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New Zealand extends COVID-19 lockdown in Auckland

Reuters
Oct 18 12:00 PM

New Zealand Prime Minster Jacinda Ardern said on Monday that the country's biggest city Auckland will remain in lockdown for another two weeks. Read more »

Monitoring Cumbre Vieja's lava flow

Luismi Ortiz, UME/AFP
Oct 18 11:28 AM

Authorities monitor the evolution of a new lava flow, following the eruption of the Cumbre Vieja volcano, on the Canary island of La Palma. Read more »

1 killed, 7 hurt in US university shooting

Reuters
Oct 18 11:20 AM

One person died and 7 others were injured in a shooting at Grambling State University in Louisiana early on Sunday. Read more »

Sydney allows kids to go to school

Reuters
Oct 18 08:38 AM | Updated Oct 18 08:57 AM

Thousands of children returned to Sydney's schools Monday after nearly 4 months of home learning as Australia's largest city eased more restrictions. Read more »

Israel expects 2,000 rockets a day in any war with Hezbollah: army

Guillaume Lavallee, Agence France-Presse
Oct 18 07:33 AM

Israel does not want war with Lebanon's Hezbollah but is prepared to face about 2,000 rockets a day from the armed group if conflict breaks out. Read more »

U.S. missionaries kidnapped in Haiti

Gessika Thomas and Brian Ellsworth, Reuters
Oct 18 06:58 AM

A U.S. Christian aid organization on Sunday said a group of its missionaries had been kidnapped in Haiti. Read more »

Son of ex-Somali political aide held over UK stabbing

Nazanine Moshiri, Reuters
Oct 17 11:42 PM

Ali Harbi Ali, the son of an ex-media adviser to a former prime minister of Somalia, has been arrested by British police under anti-terrorism laws following the killing of lawmaker David Amess, a source close to the investigation and British media said. Read more »

Former US President Clinton leaves hospital

Reuters
Oct 17 11:36 PM

Former US President Bill Clinton walked out of a Southern California hospital on Sunday after being admitted last week for a urological infection. Read more »

China condemns US, Canada warships in Taiwan Strait

Reuters
Oct 17 09:42 PM

The Chinese military on Sunday condemned the United States and Canada for each sending a warship through the Taiwan Strait last week, saying they were threatening peace and stability in the region. Read more »

Pope condemns attacks in Norway, Afghanistan and Britain

Reuters
Oct 17 08:17 PM

Pope Francis on Sunday condemned recent attacks in Norway, Afghanistan and Britain, in an apparent reference to the stabbing death of parliamentarian David Amess. Read more »

China hypersonic missile test surprises US: report

Reuters
Oct 17 07:59 PM | Updated Oct 17 08:45 PM

China tested a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile in August, showing a capability that caught US intelligence by surprise, the Financial Times said. Read more »

Grand Mosque in Mecca drops social distancing

Agence France-Presse
Oct 17 04:11 PM

The Grand Mosque in the Muslim holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia operated at full capacity Sunday, with worshippers praying shoulder-to-shoulder for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic began. Read more »

Afghan girls still barred from school

James Edgar, Agence France-Presse
Oct 17 04:00 PM

Like most secondary school girls in the country, Amena is banned from lessons altogether after the Taliban's hardline government excluded them from returning to class one month ago. Read more »

Melbourne to ease world's longest COVID-19 lockdowns

ABS-CBN News
Oct 17 03:35 PM

Melbourne, which has spent more time under COVID-19 lockdowns than any other city in the world, is set to lift its stay-at-home orders this week, officials said on Sunday. Read more »

'Sentenced US tycoon Durst is on ventilator with COVID'

Agence France-Presse
Oct 17 10:32 AM

US real estate mogul Robert Durst, sentenced to life in prison for killing his best friend, has been placed on a ventilator after becoming infected with COVID-19, according to a US media report published Saturday. Read more »

Japan's new PM sends ritual offering to war-linked Yasukuni shrine

Kyodo News
Oct 17 09:17 AM

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on Sunday sent a ritual offering to Yasukuni, a Shinto shrine in Tokyo viewed as a symbol of Japan's past militarism by its Asian neighbors. Read more »

Eighteen dead in Russia from drinking bootleg alcohol

Agence France-Presse
Oct 17 08:14 AM

Russian authorities said on Saturday they had arrested two people as part of an investigation into the death of 18 people in the Urals who drank bootleg alcohol, in the second such incident in recent weeks. Read more »

Greta Thunberg says COP26 unlikely to lead to 'big changes'

Agence France-Presse
Oct 17 07:26 AM

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said upcoming climate talks in Glasgow, billed as humanity's last chance to avoid catastrophic global warming, were unlikely to 'lead to big changes'. Read more »

ASEAN excludes Myanmar junta leader from summit

Ain Bandial, Reuters
Oct 16 08:30 PM | Updated Oct 16 10:44 PM

Singapore's foreign ministry said excluding junta chief Min Aung Hlaing was a "difficult, but necessary, decision to uphold ASEAN’s credibility". Read more »

Chinese astronauts arrive at space station

Jing Xuan Teng, Agence France-Presse
Oct 16 09:45 AM

China’s Shenzhou 13 spacecraft left Earth at 12.24am on Saturday, taking its three-person crew – including the country’s second female astronaut – to spend the next 6 months assembling the Tiangong space station. Read more »

Bill Clinton to stay one more night in hospital

Gilles Clarenne, Agence France-Presse
Oct 16 07:40 AM

Former US president Bill Clinton will spend another night in hospital as he undergoes treatment for a reported case of sepsis. Read more »

US to reopen borders to vaccinated travelers Nov 8

Aurélia End, Agence France-Presse
Oct 16 07:32 AM

The United States will reopen its land and air borders on November 8 to foreign visitors fully vaccinated against COVID-19. Read more »

"Squid Game" sa Abu Dhabi

ABS-CBN News
Oct 16 03:47 AM | Updated Oct 16 08:00 AM

Isang palaro na inspired ng Netflix hit drama na "Squid Game" ang inorganisa sa Abu Dhabi, UAE. Read more »

Bill Clinton recovering in hospital from infection

Dan Whitcomb and Brad Brooks, Reuters
Oct 16 03:31 AM

Former US President Bill Clinton remained in a California hospital on Friday, where he was recovering from a non-coronavirus infection. Read more »

Saudi Arabia to ease coronavirus curbs

Reuters
Oct 15 09:56 PM

Saudi Arabia will ease COVID-19 curbs from Oct. 17, the interior ministry said on Friday. Read more »