New Zealand has relaxed its visitor visa rules to attract so-called “digital nomads” in a bid to boost tourism and the economy. Visitor visas will now allow people to work remotely for a foreign employer while they are visiting New Zealand for up to 90 days. The visa can be extended up to nine months…
Australian-made animated series Bluey was the most streamed show in the US in 2024, topping Nielsen’s annual year-end streaming charts, released this week. US viewers watched 55.62bn minutes of the 7-minute show on Disney+ according to Nielsen’s reporting, just shy of the all-time yearly record of 57.7bn minutes set by Suits in 2023. The Nielsen…
The Trump administration has put on leave about 60 senior career officials at the US Agency for International Development (USAid) workers, sources familiar with the matter said, after Washington put a sweeping freeze on US aid worldwide. The administration on Saturday urged the USAid staff to join the effort to transform how Washington allocates aid…
Coca-Cola has recalled its drinks in some countries across Europe after detecting “higher levels” of the chemical chlorate. Cans and glass bottles containing elevated levels of the substance were distributed in Britain, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, France and Luxembourg since November, the company said on Monday. It added that five product lines had been shipped…
The justice department is firing more than a dozen officials who worked on special counsel Jack Smith’s cases against Donald Trump on charges of trying to overturn his 2020 election defeat and mishandling of classified documents, according to reports on Monday. The officials were fired after the acting attorney general, James McHenry, said they could…
The heatwave conditions that swept across Australia during the long weekend are forecast to shift states as a cool change brings the risk of severe thunderstorms, including large hail and damaging winds. The Bureau of Meteorology said NSW would bear the brunt of the same pool of very hot air that sent temperatures in parts…
Rachel Reeves has told MPs the government needs to go “further and faster” to increase economic growth, as Downing Street sought to reassure people concerned about the environment that net zero and increasing output go “hand in hand”. The chancellor has unnerved some Labour MPs and green campaigners with her increasingly punchy rhetoric about economic…
Downing Street has defended the government’s decision to change the name of a new attack submarine from HMS Agincourt to HMS Achilles, after critics accused ministers of trying not to upset the French. A No 10 spokesperson called the decision to change the planned name of the vessel “appropriate and fitting”, despite criticism that ministers…
Sweden’s national security adviser has announced his resignation as police opened an investigation after he inadvertently left classified documents at a hotel, one of a series of mishaps that Swedish media have revealed in recent weeks. Henrik Landerholm, whose appointment two years ago sparked debate due to his longstanding friendship with the prime minister, Ulf…
A hoard of British coins bearing the inscription of King Cunobelin and found in a Dutch field have been identified as very likely to be the spoils of war of a Roman soldier from the conquest of Britain. The 44 gold coins, known as staters, were discovered alongside 360 Roman coins, by two amateur archaeologists…
