New Zealand flights briefly grounded by radar fault
Flight departures from New Zealand were temporarily halted on Monday after a fire alarm went off at the country’s air navigation service provider’s main radar...
New Zealand police arrest man for making threats in Wellington
New Zealand police said on Monday they arrested a man for making threats in the capital city of Wellington which local media reported were related...
China aims to shut 8.7 GW of coal power by year-end – regulator
China will aim to shut a total of 8.66 gigawatts (GW) of obsolete coal-fired power capacity by the end of this year, its energy regulator...
Venezuela chides Peru for ‘xenophobia’ against migrants
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro’s government accused Peruvian authorities on Sunday of fomenting “xenophobia” against the large Venezuelan exile population after a series of incidents of...
More South Korean coal power plant curbs needed to tackle pollution: advisory group
South Korea should close up to a quarter of its coal-fired power plants between December and February and nearly half in March in a bid...
Taiwan orders markets, schools closed as strong typhoon approaches
A typhoon will hit northern Taiwan later on Monday, meteorologists said, shutting financial markets and schools as airlines canceled dozens of flights amid warnings of...
Winter in September? Major snowstorm slams northern U.S. Rockies
It looked like midwinter in the northern Rocky Mountains on Sunday as a major storm dumped record snowfall of over 3 feet (91 cm) in...
Saudi crown prince warns of escalation with Iran, political solution ‘better’
Saudi Arabia’s crown prince warned in an interview aired on Sunday that crude prices could spike to “unimaginably high numbers” if the world does not...
Fire at Saudi high-speed train station injures at least five
A fire broke out in the Haramain high-speed rail station in Saudi Arabia’s coastal city of Jeddah, injuring at least five people, authorities said on...
Canada’s Liberals promise new spending, four more years of deficits
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s Liberal Party is promising billions of dollars in new spending initiatives if re-elected next month, but said on Sunday those...