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New Zealand resident enjoys $10k (£ 8,000) yearly stipend as official wizard of Christchurch

87-year-old Kiwi local gets hired to be the official wizard of Christchurch and gets paid to do what he loves tax free!

38 hours ago

By Nina Siena

Protesters demand end to entrenched political system

Lebanon government stands down over blast fallout

The announcement was met with cars honking in the streets and celebratory fire in the northern city of Tripoli.

2 days ago

By Jean-Marc Mojon and Layal Abou Rahal

Shadow of coronavirus slowly lifts from epicentre Wuhan

The central Chinese city's recovery after a 76-day lockdown was lifted in April has brought life back onto its streets.

2 days ago

By AFP News

Clashes in Belarus after claims of rigged election

Government buildings in Minsk had been cordoned off, residents reported internet shutdowns and widespread connection problems.

3 days ago

By Tatiana Kalinovskaya

US Health Secretary Alex Azar with Trump

US cabinet member meets Taiwan's leader

Health Secretary Alex Azar is in Taipei for a three-day visit to promote shared democratic values and the island's success in taming the coronavirus.

3 days ago

By Amber Wang, Amber Wang with Shaun Tandon in Washington

Donald Trump

World pledges 250 million euros for Lebanon's people: France

Lebanese people enraged by official negligence blamed for the explosion have taken to the streets in anti-government protests.

3 days ago

By Jerome Rivet and Stuart Williams

France

New Zealand passport becomes most desirable travel document in the world

Australia along with 11 other nations come in second to New Zealand and Japan as world's most valuable passports

5 days ago

By Nina Siena

Lebanon's leaders face rage, calls for reform after blast

A military prosecutor announced 16 port staff had been detained over the blast.

6 days ago

By Jean Marc Mojon and Valerie Leroux

France

Germany's European affairs minister Michael Roth

German minister urges UK to be more 'realistic' in Brexit talks

Britain followed through on the results of a deeply divisive 2016 referendum and left the EU after almost half a century of integration on January 31.

6 days ago

By Isabelle Le Page

Brexit European Union

Brazil adrift as death toll reaches 100,000

Brazil adrift as virus toll approaches 100,000

It will be just the second country to cross that grim threshold, after the United States, where the death toll is now over 150,000.

7 days ago

By Paula Ramon

Brazil

Emergency aid lands in Lebanon as world offers support

Gulf states were among the first to respond, with Qatar sending mobile hospitals to ease pressure on Lebanon's medical system.

7 days ago

By AFP News

Algeria France

Japan marks 75th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing

Japan marks 75th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing

Survivors, relatives and a handful of foreign dignitaries attended this year's main event in Hiroshima to pray for those killed or wounded.

7 days ago

By Philip Fong

Japan

Two huge Beirut explosions kill 78, injure thousands

The explosions which were heard in Nicosia, 240 kms away in Cyprus were logged by seismologists, registering as the equivalent of a 3.3-magnitude earthquake.

7 days ago

By Bachir El-Khoury and Rouba El-Husseini