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December 12, 2016

Bill English chosen as New Zealand's prime minister

The conservative caucus in New Zealand's Parliament has chosen Bill English to be the next prime minister.

December 9, 2016

Big quake in Pacific prompts tsunami warnings in islands

The U.S. Geological Survey says a powerful magnitude-7.7 earthquake has struck near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, prompting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center to warn that tsunami waves were possible in several South Pacific islands.

December 9, 2016

Investigative journalist Phillip Knightley dies at 87

Phillip Knightley, an investigative journalist who helped win compensation for victims of thalidomide, has died at the age of 87.

December 9, 2016

Tsunami warnings are cancelld after big Pacific earthquake

Tsunami warnings for several Pacific islands, including those in Hawaii, were canceled Friday after authorities determined that a powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake that struck near the Solomon Islands did not pose a broad tsunami threat.

December 9, 2016

Australian-Chinese consortium wins bid for cattle empire

The Australian government on Friday approved the sale of the nation's largest cattle empire to Australia's richest woman and her Chinese business partner, ending a drawn-out battle over foreign ownership of farmland.

December 8, 2016

Tsunami warnings after magnitude-7.8 earthquake strikes near Solomon Islands

A powerful magnitude-7.8 earthquake struck near the Pacific's Solomon Islands, prompting the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center to warn that tsunami waves were possible in several South Pacific islands.

December 8, 2016

Bill English will be New Zealand's next prime minister

Bill English is set to become New Zealand's next prime minister following the shock resignation this week of John Key.

December 7, 2016

Chinese ship pulls out of MH370 search, leaving lone ship

Officials say the sea bed search for the missing Malaysian airliner has been left to a single ship, with a Chinese vessel heading home to Shanghai.

December 6, 2016

Ransomed: The freeing of 226 Christians from Islamic State

Over the course of a year, Assyrian Christians raised millions of dollars in ransom money to free more than 200 members of the ancient community who had been taken hostage in Syria by the Islamic State group, those involved in the campaign say.

December 6, 2016

Australian leader rules out generators paying for pollution

Australia's prime minister has ruled out making power companies pay for greenhouse gas pollution they create — a policy option that angered conservative government lawmakers when proposed by a minister this week.