Australia / New Zealand
ASEAN envoy says urged restraint from Myanmar military, discussed Suu Kyi access
By Prak Chan Thul PHNOM PENH (Reuters) - A Southeast Asian envoy said on Wednesday he had urged Myanmar's ruling...
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New Zealand lifts most vaccine mandates as Omicron outbreak nears peak
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's government said on Wednesday it would lift vaccine mandates for a number...
Read moreNew Zealand suspends Antarctic patrol ship project, cites COVID budget impact
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's Ministry of Defence said it has suspended plans to build an Antarctic...
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New Zealand to provide Ukraine with non-lethal military assistance
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand said on Monday it will provide Ukraine with a further NZ$5 million...
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Australia bans alumina exports to Russia, sources coal for Ukraine
(Reuters) - Australia has imposed an immediate ban on exports of alumina and aluminum ores, including bauxite, to Russia, the...
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Xi says conflicts like Ukraine crisis in no one’s interests – Chinese media
BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping told his U.S. counterpart Joe Biden on Friday that conflicts and confrontations such...
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Great Barrier Reef hit by bleaching as UNESCO weighs “in danger” listing
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - The Great Barrier Reef has been hit by bleaching due to heat stress, the...
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Australia sanctions Russian billionaires with mining industry links
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia imposed sanctions on Friday on two Russian oligarchs with links to its mining industry, one of...
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New Zealand to reopen borders sooner than planned after years of COVID isolation
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand is bringing forward the opening of its international borders to some travellers after...
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Australian court overturns ruling requiring mine approvals to weigh climate harm
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) -An Australian court on Tuesday overturned a groundbreaking ruling from last year that required the...
Read moreNew Zealand to allow Ukrainian-New Zealanders to sponsor family
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand's government said on Tuesday that it will introduce a new policy that...
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UK’s Queen Elizabeth pulls out of Commonwealth Service
LONDON (Reuters) - Britain's Queen Elizabeth will not attend Monday's Commonwealth Service, Buckingham Palace has said, in what was to...
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Queen meets Canadian PM in first in-person meeting since catching COVID
LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's Queen Elizabeth met Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at Windsor Castle on Monday, in her first official...
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New Zealand expands sanctions on Russia over Ukraine invasion
By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand's government said on Monday it will introduce legislation to allow it to impose...
Read moreSydney faces more rain as death toll from Australian floods rises
(Reuters) -Sydney, Australia's most populous city that has been drenched in rain for days, braced for more heavy downpours on...
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Australian woman wins push for consent education
By Cordelia Hsu SYDNEY (Reuters) - After a year of crusading for age-appropriate consent education in every Australian school, Chanel...
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New Zealand’s Ardern faces down frustration over pandemic curbs
By Praveen Menon WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern sought to cool simmering resentment over the slow...
Read moreHundreds arrested globally in New Zealand-led online child abuse investigation
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - A New Zealand-led global investigation into online child sexual abuse material identified more than 90,000 accounts, led...
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Queen Elizabeth well enough to carry out virtual audiences
LONDON (Reuters) - Queen Elizabeth felt well enough to undertake two virtual audiences on Tuesday, just over a week after...
Read more‘Rain bomb’ hits Australia’s northeast, killing seven in floods
By Lidia Kelly MELBOURNE (Reuters) -A severe storm system pummelled Australia's northeastern city of Brisbane on Sunday, causing evacuations, power...
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