The suspension will start from 1600 local time on April 11 and will be in place until April 28, Ardern said in a news conference

Authorities said the first waves may have already reached areas around East Cape from Cape Runaway to Tolaga Bay at about 3:34 am local time

Myanmar's military leader has vowed to hold a new election and hand power to the winner, seeking to calm mounting protests against the coup that overthrew Aung San Suu Kyi's civilian government

US Capitol violence: The Capitol building was locked down and police moved in with guns drawn as Vice President Mike Pence and lawmakers were evacuated to secure locations

German Foreign Minister Heiko Maas said democracy's enemies would be cheered by scenes of violence at the United States Capitol, and he called on Trump to accept US voters' decision

The trial will run for 12 months until December next year. Unilever said the employees will be paid for five days while working for just four days

The pair will be at a meeting of the leaders of the 21-nation Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) hosted virtually by Malaysia just two weeks after Trump lost his re-election bid

Priyanca Radhakrishnan on Monday became the first-ever Indian-origin minister of New Zealand after she was inducted into the executive cabinet by the country's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern. Born in Chennai, India, Radhakrishnan went to school in Singapore before moving to New Zealand to further her education. She has spent her work life advocating on behalf of people whose voices are often unheard - women survivors of domestic violence, and migrant workers who have been exploited. Watch as she shares her liking towards bollywood and other aspects of her life, apart from politics.Also Read: Kiwi-Indian minister! Chennai-born Priyanca Radhakrishnan becomes 1st Indian-origin minister in New Zealand

Priyanca Radhakrishnan has been Labour Party candidate for Maungakiekie since November 2016.  In 2019, she was appointed the Parliamentary Private Secretary to the Minister for Ethnic Communities

The mandate means Ardern, 40, could form the first single-party government in decades, and face the challenge of delivering on the progressive transformation she promised but failed to deliver in her first term

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand had forecast a quarterly and annual GDP decline of 14% in its August statement

Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government has been criticised by political opponents and health experts for being too slow to go into lockdown and in rolling out testing to know how far the virus had spread

Opposition parties had been requesting a delay after a virus outbreak in Auckland last week prompted the government to put the city into a two-week lockdown and halted election campaigning

Coronavirus vaccine news: Moderna is planning to price the COVID vaccine at $50-60 (Rs 3,700-Rs 4,500) for the entire course. This would mean that per dose would be priced at $25-30 (Rs 1,800-Rs 2,300)

New Zealand has been able to eliminate the fast-spreading coronavirus from its soil. How did the country of 4.8 million people achieve this feat? What was the country's elimination strategy? Is it safe from COVID-19 forever? Much of the credit goes to its 39 year old Prime minister Jacinda Ardern who acted aggressively, swiftly and very early. The citizens have also cooperated. Watch the video for more.Also Read: Antibody therapies to cure coronavirus now under human trial phase

New Zealand has tested almost 40,000 people in the past 17 days and no one has been in a hospital with Covid-19 for 12 days, Ardern said at a news conference

International travel, however, would not be possible as borders will remain closed except for returning New Zealanders

Jacinda Ardern on Monday announced the country would stay in lockdown for another week before slightly easing some work restrictions to help restart the economy

Coronavirus pandemic: Package was bigger as a proportion of GDP than those announced by countries like Australia and Singapore

COVID-19 latest: Globally, more than 138,000 people have been infected and over 5,000 have died due to the deadly coronavirus