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A man flies a kite on the Bund as the Lujiazui Financial District stands in the background in Shanghai, China. The Asia Pacific remains the most expensive region for wealthy individuals with  Shanghai, Tokyo and Hong Kong ranking as the most expensive cities in the world for the rich, according to Julius Baer. Bloomberg

Asia Pacific remains the most expensive region for the ultra-wealthy

April 11, 2021
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said the issue was not country specific but about how to stop cases entering the country. Getty Images

New Zealand bans all arrivals from India over Covid-19 cases

April 8, 2021
David Marriott poses with his paper horse in his hotel room in Brisbane, Australia, April 1, 2021. While in quarantine inside his Brisbane hotel room, art director Russell Brown was bored and started making a cowboy outfit from the paper bags his meals were being delivered in. His project expanded to include a horse and a clingfilm villain that he has daily adventures with, in images that have gained a huge online following. (David Marriott via AP)

Horsing about: Australian man's quarantine project goes viral

April 7, 2021
A Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft flies close to the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland on October 10, 2020 in Great Barrier Reef, Australia. Getty Images

Global warming puts 99% of Great Barrier Reef coral at risk, study finds

April 5, 2021
An angry octopus in Australia lashed out at geologist and author Lance Karlson in a video that went viral. Video still

Video: Angry octopus lashes out at man in Australia

April 2, 2021
The bereavement allowance passed unanimously in parliament late on Wednesday. Getty

New Zealand approves paid leave after miscarriage or stillbirth

March 25, 2021
A child is carried to safety by a State Emergency Service member after a Marine Rescue boat rescuing a family from rising floodwaters. Reuters

Australia floods and spiders swarm after rain lashes New South Wales

March 23, 2021
A man is led away by officers from a home in Birmingham, UK, after an investigation linked to EncroChat. PA

UK arrests hundreds after EncroChat criminal chatroom cracked

March 22, 2021
People look out at the Hawkesbury River Bridge submerged by floodwaters in Windsor, New South Wales, Australia, on Monday, March 22, 2021. Western Sydney and the NSW Mid-North coast are bearing the brunt of the relentless downpour that has caused the Warragamba Dam, Sydney’s primary source of water, to overflow for the first time in five years, and caused severe damage to property and roads. Photographer: Brent Lewin/Bloomberg

Australia to move thousands of people as Sydney faces worst floods in 60 years

March 22, 2021
A man wades through floodwaters on a residential street in Sydney on March 21, 2021 as the Australian state of New South Wales experiences torrential rain. Reuters

Australia floods: more evacuations ordered as Sydney dam overflows

March 21, 2021
A couple stand at a washed-out section of road in Port Stephens, 200 kilometres north of Sydney, after heavy rains hit eastern Australia on March 20, 2021. AP Photo

Heavy rain brings flood chaos to Australia's east coast

March 20, 2021
Mice run away on a farm in Gilgandra, New South Wales, Australia on March 12, 2021 in this still image obtained from a social media video. Melanie Moeris via Reuters

Watch: Australian farms invaded by plague of mice

March 19, 2021
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern speaks to media with Damien O'Connor, Minister of Trade and Export Growth (R) and Rino Tirakatene, Parliamentary Under Secretary (L) during the New Zealand at Expo 2020 event in Auckland. (Fiona Goodall/Getty Images)

Jacinda Ardern: New Zealand to 'reconnect with the world' at Expo 2020 Dubai

March 18, 2021
This 2016 photo provided by Murray Chambers shows a male regent honeyeater bird in Capertee Valley in New South Wales, Australia. AP

Australian bird so endangered it is 'forgetting its song'

March 17, 2021
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivering a statement on the government's Integrated Review at the House of Commons, London. AFP/UK Parliament

Global Britain sets new foreign policy frontiers in fields such as science, technology, space and cyber

March 17, 2021
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UAE Ramadan hours, Emirates charity flight, first woman astronaut, 1,931 new cases - The Daily Update

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FILE PHOTO: A vial of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a vaccination center, amid the coronavirus disease outbreak, in Ronquieres, Belgium April 6, 2021. REUTERS/Yves Herman/File Photo

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Expo 2020 Dubai is already leading to a local boom in recruitment. Courtesy: Expo 2020 Dubai

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