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New Zealand mosque assault: Ardern says bureau has concurred weapon change 'on a basic level' – live | World news   1.27am EDT 01:27 The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS) has discharged an announcement saying they welcome…

The founder of Huawei has said the US “underestimates” the Chinese telecom makers’s strength and that conflict with the US is inevitable in the quest to “stand on top of the world”. Ren Zhengfei said his company was fully prepared to face…

Jacinda Ardern discloses to Christchurch administration 'New Sjaelland grieves with you  live World news   12.14am EDT 00:14 Calla Wahlquist There are 3 noteworthy network driven vigils occurring around New Zealand this finish of the…

Robert Mueller submits report on Trump-Russia examination 5.19pm EDT 17:19 AG Barr says he's "focused on but abundant straightforwardness as may fairly be expected" Here's a picture of the complete content of Barr's letter to…

Chinese tech employees have pushed back against a wave of protest over the industry’s notoriously long hours, known as the “996” schedule of working from 9am to 9pm, six days a week. For months, former and current employees of some of the…

A day after it became legally possible to be stoned to death for having gay sex in Brunei, 21-year-old Zain* got a bitter taste of the new reality. Walking down the street in skinny jeans and high-heeled boots, a flamboyant anomaly in the…

A Vietnamese woman accused of assassinating the North Korean leader’s half-brother has accepted a lesser charge of “causing hurt by a dangerous weapon” and will be released next month. Doan Thi Huong welcomed the “fair sentence” after the…

New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern was greeted with a standing ovation as she took the stage to address a crowd of thousands gathered at Hagley Park for a nationwide remembrance service in honour of 50 people killed in the country’s…

Thailand has proved to be more politically polarised than ever, after the first election in eight years ended in a neck and neck race between the pro-military party and the opposition pro-democracy party. Going to the polls for the first…

What is happening? On Sunday 24 March, Thailand will have its first general election in eight years. It will mark the end of five years of military rule after it took power in a bloodless coup in 2014, following months of political…