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December 23, 2024 at 9:03 pm

Tonga’s parliament elects a new prime minister after his predecessor quit this month

Tonga’s parliament has elected Aisake Eke as the country’s new prime minister.

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June 10, 2024 at 9:13 am

Palestinian players continue push for World Cup qualification amid war back home

Mohammed Rashid once worked as a forklift driver in a Chicago warehouse.

February 25, 2024 at 5:32 pm

Feleti Teo is named Tuvalu’s new prime minister after elections that ousted Taiwan supporter

Tuvalu’s former Attorney General Feleti Teo has been named prime minister of the tiny South Pacific nation after elections a month ago ousted the last...

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February 11, 2023 at 10:23 pm

Makhachev beats Volkanovski to defend UFC lightweight title

Islam Makhachev defied a rowdy crowd and a sustained challenge from Alexander Volkanovski to cement his supremacy in the UFC lightweight division in a grueling...

Sports

Fans lineup to enter the stadium ahead of the Rugby Championship game between the All Blacks and the Wallabies in Perth, Australia, Sunday, Sept. 5, 2021. While the cities of Sydney and Melbourne in the east have been in strict lockdown, the Western Australia state capital Perth has largely remained open for business behind its closed border. Masks are rarely seen and bars and nightclubs are open. But states that remain virtually COVID-free, including Western Australia, are now under mounting pressure to share the nationâ€™s pandemic pain by opening their borders in the interests of opening the national economy.(AP Photo/Gary Day) AUS104 AUS104

September 9, 2021 at 6:50 pm

‘Paradise’: Australian states free of COVID resist opening VIEW

Australian states that remain virtually COVID-free, including Western Australia and Queensland, face growing pressure to open their borders, with the national government arguing that internal...

Business

March 11, 2020 at 11:56 pm

Australia unveils $11.4 billion in virus outbreak stimulus

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Australia on Thursday put forward a $17.6 billion (US $11.4 billion) stimulus package meant to stave off a recession due to...

Business

February 21, 2020 at 3:32 am

Business

A photo provided by the State Government of Victoria, Australia, shows a helicopter dumping water on a wildfire near Bairnsdale on Tuesday, Dec. 31, 2019. The country’s east coast is dotted with apocalyptic scenes on the last day of the warmest decade on record in Australia. (State Government of Victoria via The New York Times) **EDITORIAL USE ONLY** XNYTF XNYTF (STATE GOVERNMENT OF VICTORIA / NYT)

January 1, 2020 at 7:49 pm

Australian prime minister is jeered in wildfire-ravaged zone VIEW

PERTH, Australia (AP) — Prime Minister Scott Morrison was confronted by angry residents who cursed and insulted him Thursday as he visited a wildfire-ravaged corner...

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