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Scientists are only starting to grasp the vast array of health problems caused by the Covid-19 virus, some of which may have lingering effects for years to come.

In today's sports news - no more Thursday night rugby games, US Open backtracks on wheelchair tennis and McCaw retires again.

US President Donald Trump has signed an executive order introducing several police reforms while rejecting calls to defund or dismantle the police.

A medical examiner in Atlanta, Georgia, has declared the death of an African-American man to be homicide after he was shot in an encounter with police.

Some cities are rolling out ambitious electric scooter sharing schemes, while others have banned them outright. Just how green, and how safe, are e-scooters, asks Francesca Perry.

The New Zealand sharemarket has opened sharply lower this morning following the overnight slide on Wall Street.

Twenty-eight refugees detained on Nauru and PNG's Manus Island are due to fly to the US today for resettlement.

Chicago saw its deadliest day in at least 30 years last month, with 18 killings within a 24-hour period on 31 May.

The white police officer is accused of killing the black man whose death sparked global protests.

Security measures in the US have been lifted as unrest over the death in police custody of African-American George Floyd eases.

In today's sports news - Jordan makes big donation, Storm outlast Rabbitohs and former 'Canes lock discharged from hospital.

US President Donald Trump says he will deploy thousands of heavily armed soldiers and law enforcement to stop violence in the US. Read back through RNZ's live updates.

After violence erupted in cities across the US on a sixth night of protests, Trump tells governors to get tougher or 'look like jerks'.

A tanker truck has driven through thousands of people marching on a Minneapolis highway to protest the death of George Floyd.

A Reuters TV crew was hit by rubber bullets and a photographer's camera was smashed in Minneapolis as attacks against journalists covering civil unrest in US cities intensified. Video

Another night of outrage left stores looted and cars smouldering in many US cities on Sunday as curfews failed to quell violence that replaced peaceful daytime demonstrations

Curfews have been ordered in cities across the US in an attempt to stem the violent clashes between protesters and police over the death of George Floyd.

Widespread violent protests continue in the United States, as people react to the death of an unarmed African American while in police custody.