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Auckland has recorded its wettest month since records began 170 years ago, according to the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research.

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said “extreme caution” was needed in allowing same-sex marriage, blocking calls in parliament to give legal status to the unions that would bring Japan in line with Group of Seven peers as it prepares to host a summit in May.

A teen has been detained by Singapore authorities on suspicion of planning to set up an Islamic caliphate and undertake armed violence in support of ISIS.

Gautam Adani’s beleaguered empire is spiraling into crisis, as the fallout from a short-seller’s fraud allegations leads to a worsening meltdown in the indebted conglomerate’s securities.

The bankrupt FTX group of cryptocurrency companies extended the deadlines to bid for its Japan and Europe businesses as administrators strive to raise funds to help pay back creditors.

Tesla Inc. will probably have to go to trial to fight claims that a sudden acceleration defect in a Model S caused a fiery crash in Indiana that killed the driver and a passenger in 2016.

The US has condemned Myanmar’s move to extend a state of emergency for another six months, two years after seizing power in a coup, and said it will continue to work with allies to deny the regime international credibility.

China’s planned easing of rules for initial public offerings across all its exchanges comes with restrictions telling bankers that some firms will need to seek special permission to sell shares.

Commonwealth Bank of Australia sees a “non-trivial risk” that the Reserve Bank could raise interest rates by 40 basis-points at its first policy meeting of the year on Tuesday following an acceleration in inflation.

JPMorgan Chase & Co. asked a judge to throw out a US Virgin Islands lawsuit that claims the bank turned a blind eye to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex-trafficking, calling the allegation a “masterclass in deflection.”