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Officials in Thailand say New Zealanders accused of a roadside brawl with police have visas revoked

Mar. 18, 2024 08:34 AM EDT

BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s immigration authorities have revoked the visas of two New Zealand tourists accused of assaulting a traffic police officer on a popular resort island in an incident widely shared online, police said Monday. Brothers Hamish Day and Oscar Mattson Day were...

China's foreign minister meets New Zealand counterpart, beginning trip that also includes Australia

Mar. 18, 2024 07:40 AM EDT

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Monday that his country is ready to work with New Zealand to deepen trade and economic ties and address climate change. Wang met his New Zealand counterpart, Winston Peters, at the start of a tour that will also...

FIFA gives president Infantino 33% raise in pay deal worth $4.6 million in Women's World Cup year

Mar. 16, 2024 08:16 AM EDT

GENEVA (AP) — FIFA raised president Gianni Infantino's base salary 33% last year to lift his total pay package to more than 4.13 million Swiss francs ($4.67 million), soccer’s governing body said in its financial report. Infantino was re-elected unopposed in 2023 to extend his...

Boeing tells airlines to check pilot seats after report that an accidental shift led plane to plunge

Mar. 15, 2024 16:20 PM EDT

Boeing is telling airlines to inspect switches on pilots' seats in its 787 Dreamliner jets after a published report said an accidental cockpit seat movement likely caused the sudden plunge of a LATAM Airlines plane flying to New Zealand. Boeing said Friday it recommended that...

2 backcountry skiers from New Zealand are killed in an avalanche in Japan

Mar. 12, 2024 06:42 AM EDT

TOKYO (AP) — Two backcountry skiers from New Zealand have died in an avalanche on Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido, police said Tuesday. A man and woman died Monday on the 1,898-meter (6,227-foot) Mount Yotei, the Hokkaido prefectural police said. A third skier, a...

Passenger describes people 'bounced off the roof' on plane that dropped during flight to New Zealand

Mar. 12, 2024 04:07 AM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — As officials investigate what caused a “strong shake” before a sudden plunge on a plane traveling between Australia and New Zealand, a passenger on Tuesday described a wild ride, with people without seatbelts thrown from their seats and some crashing into the plane's ceiling. ...

50 people are injured by a 'strong movement' on a plane traveling from Australia to New Zealand

Mar. 12, 2024 01:24 AM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — At least 50 people were injured Monday by what officials described as a “strong movement” on a Chilean plane traveling from Sydney to Auckland, New Zealand. LATAM Airlines said in a statement that there was "a technical event during the flight which caused a...

Officials say 50 people were injured by a 'strong movement' on a Chilean plane traveling from Australia to New Zealand

Mar. 11, 2024 04:02 AM EDT
SYDNEY (AP) — Officials say 50 people were injured by a 'strong movement' on a Chilean plane traveling from Australia to New Zealand.

New Zealand tour operators told to pay $7.8 million in fines and reparations over volcanic eruption

Feb. 29, 2024 22:40 PM EST

WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Tour booking agents and managers of a New Zealand island where a volcanic eruption killed 22 people in 2019 were ordered Friday to pay nearly $13 million (US$7.8 million) in fines and reparations. The holding company of the island's owners, a boat...

American Hunter Armstrong gets 2 more medals on final day of swim worlds. Israeli swimmer is jeered

Feb. 18, 2024 15:20 PM EST

DOHA, Qatar (AP) — American swimmer Hunter Armstrong helped himself to two more medals on the closing day of the World Aquatics Championships in Qatar on Sunday, winning the men's 4x100 medley relay with the United States team after taking the silver in the men’s 50 backstroke. ...