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The past six months has brought a stream of bad news for China's economy: Slow growth, record youth unemployment, low foreign investment, weak exports and currency, and a property sector in crisis.

Hurricane Idalia ploughed through the Big Bend region of Florida, where millions of residents had evacuated or hunkered down in anticipation of a dangerous surge of tidal water.

A round-up of news in breif from around the region.

The white gunman was chased away from the campus minutes before the shooter killed three Black people at a discount store, the university's president says.

Locals are asking tourists to return to Maui after asking for space in the initial aftermath of the deadly fire that swept through Lāhainā about a fortnight ago. Audio

US President Joe Biden has toured wildfire damage in Hawaii after scrutiny of his administration's response to the state's worst ever natural disaster.

Hurricane Hilary hurtled towards Mexico's Baja California peninsula, blanketing the region with heavy rain amid warnings of catastrophic and life-threatening flooding on the peninsula and the US…

Maui's emergency management chief has quit a day after defending his agency's failure to activate its alarm system in last week's fatal wildfire.

The first victims from the deadly wildfires that swept Maui island last week have been identified by officials.

Former US President Donald Trump has been hit with a fourth set of criminal charges after a Georgia grand jury issued an indictment accusing him of efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to…

The death toll from the devastating wildfire that engulfed the beachside town of Lahaina on the island of Maui in Hawaii continues to rise. Audio

The death toll from a wildfire that has turned the resort town of Lāhainā on Hawaii's Maui island into smoldering ruins has risen to 53, says Maui County.

A New Zealander on holiday in Maui says the wildfires devastating the Hawaiian island are unlike anything he has seen before.

The couple said they would remain "a close family with deep love and respect".

The former president gave the order to employees at his Florida resort to delete security videos as he was under investigation for retaining classified documents, US prosecutors say.

The United States' top diplomat Secretary of State Antony Blinken has met with his Kiwi counterpart Nanaia Mahuta during his first official visit to New Zealand.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken was in Tonga on Wednesday for bilateral talks.

The United States' Second Gentleman has announced a $US2.6 million grant from USAID for disaster risk reduction in Samoa and other Pacific countries.

Former PM Jacinda Ardern was met with the Second Gentleman of the United States in Auckland today as part of a roundtable discussion for the Christchurch Call.

Jason Sudeikis, Susan Sarandon and thousands of other actors have joined screenwriters in Hollywood's biggest strike in more than six decades.

Analysis: Prime Minister Chris Hipkins rules out taxing the wealthy, polls show support for the government slumping, and the Greens set out their election manifesto.

In a blow to LGBT rights, the US Supreme Court's conservative majority ruled the constitutional right to free speech allows certain businesses to refuse to provide services for same-sex weddings.

In the end, the Wagner mutiny lasted less than 24 hours. But the toxic cocktail of jealousy, rivalry and ambition that gave rise to it has been months, if not years, in the making.

Tonga - Princess Lātūfuipeka appointed ambassador to Thailand

A gunman accused of killing 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue in 2018 has been found guilty by a jury in the US state of Pennsylvania.