There have been 27 new community cases reported in New Zealand today, with five not yet linked to earlier cases.

A man who was found with a gunshot wound in the Auckland suburb of Avondale early this morning has died in hospital.

There are 19 COVID cases in the New Zealand community today.

A strong, prolonged earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of at least 5.8 has struck the Greek island of Crete.

French President Emmanuel Macron was hit on the shoulder on Tuesday by an egg thrown at him by a man during a visit to an international food trade fair in the French city of Lyon.

There are 12 new COVID cases in the community today, as health officials reveal mobile testing unit staff are now doorknocking residents in Auckland suburbs of concern.

British police have arrested a man on suspicion of murdering Sabina Nessa, a primary school teacher killed as she walked in a London park.

It’s a make or break week for Auckland’s Covid outbreak as stubborn case numbers plateau.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern addressed two big global issues facing the planet, the Covid-19 pandemic and climate change, in her speech to the United Nations General Assembly.

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says a no jab – no entry policy in crowded places is likely to be part of a suite of measures to control COVID-19 and as an incentive to get vaccination rates up.

The number of new community cases of COVID-19 in New Zealand has dropped to single figures for the first time in weeks, with nine new cases, the Ministry of Health has reported.

A man has been charged with sexual violation and murder after the body of Lena Zhang Harrap was found in Auckland on Wednesday afternoon.