Dozens change name to 'salmon' to get sushi deal in Taiwan
Dozens of people in Taiwan have changed their names to "salmon" to take advantage of a restaurant's sushi promotion deal. Officials have issued a plea asking people to
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Facebook to pay News Corp for content in Australia
Facebook has agreed to pay Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Australia for journalism from its local mastheads. The deal was secured just weeks after Australia passed a contr
COVID-19: France, Germany and Italy suspend AstraZeneca vaccine
Germany, France and Italy have halted rollouts of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine, after a series of incidents in Europe involving blood clots. They join several smalle
Oxford-AstraZeneca: EU regulator says 'no indication' vaccine linked to blood clots
The EU's medicines regulator says there is no indication that the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is linked to an increased risk of blood clots. The BBC reports th
Queen says race issues 'concerning' after Harry and Meghan tell-all interview
The Queen has broken her silence over Prince Harry and Meghan's tell-all interview, saying allegations of racism were "concerning" and they would be handled by the royal
Buckingham Palace says concerns raised by Meghan in an interview with Oprah Winfrey are taken very seriously
A statement by Buckingham Palace says the race issues raised by the Prince Harry and Meghan Markle during an interview with Oprah Winfrey are "concerning" and will be add
Kiribati sailors stranded 8,000 miles from home
Trade unions representing sailors have claimed that hundreds of people are still being prevented from travelling to Kiribati because of COVID-19 restrictions and border c
Severe Tropical Storm heads to New Caledonia
New Caledonia is on high alert as it braces for the arrival of a category five tropical storm later today. Category 5 Tropical Cyclone Niran has sustained winds of ove
New Zealand tsunami warning withdrawn after 7.2-magnitude earthquake
A severe 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck off the east of New Zealand’s North Island this morning, prompting a tsunami warning that was later withdrawn, although re
New study in England says Covid vaccines cut risk of serious illness by 80% in over-80s
An analysis in England shows a single shot of either the Oxford-AstraZeneca or the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine reduces the chance of needing hospital treatment by mo
Trump rules out starting a new political party
Donald Trump says he has no plans to launch a new political party, telling a conservative conference in Florida that it would split the Republican vote. In his first s
Johnson and Johnson vaccine: FDA finds the single-shot jab safe
A review by US regulators of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine has found it is safe and effective. It paves the way for it to become the third
Facebook reverses ban on news pages in Australia
Facebook has announced it will restore news content to its users in Australia. The tech giant has blocked news to Australians on its platform since last Thursday amid
Russia detects first case of H5N8 bird flu in humans
Russia has reported the first case of a bird flu strain, H5N8, being passed from poultry to humans. Officials told the BBC seven workers at a poultry plant in the sout
Nasa's Perseverance rover lands on Mars
There's a new robot on the surface of Mars. BBC News reports the American space agency has successfully landed its Perseverance rover in a deep crater near the planet'
Facebook Australia: PM Scott Morrison 'will not be intimidated' by tech giant
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said his government will not be intimidated by Facebook blocking news feeds to users. He described the move to "unfriend A
Auckland in alert level 3 lockdown after new community cases of COVID-19
New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has ordered the country's biggest city Auckland to go into lockdown after the discovery of three new local cases of COVID-19.
Trump acquitted in impeachment trial
Former US President Donald Trump has been acquitted by the Senate in an impeachment trial for his role on the 6th January attack on the US Capitol. Democrats failed to
Powerful earthquake rocks Japan weeks from disaster anniversary
A strong earthquake struck off the coast of Fukushima, Japan earlier today just weeks before the 10-year anniversary of the deadly 2011 tsunami. The 7.3-magnitude quak
Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine to be tested on children in the UK
A new trial is set to take place in the UK to test how well the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine works in children. BBC reports that some 300 volunteers will take p
WHO says 'extremely unlikely' virus leaked from a lab in China
International experts investigating the origins of Covid-19 have all but dismissed a theory that the virus came from a laboratory in China. Peter Ben Embarek who is th