Japan's Sanae Takaichi faces balancing act on Yen ahead of election

Official campaigning for the election started Tuesday as Takaichi seeks to solidify her majority in the lower house of ...

French lawmakers vote in support of bill to ban social media for teens

The lower house of the French National Assembly has passed the text by a vote of 130 to 21 in a lengthy overnight session from Monday to Tuesday. The bill will now go to the Senate, France’s upper ...

Magnitude 4.5 earthquake shakes lower North Island

There has been a magnitude 4.5 earthquake which Geonet describes as light centred about 40 kilometres north-west of Levin. It says it was at a depth of 4.5 kilometres. Nearly 5000 people have reported ...