Jan 19 (Reuters) – Two New Zealand navy vessels will arrive in Tonga on Friday carrying critical water supplies for the Pacific island nation reeling from a volcanic eruption and…
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One dead, nine injured in New York City explosion and fire
Jan 18 (Reuters) – One person died and nine were injured, including five police officers, in an explosion and fire that collapsed a building in New York City on Tuesday,…
Windsor swans culled as England bird flu outbreak spreads
Twenty-six swans have been culled in Berkshire as the avian influenza outbreak spreads across England. A 3km exclusion zone has been put in place around Eton to halt the spread…
More than a dozen dead in coalition strikes on Yemen’s Sanaa
ADEN, Yemen, Jan 18 (Reuters) – An air strike killed about 14 people in a building in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, residents said on Tuesday, during strikes across the…
Indonesia passes law to relocate capital to remote Borneo
JAKARTA, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Indonesia’s parliament has approved a bill to relocate the nation’s capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan on Borneo, House Speaker Puan Maharani said on Tuesday. The…
Tsunami-hit Tonga islands suffered extensive damage, fears death toll to rise
SYDNEY/WELLINGTON, Jan 18 (Reuters) – Tonga’s small outer islands suffered extensive damage from a massive volcanic eruption and tsunami, a Tongan diplomat said on Tuesday, raising fears of more deaths…
Ex minister arrested over Haiti President murder
Jamaican authorities have arrested a former Haitian senator who is a prime suspect in the murder of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse. John Joel Joseph was arrested on Friday, Jamaica Constabulary…
Indian court clears Bishop in nun’s rape
An Indian court has cleared a bishop accused of raping a nun between 2014 and 2016 in a case that had shocked one of the country’s oldest Christian communities. Franco…
Novak Djokovic not bigger than Grand Slam – Rafael Nadal
Rafael Nadal says the Australian Open will be “great with or without” Novak Djokovic as the world number one’s visa drama remains unresolved. But the 35-year-old Spaniard said he is…