Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said a new round of lockdown restrictions were necessary because the source of the new infections remained unclear.
New Zealand records new virus cases after 102-day streak without local transmission
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Belarus cracks down on protesters after disputed election shows Lukashenko’s reelection by a landslide
Heavily armored riot police used water cannons, stun grenades and rubber bullets to disperse demonstrators.
Last year’s Amazon fires stirred global outrage. This year’s dry season has started out worse.
President Jair Bolsonaro, under pressure in Brazil and beyond, has banned intentional fires and deployed the military. But the right-wing populist has also publicly doubted the severity of the fires.
The U.S. sanctions against Hong Kong officials, explained
Explaining why the United States imposed new sanctions and how this might impact international business.
In Beirut, known for its cosmopolitanism, explosion victims span nationalities
Lebanon’s capital has a magnetic pull for people of many backgrounds, who seek the city or are forced there to find refuge or work.
Trump revives tariffs on Canadian aluminum
President Trump accused Canada of reneging on a promise not to “flood” the United States with its exports.
With virus flip-flops, Hong Kongers ponder whether their leaders are out to lunch
Policy contradictions and ever-changing restrictions are raising doubts about authorities’ competence in handling the resurgence of covid-19 cases.
Coronavirus has weakened the West’s nationalists
“The limits of populism are being laid bare,” declared German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
Protesters, who have filled Mali’s streets for weeks, say they won’t stop until the president resigns
The demonstrations come as the West African nation confronts a coronavirus outbreak, a failing economy and the world’s fastest-growing Islamist insurgency.
Top E.U. court ruling throws transatlantic digital commerce into disarray over privacy concerns
The court said E.U. citizens are insufficiently protected from U.S. surveillance when their data is on U.S. soil.
Coronavirus baby boom or bust? How the pandemic is affecting birthrates worldwide.
It’s been five months — a bit more than half the length of an average pregnancy — since the WHO declared the coronavirus a pandemic.
Ukraine’s bank chief quit and a coffin was left as a warning in a scandal that threatens the country’s economic health
Claims of political interference in the central bank threaten billions in future IMF help.
Seoul mayor found dead amid harassment claim, police say
He went missing after one of his former secretaries accused him of sexual harrassment.
Six months, six countries, six families — and one unrelenting, unforgiving epidemic
In far-flung corners of the Earth, six families, like millions of others, struggled to ride out the seemingly implacable wave of the coronavirus pandemic.
Notre Dame to be rebuilt as it was before fire, French government says
President Emmanuel Macron did not want “to complicate the issue” with a contemporary gesture, according to an Élysée official. But the plans will include an apparent concession to those who preferred a more modern design.
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