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By Esther Taunton of Immigration New Zealand is assessing a visa application from controversial right-wing broadcaster Candace Owens. Photo: AFP/ Getty Images - Jason Davies Controversial right-wing broadcaster Candace Owens has applied for a visa to visit New Zealand for a speaking engagement next month. Owens has more than 18 million followers on social media and a history of making controversial claims, including doubting the holocaust was real. Her entry to Australia was recently blocked, with the country's immigration minister saying her narrative had "the capacity to incite discord in almost every direction." A controversial right-wing US broadcaster, whose entry to Australia was recently blocked, has applied for a New Zealand visa. Candace Owens has more th...

Elon Musk Photo: Screenshot / YouTube The Washington Post reported that South African-born billionaire businessman Elon Musk worked illegally in the United States during a brief period in the 1990s while building a startup company. The news outlet reported that Musk arrived in Palo Alto, California, in 1995 to attend Stanford University but never enrolled in his graduate studies program there. Instead, he developed software company Zip2, which sold in 1999 for around $300 million, according to the outlet. Two immigration law experts quoted by the Post said Musk would have needed to be enrolled in a full course of study in order to maintain a valid work authorisation as a student. Musk did not respond to requests for comment sent to four of his companies - SpaceX, Tesla, the social media...

By James Oliphant, Trevor Hunnicutt, Reuters Supporters of former US president Donald Trump arrive for a campaign rally in Novi, Michigan, on Saturday 26 October. Photo: AFP - Drew Angerer Trump appeals to Muslim voters in Michigan, pledges peace in the Middle East Obama joins Harris on stage with emphasis on abortion rights Michigan's early voting sees 19.5 percent turnout, mostly absentee ballots Republican Donald Trump appealed to Muslim voters in Michigan on Saturday local time as Michelle Obama made an impassioned plea on behalf of Kamala Harris at the Democrat's own rally in the battleground state. In Michigan, Harris and Trump are battling for voters that include an Arab American and Muslim population concerned about Israel's bombardment of Gaza, and union workers worried ab...

The International Space Station Photo: NASA A NASA astronaut who was hospitalised upon return from the International Space Station for an unspecified medical condition was released Saturday in "good health," the US space agency said. The four-member Crew-8 mission splashed down off the coast of Florida early Friday after nearly eight months aboard the orbital laboratory. NASA did not reveal which of the astronauts was hospitalised nor the reason, citing medical privacy. However, it said in a blog post that the crew member has returned to the Johnson Space Center in Houston "in good health and will resume normal post-flight reconditioning with other crew members." On its way back to Earth, the SpaceX Dragon executed a normal re-entry and splashdown, and recovery of the crew and spacecraf...