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New Zealand to buy enough Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for the entire population
By Reuters,
1036, March 8, 2021 (EAT)
New Zealand will buy additional COVID-19 vaccines, developed by Pfizer Inc and Germany’s BioNTech, which will be enough to vaccinate the whole count...
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Uhuru congratulates New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern
By PSCU,
1444, October 18, 2020 (EAT)
President Uhuru Kenyatta has sent a congratulatory message to Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern of New Zealand following her re-election for a second term...
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New Zealand’s Ardern wins ‘historic’ re-election for crushing COVID-19
By Reuters,
1630, October 17, 2020 (EAT)
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern delivered the biggest election victory for her centre-left Labour Party in half a century on Saturday as voters rewarded...
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Coronavirus breaks out again in New Zealand after 102 days
By CNN,
2152, August 11, 2020 (EAT)
New Zealand has reintroduced coronavirus restrictions in parts of the country after new locally transmitted cases broke the 102-day streak the country...
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New Zealand records new coronavirus cases days after declaring itself COVID-19 free
By Reuters,
1346, June 18, 2020 (EAT)
New Zealand, on Thursday recorded its third new case of the coronavirus this week as quarantine breaches and other failures undermined public confiden...
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New Zealand says coronavirus ‘eliminated’ and life can resume without restrictions
By Reuters,
1046, June 8, 2020 (EAT)
New Zealand has eliminated transmission of the coronavirus domestically and will lift all containment measures except for border controls, Prime Minis...
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Two White House aides test positive for COVID-19
By VOA,
1553, May 11, 2020 (EAT)
At least two White House aides have tested positive for COVID-19: a valet for President Donald Trump and the press secretary for Vice President Mike...
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How New Zealand ‘eliminated’ Covid-19 after weeks of lockdown
By CNN,
1041, April 28, 2020 (EAT)
After weeks of lockdown, New Zealand has achieved its ambitious goal of eliminating the coronavirus. But the country isn't celebrating yet. Ov...
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Women leaders are doing a disproportionately great job at handling the pandemic. So why aren’t there more of them?
By CNN,
925, April 15, 2020 (EAT)
In Taiwan, early intervention measures have controlled the coronavirus pandemic so successfully that it is now exporting millions of face masks to h...
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Trump cuts WHO funding over coronavirus as global death toll mounts
By Reuters,
1402, April 15, 2020 (EAT)
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday halted funding to the World Health Organization over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, drawing condemna...
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New Zealand shuts border to all foreigners
By Reuters,
936, March 19, 2020 (EAT)
New Zealand closed its borders to all foreigners from midnight on Thursday, as it stepped up efforts to contain the spread of the coronavirus in the c...
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Ethiopian PM Abiy Ahmed wins 2019 Nobel Peace Prize
By Citizen Reporter,
1236, October 11, 2019 (EAT)
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has won the 2019 Nobel Peace Prize. He has been recognized for his work in bringing to an end more than 20 year...
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Bomb scare, suspicious vehicle rattle nervous Sri Lanka amid attack probe
By Reuters,
1108, April 25, 2019 (EAT)
Sri Lankan authorities locked down the central bank and the road leading to the jittery capital’s airport was shut briefly by a bomb scare on Thursd...
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Christchurch attack survivors offered New Zealand residency
By Reuters,
2116, April 23, 2019 (EAT)
New Zealand will grant permanent residency to all survivors of the mass shooting at two Christchurch mosques in which 50 Muslim worshippers were kille...
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Former top US generals issue ‘grave’ warning to ban Chinese tech
By CNN,
1203, April 4, 2019 (EAT)
Six retired US military leaders have issued a statement calling on America's allies to ban Chinese technology giants from outfitting their 5G networks...
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New Zealand gun laws: 11,000 sign petition opposing proposed changes
By CNN,
1317, March 30, 2019 (EAT)
More than 11,000 people have signed a petition against proposed tougher gun laws in the wake of the Christchurch mosque massacres, criticizing the cha...
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At Memorial, mosque survivor says he forgives attacker
By VOA,
1653, March 29, 2019 (EAT)
A man who survived New Zealand’s mosque attacks told a crowd of about 20,000 people Friday that he forgives the terrorist who killed his wife and 49...
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Man charged with New Zealand mosque attacks gave money to Austrian far-right, chancellor says
By Reuters,
1213, March 28, 2019 (EAT)
Austria’s far-right Identitarian Movement received cash from the man charged with killing 50 people in mass shootings at mosques in Christchurch, Ne...
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NZ PM welcomes Facebook bans on white nationalism, separatism
By Reuters,
1052, March 28, 2019 (EAT)
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Thursday that she welcomed Facebook Inc’s decision to ban praise, support and representation of wh...
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Thousands attend NZ vigil, rally to fight racism, remember Christchurch victims
By Gloria Magudha,
1828, March 24, 2019 (EAT)
Thousands gathered in New Zealand’s cities on Sunday to protest racism and remember the 50 Muslims killed by a gunman in Christchurch and as Prime M...
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