King Tuheitia’s youngest child and only daughter has been named as the eighth Māori monarch in a ceremony at Tuurangawaewae marae.

The United States is to accuse Russia of a sustained campaign to interfere in the November presidential election, US media has reported.

U.S. President Joe Biden is preparing to block Nippon Steel’s acquisition of U.S. Steel, a source said on Wednesday.

The democratic Republic of Congo, epicenter of a mpox outbreak that prompted a U.N. declaration of a global public health emergency, said it expects to receive its first delivery of vaccine doses on Thursday and a second delivery on Saturday.

President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Wednesday that Ukraine needed “new energy”, as he ordered a major government reshuffle at a crucial juncture in the war against Russia.

Good progress is being made in rolling out a polio vaccine to children in Gaza but a permanent ceasefire in the 11-month war is needed to ease humanitarian suffering, the main U.N. agency for Palestinians said on Wednesday.

China’s President Xi Jinping will open the ninth Forum on China-Africa Cooperation Summit, where he is expected to urge African leaders gathered in Beijing to absorb more Chinese goods in exchange for pledges of loans and investment.

An Irish state inquiry uncovered a “truly shocking” level of sexual abuse at religious schools, primarily those run by the Catholic Church, over nearly a century with 2,395 allegations, the government said.

Israel does not need to keep troops in the southern Gazan border area for security reasons and should not be used as a reason to prevent a deal to bring back remaining hostages from the Gaza Strip, a longtime military veteran said.

The Ukrainian minister in charge of weapons production resigned in anticipation of another defence role and four other ministers stood down in a major government shake-up at a critical juncture in the war with Russia.

A public inquiry into a fire at the Grenfell Tower apartments in London that killed 72 people seven years ago will issue a report with survivors and families hoping it spells out who was to blame.

At least 12 migrants died on Tuesday after their boat capsized on its way across the Channel to Britain, French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said, adding that rescue operations were underway to find two people still missing.