25 October 2021
Once the poster child for stamping out COVID-19, New Zealand has been unable to beat a Delta outbreak centred on Auckland.
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25 Oct: The $2.1 billion deal to acquire and run Digicel Pacific will be largely funded by the Australian government, in a move widely seen as an attempt to counter China's influence in the region.... more
25 Oct: Protesters gathered outside the Nets's home arena, waving flags and signs in support of Kyrie Irving's COVID-19 vaccination stance before Brooklyn's match against Charlotte Hornets on Monday.... more
25 Oct: James Michael Tyler, who appeared in the Friends reunion special earlier this year but did not mention his cancer diagnosis because he did not want to be a "downer", dies aged 59.... more
25 Oct: An expert panel of judges in the German town of Eging am See combs through 100 finely sculpted beards and moustaches in a bid to crown their 2021 'Beard Olympics' champion.... more
25 Oct: A team of computer programmers and engineers from a German university are crowned the inaugural champions of self-driving cars around one of the world's most famous racetracks.... more
24 Oct: Colombia's president says the capture of Dairo Antonio Úsuga is "the biggest blow against drug trafficking in our country this century".... more
24 Oct: Australia's medical regulator will look at new data from Pfizer on COVID-19 booster doses on Monday, with health authorities hopeful of a November rollout.... more
24 Oct: Long the markings of slaves and gangsters, tattoos are suddenly everywhere in South Korea. But the nation's stringent laws mean they're often inked in the shadows by artists risking arrest.... more
