Australia PM struggles to meet tax relief election pledge, cenbank urges stimulus
By Colin Packham SYDNEY, May 21 (Reuters) – Australia’s re-elected coalition said on Tuesday it would struggle to deliver tax breaks for tens of millions
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‘Quiet Australians’ are the latest to upset election forecasters
The group responsible for Australia‘s top opinion poll and an industry body for market research will review their methods to uncover how pollsters came to wrongly
Emperor Naruhito ascends throne in Japan with “sense of solemnity”
By Elaine Lies and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO, May 1 (Reuters) – Japanese Emperor Naruhito formally took up his post on Wednesday a day after the
Departing Japanese Emperor Akihito thanks the people, prays for peace
By Linda Sieg and Kiyoshi Takenaka TOKYO, April 30 (Reuters) – Japanese Emperor Akihito, in his final remarks as his three-decade reign drew to a
Emperor Akihito prays ahead of Japan’s first abdication in two centuries
By Linda Sieg TOKYO, April 30 (Reuters) – Japan’s Emperor Akihito prayed to a Shinto sun goddess on Tuesday, starting a day of ceremonies to
Three men survive freezing waters after helicopter crashes off New Zealand
Three men miraculously survived after their helicopter crashed into the freezing sub-Antarctic waters off New Zealand’s southern tip by swimming to shore at night and
Sri Lanka blasts were revenge for New Zealand
Devastating Easter bombings in Sri Lanka were retaliation for attacks on mosques in New Zealand, a Sri Lankan official said on Tuesday, as Islamic State
Schools evacuated, subway services halted as quake hits Taiwan
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck Taiwan’s coastal city of Hualien on Thursday, shaking buildings and temporarily halting subway services in the capital Taipei, but there
Pet deer kills man in Australia in rare attack
A pet deer killed a man and badly injured his wife in Australia, police said on Wednesday, the first known attack in years though it
Australia PM seeks new law to penalize animal rights activists
Australia’s government proposed on Wednesday to criminalise some actions of animal rights protesters after activists blocked traffic in Melbourne and stormed farms and abattoirs this
Thousands attend vigil, rally to remember Christchurch victims
By Jill Gralow and Natasha Howitt Thousands gathered in New Zealand’s cities on Sunday to protest racism and remember the 50 Muslims killed by a
New Zealand reopens mosques that were attacked in Christchurch
Smelling of fresh paint, the two mosques in the New Zealand city of Christchurch where a gunman killed 50 worshippers last week reopened their doors
‘We are one’ says PM as New Zealand mourns with prayers, silence
The Muslim call to prayer sounded out over Christchurch and around New Zealand on Friday, as thousands gathered to remember the 50 people killed by a lone gunman
NZ bans military type semi-automatic weapons used in mosque massacre
By Tom Westbrook and Charlotte Greenfield CHRISTCHURCH, March 21 (Reuters) – New Zealand will ban military-style semi-automatic and assault rifles under tough new gun laws
New Zealand begins funerals for mosque shooting victims, PM visits school
The bodies of victims from New Zealand’s mosques mass shooting were carried in open caskets on the shoulders of mourners into a large tent at
NZ foreign minister headed to Turkey to “confront” Erdogan’s comments
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Wednesday Foreign Minister Winston Peters will travel to Turkey to “confront” comments made by Turkish President Tayyip
Burials begin for New Zealand mosque shooting victims
By Tom Lasseter and Charlotte Greenfield CHRISTCHURCH, March 20 (Reuters) – The bodies of two victims from New Zealand’s mosques mass shooting were carried in
Erdogan calls on NZ to restore death penalty over shooting
President Tayyip Erdogan on Tuesday called on New Zealand to restore the death penalty for the gunman who killed 50 people at two Christchurch mosques,
“Our darkest of days”: PM Ardern voices New Zealand’s grief
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern on Tuesday praised the bravery and courage by mosque worshippers as a lone gunman massacred their friends and family,
Man charged with distributing live stream of NZ attack
An 18-year-old man was denied bail at a court in New Zealand on Monday after he was charged with distributing a live stream of the