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By Doina Chiacu and Nathan Layne,Reuters File photo. US President Donald Trump ill enact “a special focus-type of tariff” on smartphones, computers and other electronics products, the US Commerce Secretary says. Photo: AFP / Brendan Smialowski Lutnick hints at new tariffs on smartphones, computers and some other electronics It follows Trump administration’s exemptions for tech…
By Reuters Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. Photo: AFP / David Gray The centre-left party of Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged on Sunday to help more would-be home buyers as it launched a campaign for the 3 May election shaping as a tight race with the conservative opposition. Albanese’s Labor government, which is running…
The preparedness booklet “If the crisis or war comes” was distributed to households in Sweden in November. Photo: AFP / TT News Agency / CLAUDIO BRESCIANI By Sophie Tanno, CNN Survival guides, stockpiling and mass evacuation drills. Europe is scrambling to prepare its citizens for the growing threat of conflict arriving on its doorstep. Several…
By Sauro Scalella, AFP Dozens of desperate relatives waited in tents at the forensic morgue in Santo Domingo. Photo: AFP / MARTIN BERNETTI Frustration grew Friday in the Dominican Republic as families of some of the 222 people killed in a nightclub roof collapse three days earlier waited for their loved ones’ bodies to be…
Former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte. Photo: Ted ALJIBE / AFP In a shocking and swift turn of events, last month former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by the International Criminal Court over his brutal war on drugs. He was the first Asian former head of state to be indicted by the ICC – and…
Former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte. Photo: Ted ALJIBE / AFP In a shocking and swift turn of events, last month former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte was arrested by the International Criminal Court over his brutal war on drugs. He was the first Asian former head of state to be indicted by the ICC – and…
The film ‘My Favourite Cake’ shows the voyage of discovery of an elderly woman in Tehran. Photo: supplied The directors of an Iranian film – which featured in New Zealand’s International Film Festival – have been given suspended jail sentences for allowing a woman to be shown without a headscarf. Maryam Moghadam and Behtash Sanaeeha…
The name of the man arrested has not been released. Photo: A 24-year-old Kiwi has been arrested in Phuket international airport after allegedly attempting to smuggle cocaine into the country, hidden in his passport, the New Zealand Herald reports. The arrest took place on April 8 at around 3pm after the discovery was made during…
A crashed helicopter is seen floating in front of an NYPD boat on the Hudson River on April 10, 2025 in Jersey City, New Jersey. Photo: AFP / Getty Images Three adults and three children were killed when their helicopter crashed into New York’s Hudson River on Thursday, the city’s mayor said. “At this time,…
MP Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke speaks during the second reading of the Treaty Principles Bill. Photo: VNP/Louis Collins The voting down of the controversial Treaty Principles Bill has garnered the attention of international media. The bill – which sought to redefine the principles of Te Tiriti o Waitangi – sparked a nationwide hīkoi and received more than…
