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Fijian football playing teen escapes strife-torn Tel Aviv
Fiji women's football international Trina Davis is back with her family in the US after a terrifying week trying to escape the escalating conflict in Gaza.
US Republican Party splintering, says politics expert
An expert in US politics says the Republican Party's removal of Liz Cheney from a top leadership role shows the GOP is splintering - and could lead to the formation of a breakaway party. House… Audio
Entomologist Ruud Kleinpaste on looming US cicada infestation
Trillions of cicadas are about emerge from underground in the United States. They are part of Brood X, and after 17 years they will be coming out in mass numbers. When the entire brood emerges… Audio
US position on North Korea met with angry replies and tit for tat threat
Comments made by US President Joe Biden and his administration demonstrate a hostile position toward North Korea, and the country will respond in kind, Pyongyang officials said on Sunday.
Biden to lay out massive social reform
President Joe Biden is expected to soon lay out what would be a sweeping revamp of US social benefits. It's the eve of the president's 100th day in office, and he'll shortly deliver his first address… Audio
Biden says 1915 massacres of Armenians were genocide
The US President Joe Biden has declared the 1915 massacres of Armenians in the Ottoman Empire a genocide, a historic declaration that has infuriated Turkey and strained ties between the two NATO…
US police criticised for 'assaults' against reporters at protests
Minnesota police have promised not to detain and rough up reporters covering protests over the police shooting of Duante Wright, after reporters were detained, pepper-sprayed, and forced to lie…
USA correspondent Ron Elving
Ron talks to Kathryn about President Joe Biden's proposed $1.5 trillion federal spending plan, and there's violence in Minneapolis after a young black man was shot and killed by a police officer -… Audio
Crowds gather to support Asian American community after killings
Hundreds of demonstrators have gathered outside the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta in support of the Asian community, after a shooting that left eight people dead, six of them Asian women.
Protesters call for justice a year after Breonna Taylor's death
Hundreds of demonstrators gathered for a rally and march in the US city of Louisville to mark a year since the killing of Breonna Taylor, whose death helped fuel protests against police brutality.
Trump demands three Republican groups stop using his name
Former US President Donald Trump has clashed again with his Republican Party, demanding three Republican groups stop using his name and likeness for fundraising, a Trump adviser has said.
Covid-19: US Senate passes major $1.9tn relief plan
The US Senate has voted to approve America's third major spending package to deal with the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Al Gillespie on rising tensions between the US and China
Waikato University's International Law professor Dr Alexander Gillespie is the author of a series of books on The Laws of War and The Causes of War, and the prospect of war is something we want to… Audio
Wrap on the impeachment of former President Trump
As history is made in the US with former President Donald Trump the only one to have been impeached twice we cross to Washington D.C. Jesse speaks to correspondent Nick Harper who's been covering the… Audio
Donald Trump's second impeachment trial begins
To the United States now where the Senate trial of Donald Trump's second impeachment is underway.
He's charged with inciting last month's deadly storming of the US Capitol.
Emma Hatton spoke to our… Audio
US and Iran in deadlock over economic sanctions and nuclear deal
US President Joe Biden says he will not lift economic sanctions against Iran until it complies with the terms agreed under a 2015 nuclear deal.
GameStop: Global watchdogs sound alarm as shares frenzy grows
Regulators have fired warning shots over frenzied share dealing in GameStop and other firms, fuelled by social media chat on sites like Reddit and Facebook.
US to reverse Trump's 'draconian' immigration policies, Biden tells Mexican president
The US plans to reverse the Trump administration's "draconian" immigration approach while working on policies addressing the causes of migration, President Joe Biden told his Mexican counterpart, the…
Man charged for US Capitol invasion threatened to kill politician
Charges have been laid against a Texas man for storming the Capitol and threatening to kill Democratic Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.
What will the US return to the Paris Agreement mean for earth?
Within hours of becoming president of the US, Joe Biden has moved to recommit his country to the Paris Agreement - the internationally binding treaty to combat climate change.