Tensions flare over eastern Ukraine and European leaders fear being frozen out of US-Russia talks.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 1:08 pm(NZT)
Caviar sales soar as more people get a taste for posh fish eggs
Global producers of caviar say that demand has soared since the first lockdown.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 1:04 pm(NZT)
PinkPantheress made hits from her bedroom – now she’s won the BBC Sound Of 2022
PinkPantheress hit the charts from her bedroom. Now she’s been named the UK’s most promising new star.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 1:00 pm(NZT)
Ros Atkins On… Novak Djokovic and Australia
As Australia cancels the tennis star’s visa on his arrival in Melbourne, Ros Atkins looks at how we got here.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 12:55 pm(NZT)
Ghislaine Maxwell: Lawyers call for retrial over juror comments
A juror at the trial said he shared his own experience of sexual abuse to sway other jurors.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 12:03 pm(NZT)
Real edge past giantkillers Alcoyano in Copa del Rey
Real Madrid work hard to beat minnows Alcoyano in the Copa del Rey last 32 and get revenge for last year’s defeat.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 11:52 am(NZT)
Novak Djokovic: Australia cancels top tennis player’s visa
Australia’s leader says “no one is above the rules” when it comes to the country’s border policies.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 11:43 am(NZT)
Kazakhstan unrest: Government calls for Russian help
A Russian-led military alliance will send a peacekeeping force as nationwide protests escalate.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 11:39 am(NZT)
Covid: Pre-departure travel tests to be scrapped
Pre-departure tests for travellers to England will be scrapped from Friday, the government says.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 11:28 am(NZT)
Norwegian Cruise Line cancels voyages on 8 ships
Norwegian Cruise Line has announced the cancellation of voyages on eight ships, citing “ongoing travel restrictions.”
Source: CNN.com – RSS Channel – World | 6 Jan 2022 | 11:15 am(NZT)
Covid: French uproar as Macron vows to ‘piss off’ unvaccinated
The president vows to make life difficult for the unjabbed, but opponents condemn his language.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 10:57 am(NZT)
Dominant Chelsea beat Spurs in first leg of Carabao Cup semi-final
Chelsea deservedly beat Tottenham in the first leg of the Carabao Cup semi-final, but had so many chances they should have already sealed their place at Wembley.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 10:50 am(NZT)
Blinken says Russia faces ‘two paths’ ahead of key meetings with US next week
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken stressed Wednesday that Russia must de-escalate tensions on the border with Ukraine in order for upcoming diplomatic meetings to succeed, saying “it’s very hard to make actual progress in any of these areas in an atmosphere of escalation and threat, with a gun pointed at Ukraine’s head.”
Source: CNN.com – RSS Channel – World | 6 Jan 2022 | 10:03 am(NZT)
Alves returns as Barca survive cup scare with comeback victory
Barcelona survive a Copa del Rey scare against third-tier Linares as Dani Alves marks his first Barca appearance in more than five years with a victory.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 10:02 am(NZT)
Grammy Awards 2022: Omicron postpones music’s biggest night
A new date for the music industry celebration in Los Angeles will be announced soon, organisers say.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 9:54 am(NZT)
US-led coalition fires back after attack by suspected Iranian-backed militias in Syria
US-led coalition forces fired back after they were attacked Wednesday morning by suspected Iranian-backed militias who fired eight rounds of indirect fire at their base in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, though there were no coalition casualties, according to a statement from the coalition.
Source: CNN.com – RSS Channel – World | 6 Jan 2022 | 9:52 am(NZT)
Homer Plessy: Pardon for ‘separate but equal’ civil rights figure
Homer Plessy’s arrest 130 years ago led to one of the most criticised Supreme Court decisions in US history.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 9:24 am(NZT)
Meghan to receive £1 in damages after privacy case
The Mail on Sunday was found to have invaded her privacy by publishing a letter to her father.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 7:26 am(NZT)
Philippe Coutinho: Aston Villa among a number of clubs watching Barcelona midfielder’s situation
Aston Villa are among a number of Premier League clubs watching Philippe Coutinho’s situation as Barcelona’s expensive outcast seeks a way out of the wilderness at the Nou Camp.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 7:13 am(NZT)
Alli Simpson ‘lucky to be alive’ after diving accident
Australian actress Alli Simpson broke her neck diving into a pool and also tested positive for Covid.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 7:06 am(NZT)
Philadelphia fire: Seven children among 13 dead in apartment blaze
Two others are injured after a blaze rips through a three-storey public housing block.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 6:28 am(NZT)
Niger police seize record 200kg of cocaine from mayor’s car
The mayor and his driver are arrested for allegedly trying to transport the record haul to Libya.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 6:13 am(NZT)
In ‘zero-Covid’ Hong Kong, this is what happens when you test positive
Darryl Chan tested positive for Covid-19 when he landed in Hong Kong last month. More than two weeks later — and despite never showing any symptoms — he remains isolated in a hospital bed with no sign of being allowed to leave.
Source: CNN.com – RSS Channel – World | 6 Jan 2022 | 6:06 am(NZT)
Antibiotic-resistant superbug evolved on hedgehogs
A type of MRSA evolved naturally on the skin of wild hedgehogs some 200 years ago, scientists say.
Source: BBC News – Home | 6 Jan 2022 | 5:48 am(NZT)
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