeshift tents.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 17 hours ago

US government shutdown ties record for longest in history

A record six-week closure looms as food aid for 42 million Americans stalls.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 18 hours ago

Typhoon Kalmaegi floods Cebu as death toll rises above 40

Cebu province has confirmed 39 deaths as widespread flooding devastates towns.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 19 hours ago

Chancellor expected to target Britain’s wealthy with exit and mansion taxes among other options

A long-list of possible tax increases are being considered by Chancellor of the Exchequer.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 19 hours ago

China started separating its economy from the West years ago and plans greater self-reliance

NYT analysis: Beijing can pressure the US economy. It's harder to block China in return.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 19 hours ago

Villagers in the Swiss Alps, who lost their homes when a glacier smashed downhill, want to stay

New York Times: Higher temperatures are thawing permafrost that acts as a mountain glue.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 19 hours ago

Dick Cheney, powerful former US vice-president under George W. Bush, dies at 84

He served two terms as George W. Bush’s vice-president from 2001 to 2009.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 20 hours ago

Trump’s power faces pressure test in the Supreme Court and at the ballot box as US shutdown grinds on

New York Times: Experts say it's a test of his go-to governance style unilateralism.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 20 hours ago

Hackers infiltrating trucking and freight companies in a bid to steal and sell cargo shipments

It could cost companies and consumers billions of dollars, cybersecurity research says.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 20 hours ago

Mamdani’s mayoral election lead has withstood Republicans, establishment Democrats and Wall Street

If the New Yorker can make it there, can he - or a candidate like him - make it anywhere?

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

American father and son killed by swarm of deadly Asian hornets on zipline

Daniel Owen, 47, and his son Cooper, 15, were ziplining at a Laos resort.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Worker dies after medieval tower under renovation partly collapses in Rome

The 13th‑century Torre dei Conti was under EU‑funded restoration work.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Worker rescued after medieval tower under renovation partly collapses in Rome

The 13th‑century Torre dei Conti was under EU‑funded restoration work.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Tanzania President sworn in as opposition says hundreds killed in protests

An internet blackout cut Tanzania off for days after the disputed vote.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Turkey, Muslim allies say Palestinian self-rule key to Gaza future

The seven-nation bloc met in Istanbul to back a Palestinian-led recovery.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Typhoon Kalmaegi makes landfall as 150,000 evacuated in Philippines

More than 156,000 people have fled coastal homes across central provinces.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

The curse of seat 11A: Only survivor of Air India crash reveals he is a broken man

Vishwash Kumar Ramesh's brother was among 260 killed in the June 12 crash.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Kookaburra swoops in mid-vows to interrupt Gold Coast wedding

The bird swooped in mid-ceremony as guests burst into laughter.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Millions of Americans to get reduced food aid during government shutdown

The shutdown could set a record at 36 days with no deal in sight.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Spain regional leader resigns, a year after deadly floods

Carlos Mazon quit a year after protests by families of the flood victims.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Mushroom cook killer Erin Patterson launches appeal of murder convictions

Patterson was sentenced to at least 33 years in prison in September.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Christian, Muslim Nigerians push back on threatened US strikes

President Bola Tinubu called religious tolerance a ‘core tenet’ of Nigeria.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Israel arrests former top army lawyer over abuse video

Her resignation letter admits her office leaked the footage last year.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Earthquake in Afghanistan kills 20, injures more than 500

The 6.3-magnitude tremor struck near Mazar-i-Sharif at a depth of 28km.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Medieval tower under renovation partially collapses in Rome, trapping worker

Firefighters say signs suggest the trapped worker is still alive.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

With Egypt stuck in an economic crisis, inflation has even struck the cost of tipping

NY Times: With Egypt stuck in an economic crisis, even the cost of tipping is rising.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

New ‘game-changer’ technology catches suspects within seconds of being turned on in central London

The technology is about to be rolled out nationwide in Britain.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

‘Heroic’ worker praised as man charged over UK train stabbings