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Not everyone is home for Christmas this year.

Corrections failing to put its Hōkai Rangi strategy into practice.

They committed to cut the bloc's net emissions by 55 per cent by the end of the decade.

The end of 2020 will be welcomed but an expert warns that 2021 will be 'catastrophic'.

Climate change has now eclipsed "invasive alien species" as the most potent threat.

Social media giant's warning on disinformation as posts surge ahead of vaccine rollout.

New York Times: An unexpected contest emerged over the 2021 presidency of organisation.

New York Times: Big data and AI tools may reproduce already existing biases in policing.

Abiy Ahmed has warned half-million residents in Tigray capital to stay indoors and disarm.

Israel's 13-year blockade of Gaza has sent poverty and unemployment skyrocketing.

More than 40,000 people have fled Ethiopia since the government's offensive started.

At least eight shipwrecks have taken place in the Central Mediterranean since last month.

Up to 200,000 refugees could pour into Sudan while fleeing Ethiopia's deadly conflict.

Former prime minister Helen Clark's inquiry asks whether WHO is fit for the job.

Antonio Guterres says anti-Semitism, anti-Muslim hatred and discrimination is on the rise.

The US has been asked to 'compensate for past mistakes' and return the 2015 nuclear deal.

Opinion: How have more than 60 new conflicts arisen while the UN promoted peace?

More than 820 million people – about 1 in 9 worldwide – do not have enough to eat.

PM was thought to be in the running for the award, which went to the World Food Programme.

China immediately hits back over 'political confrontation' by group of Western nations'.

Antonio Guterres concerned at escalating dispute between Trump's administration and China.

Here's a look at other leaders around the world who have had the Covid-19 virus.

Labour candidate Claire Mahon is a clear Downton fan. Made with funding from NZ On Air.

US President Donald Trump spoke to the UN assembly, saying that European countries are 'going to hell' due to migrants. Video / AFP

Xi Jinping warned that "major countries should act like major countries" in jab at Trump.

Inoculation offered free to any United Nations workers who want it.

It's a mere 12km square, yet this island is at the heart of a dangerous 'Pandora's box'.

David Fisher went to an Advance NZ meeting and fact-checked Billy Te Kahika.

Comment: If Trump won the Nobel Prize it would be far from the most undeserved.