World Dec 17 Powerful magnitude 7.3 earthquake causes widespread damage in Pacific island nation of Vanuatu A tsunami warning was called off less than two hours after Tuesday's quake.
World Nov 18 Proposed law threatening Māori rights sparks massive protests in New Zealand Thousands of people are marching the length of New Zealand in protest of a proposed law that would redefine the country’s founding agreement between Indigenous Māori and the British Crown.
World Oct 25 As Britain’s former colonies ask for slavery reparations, King Charles says past can’t be changed King Charles III has told a summit of Commonwealth countries in Samoa that the past could not be changed as he indirectly acknowledged calls from some of Britain's former colonies for a reckoning over its role in the trans-Atlantic slave…
World Sep 21 New Zealand pilot held captive by rebels in Indonesia’s Papua region is freed after 19 months Phillip Mark Mehrtens, a 38-year-old pilot from Christchurch, was working for Indonesian aviation company Susi Air when he was abducted by rebels from a remote airport on Feb. 7, 2023.
World Jul 19 Global technology outage disrupts flights, banks and companies around the world Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike said the trouble with the update it issued that was affecting computers running Microsoft Windows was not a security incident or cyberattack.
World Jun 27 Julian Assange is now free. What does the future hold for the WikiLeaks founder? What’s next for the WikiLeaks founder remains unclear.