Asylum seekers cross border after US-Canada pact

A revised US-Canadian deal states anyone who crosses into either country along the land border and who applies for asylum within 14 days will be turned back.

Two dead as migrants found suffocating in US train

Two migrants have been found dead and at least 10 have been hospitalised after Texas authorities received a call that they were “suffocating” in a train car.

New Zealand raises concerns with China on sea, Taiwan

NZ Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta has visited Beijing, where she expressed concern over the South China Sea and tensions in the Taiwan Strait.

Darcelle, worlds oldest working drag queen, dead at 92

Walter Cole, known as the iconic drag queen who performed for decades as Darcelle XV, has died at 92.

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Paltrow insists Utah ski collision wasnt her fault

Gwyneth Paltrow has entered the witness box to defend herself in a lawsuit over a 2016 ski collision, and repeatedly said she wasn’t to blame for the crash.

Man pleads guilty to role in Haiti presidents slaying

A dual Haitian-Chilean citizen has pleaded guilty in the US over his role in the assassination of Haitian president Jovenel Moise in 2021.

Thai Prime Minister Chan-o-cha Prayut seeks re-election

Thailand’s incumbent prime minister, in power since 2014 when the military toppled a civilian government, has been nominated for re-election.