Australia and NZ have been unable to send in evacuation flights for tourists stranded in New Caledonia, amid deadly rioting, despite 1000 police deployed from France to restore order.
Taiwan's new president faces an angry and deeply suspicious China that believes he is a "separatist", and a fractious parliament with an opposition champing at the bit to challenge him.
The death of a Dunedin man may have been prevented if he had been given more information before consenting to the Covid vaccination that later claimed his life.
A builder who helped repair Al Noor Mosque after the Christchurch terror attack says the lock on the main prayer room's emergency door may have created chaos and confusion during the shooting.