New Zealand scraps almost all COVID restrictions as pandemic concerns decline

New Zealand scrapped mask wearing rules and vaccine mandates on Monday, bringing an end to some of the toughest COVID-19 pandemic rules in the world about two years after they were put in place. Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said in a weekly news conference that it was time to safely turn the page on the […]

Russian aircraft detected in North American Air Defense Identification Zone

Two Russian maritime patrol aircraft were detected and tracked off the coasts of Alaska and Canada on Sunday, officials said. The aircraft entered and operated in the Alaskan and Canadian Air Defense Identification Zones (ADIZ), but did not enter American sovereign airspace, according to North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD). “This recent Russian activity in […]

MAGA faceoff in a high-profile GOP primary in key battleground district divides Republicans

Post Content NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! HAMPSTEAD, N.H. – Matt Mowers touts he’s “the only one” in a crowded field of Republican candidates who can defeat two-term Democratic Rep. Chris Pappas in November’s midterm elections in New Hampshire’s First Congressional District, which has long been a highly contested swing House district. […]

Kyrgyzstan’s Ancient Buddhist Temple Will Be Opened to the Public

Read More The Big Buddha at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, in Hong Kong, is shown in this undated file photo. (Melanie Sun/The Epoch Times) The unearthed remnants of an ancient Buddhist temple in Kyrgyzstan will be opened to the public in mid-September as part of UNESCO’s Krasnaya Rechka world heritage site, according to reports. The ancient […]

King Charles vows to continue Queen’s ‘inspiring example’ in Holyrood speech

Read More King Charles III has pledged he will “seek always the welfare of our country” as he addressed Scotland’s nationalist-led parliament for the first time as monarch. In a short ceremony at Holyrood – a motion of condolence to mark the Queen’s death at Balmoral last week, the King said his mother “found in […]

‘Worth the wait’: queueing begins for chance to pay respects to the Queen

Read More Vanessa Nanthakumaran never expected to be first in line of the hundreds of thousands of people expected to queue in London in the coming days for the Queen’s lying in state at Westminster Hall. At 11.30am, Nanthakumaran, 56, was walking past the Houses of Parliament when she learned that the line would start […]

With sorrow and song Scotland bids emotional farewell to ‘our Queen’

Read More The people of Scotland, from prime ministers to benefit claimants, have said an emotional goodbye to their Queen as her coffin was set at rest in the “parish church of Edinburgh” where she was first given the Scottish crown 69 years ago. Psalms the Queen used to sing in Crathie Kirk on the […]