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Aus calls on China to let Uighur mother and son leave

2:55 pm July 17, 2019

Sydney: Australia’s government on Wednesday called on China to allow an Australian child and his Uighur mother to leave the country, stepping up pressure on Beijing days after Canberra co-signed a letter denouncing its treatment of the Muslim minority. China has rounded up an estimated one million Uighurs and other mostly Muslim Turkic-speaking minorities into […]

New Zealand PM wants employers to consider four-day work week to promote tourism

New Zealand PM ‘utterly’ disagrees with Trump tweets

2:38 pm July 16, 2019

Wellington: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday joined international condemnation of US President Donald Trump’s xenophobic tweets about progressive Democrat congresswomen. Ardern, the charismatic young leader who has been hailed as “the anti-Trump” by US media, said she proudly celebrated her country’s diversity. “Usually I don’t get into other people’s politics, but it […]

New Zealanders give up weapons after mosque killings

1:51 pm July 13, 2019

Christchurch: Dozens of New Zealanders handed in their firearms Saturday as a gun buyback scheme went into operation aimed at ridding the country of semi-automatic weapons in the wake of the Christchurch mosque attacks. The first of more than 250 collections to be held nationwide was in Christchurch, where 51 Muslim worshippers were gunned down […]

Gmail, other Google services face outage

New Zealand slams Google over murder case gaffe

2:54 pm July 4, 2019

Wellington: Google was accused of “giving the middle finger” by New Zealand’s Justice Minister Thursday, after the US tech giant refused to tighten publication standards after breaching court suppression orders in a high-profile murder case. A Google news email that went out to the general public named the accused killer of Briton Grace Millane in December, despite […]

Australia warns of ‘collateral damage’ from Trump-Xi trade war

2:43 pm June 26, 2019

Sydney: Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Wednesday warned that “collateral damage” from trade spats between China and the United States were hurting smaller countries and threatening the global economy. In an usually public warning to allies in Washington, Morrison said the “world’s most important bilateral relationship — the US-China relationship” had become “strained”. “Trade […]