May 7, 2019 New Zealand cuts benchmark interest rate to new low of 1.5% Citing lower global growth, New Zealand's Reserve Bank has cut the nation's benchmark interest rate by a quarter point to an all-time low of 1.5%.
May 7, 2019 Climate change missing as US defends Arctic policy The Arctic is melting, but don't ask U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to mention climate change.
May 6, 2019 Australian prime minister hit with egg in protest Australia's prime minister was hit on the head with an egg and a woman was knocked off her feet Tuesday during a protest ahead of a general election next week.
May 6, 2019 Magnitude 7.2 earthquake jolts Papua New Guinea A magnitude 7.2 earthquake has rattled the Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea.
May 6, 2019 US warns China, Russia over Arctic amid environmental shifts U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo says the Trump administration is moving to assert America's presence in the Arctic.
May 6, 2019 Intimate proposal: New Zealand leader, partner, police, dog New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has joked that her partner's marriage proposal was an intimate moment with just the two of them, a police protection officer, a couple of locals and a dog that tried to eat chocolate her partner had brought with him.
May 6, 2019 Former Australian leader slams security agencies over China Australia's prime minister has defended the nation's intelligence agency bosses after a former prime minister described them as "nutters" who have damaged bilateral relations with China.
May 5, 2019 Australia's opposition leader campaigns on health, climate Australia's opposition party officially has launched its election campaign, putting health care and climate change at the forefront of its bid for election within two weeks.
May 3, 2019 New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern announces engagement to longtime partner Wedding bells will be ringing for New Zealand’s prime minister, who on Friday announced she got engaged to her longtime partner.
May 2, 2019 Turkish citizen hit in Christchurch attack dies; toll at 51 Turkey's foreign minister says a Turkish citizen who was wounded in the mosque attacks in New Zealand has died.