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Christopher Luxon has been warmly welcomed by China's President in Lima on the sidelines of the APEC Summit. It is the first time Xi Jinping and Luxon have met, with the meeting scheduled for 30 minutes. In his opening remarks, President Xi acknowledged the sound and steady growth between China and New Zealand and commended Luxon for his efforts building the relationship since he took office a year ago. He also said China was ready to work together with New Zealand to create more firsts. NZ Prime Minister Christopher Luxon meets with China's President, Xi Jinping in Lima. Photo: Pool / Chris Skelton Christopher Luxon arrived in Peru for APEC overnight. On arrival, Luxon headed straight to a private catch-up with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese. The leaders of APEC's 21 ec...

Xi Jinping and Christopher Luxon. Photo: Layla Bailey-McDowell / RNZ / AFP The prime minister will sit down for his first face-to-face chat with China's president on Saturday (NZT). Christopher Luxon arrived at the APEC Summit in Peru overnight. On arrival in Lima, Luxon headed straight to a private catch-up with his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese. The leaders of APEC's 21 economies from the Asia-Pacific region are meeting just a week after Donald Trump was declared the US president-elect. While it is Joe Biden in town representing the US, Trump's promised tariffs will feature heavily in leader to leader conversations this weekend, including between Luxon and China's Xi Jinping. Xi is under very tight security in Lima, prompting him to send his officials to a grand port opening...

Elon Musk and Donald Trump. Photo: AFP Reports that billionaire Elon Musk has held multiple calls with Russian officials, including President Vladimir Putin, should be investigated by the Pentagon and law-enforcement agencies on national-security grounds, two senior Democratic senators said in a letter seen by Reuters. Musk, who has been appointed to a senior government role by Republican President-elect Donald Trump, oversees billions of dollars in Pentagon and intelligence-community contracts as CEO of aerospace company SpaceX. Senator Jeanne Shaheen, a senior Foreign Relations Committee member, and Senate Armed Services Committee chair Jack Reed told US Attorney General Merrick Garland and the Pentagon's inspector general that Musk's involvement in those SpaceX programs should be pro...

Legacy is on the line for Jake Paul and Mike Tyson in Texas. Photo: Mike Tyson v Jake Paul 5pm, Saturday 16 November At&T Stadium, Arlington Live blog updates on RNZ Sport Undercard starts at 2pm Whether it is a fight or a farce, the world will be tuning in to watch. Mike Tyson last fought professionally in 2005, and this Saturday he re-enters the ring against a man 27 years his junior. 'Iron Mike' was once the most feared man walking the face of the earth, but time waits for no man. Enter 'the Problem Child' Jake Paul, one of the world's biggest influencers turned actor turned pro boxer, who has proven the critics wrong several times. Many have called for him to take on a 'real' boxer, while others believe that 58-year-old Tyson is the man to finally end the brash young Paul's in-...

Kokopo, Papua New Guinea. Photo: Supplied / Google Maps A magnitude 6.7 earthquake has struck off the coast of Kokopo, Papua New Guinea, the US Geological Survey says. The quake was at a depth of 52 kilometres, USGS added. More to come... - Reuters Source link

By ABC Middle East correspondent Matthew Doran in Jerusalem Much of Gaza's infrastructure has been destroyed since Israel retaliated for the October 7 attacks last year. Photo: AFP / Omar Al-Qattaa Australia was one of 159 countries which backed the draft proposal in a United Nations committee, while the United States and Israel voted no The resolution calls on the UN to recognise the "permanent sovereignty" of Palestinians to natural resources in the occupied territories The proposal will now go to the UN General Assembly for a final vote Australia has broken ranks with the United States and Israel to vote in favour of a draft United Nations resolution recognising "permanent sovereignty" of Palestinians and the Golan Heights to natural resources in the occupied territories for ...

Greenhouse gas emissions from plastic production and waste are set to grow by 37 percent by 2050, researchers say. Photo: 123rf A scientist says a study on global plastic waste is encouraging, but the best strategy is to significantly reduce the use of plastics in the first place. Modelling published in the journal Science suggests plastic waste is likely to double by 2050. The study also found that greenhouse gas emissions from plastic production and waste management were set to grow by 37 percent over the same period. According to the research, if just four of the eight interventions being considered for the United Nations Plastic Pollution Treaty are adopted, plastic waste around the world could be reduced by about 90 percent in 25 years. ESR researcher Olga Pantos said policies to r...

By Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali, Reuters Trump's transition team reportedly drawing up a list of military leaders to fire. Photo: AFP / Jim Watson Members of President-elect Donald Trump's transition team are drawing up a list of military officers to be fired, potentially to include the Joint Chiefs of Staff, two sources said, in what would be an unprecedented shakeup at the Pentagon. The planning for the firings is at an early stage after Trump's 5 November election victory and could change as Trump's administration takes shape, said the sources, who are familiar with the Trump transition and requested anonymity to speak candidly about the plans. One of the sources questioned the feasibility of a mass firing at the Pentagon. It was also unclear if Trump himself would endorse the plan...

By Isaac Yee and Chris Lau for CNN A screenshot from a video taken when a family found a koala in the bedroom of their Adelaide home. Photo: FrandiasRufino & RuffinoBruno via Instagram/ CNN Koalas are normally found in eucalyptus trees, but one couple came home in Australia on Wednesday and were shocked to find one in their bedroom. "I was scared, happy and excited at the same time," Fran Dias Rufino told CNN from Adelaide in South Australia. Rufino, who moved to Australia from Brazil, posted the unexpected encounter on Instagram, saying she was lost for words upon seeing the marsupial inside her home. "I was so nervous that I forgot my English," she wrote in an Instagram post, with the observation "Only in Australia". Video showed the koala sitting on the floor beside their bed,...

By Sakshi Dayal, Reuters New measures to combat the worsening air quality in New Delhi come into effect from Friday. Photo: AFP India's government banned non-essential construction in New Delhi, the world's most polluted capital, and urged residents to avoid burning coal for heating, to combat worsening air quality that has disrupted flights and obscured the Taj Mahal. The new measures, which included sprinkling water with dust suppressants on roads, as well as mechanised sweeping that would help settle dust, would come into effect from Friday morning. Delhi's chief minister Atishi, who uses only one name, also directed all primary schools to shift to online classes. They also included a ban on non-essential construction and an appeal to citizens to use more public transport and avoi...