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New Zealand opposition leader quits as election looms

14 Jul 2020

New Zealand's opposition leader abruptly quit for health reasons Tuesday just weeks after taking the job, leaving his party in disarray with an election against Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern looming....

New Zealand reports 2 new coronavirus cases; extends ban on cruise ship arrivals

22 Jun 2020

New Zealand has reported two new cases of the coronavirus as a trickle of infected people continue to arrive at the border. The country of 5...

Police officer killed, 1 injured in Auckland, shooter on the run

19 Jun 2020

An unarmed New Zealand police officer was fatally shot on an Auckland street on Friday, the force's first death in the line of duty for more than a decade, with...

New Zealand tightens gun laws again as parliament passed legislation

18 Jun 2020

New Zealand further tightened its firearms laws on Thursday in the wake of the last year's Christchurch mosques massacre, when a lone gunman murdered 51 Muslim worshippers. Parliament...

New Zealand military to control borders after virus bungle

17 Jun 2020

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern ordered the military to oversee the country's border controls Wednesday after a bungle that allowed two people with the coronavirus to leave...

New Zealand confirms two new cases ending coronavirus free run

16 Jun 2020

New Zealand said on Tuesday that it has two new cases of the coronavirus, both related to recent travel from the UK, ending a 24-day streak of no new infections...

New Zealand removes statue of controversial colonist

12 Jun 2020

The New Zealand city of Hamilton on Friday tore down a statue of the colonial military commander after whom it was named, joining a growing list of places worldwide that...

After an ill-timed lockdown, a messy unlocking

08 Jun 2020

India has started easing the rigid lockdown to revive the economy. The lockdown was imposed in late March to check the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. There were only 519...

New Zealand says coronavirus ‘eliminated’

08 Jun 2020

New Zealand has eliminated transmission of the novel coronavirus and will lift all containment measures except for border curbs, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Monday, making the South Pacific...

India govt gives big boost for the affordable housing sector

06 Jun 2020

V Nagarajan In the COVID-19 era, India’s federal government has given a big boost to the affordable housing sector by extending the interest rate subsidy on home loans under...

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