Tonga's government elected a new leader on Tuesday, two weeks after the previous premier resigned abruptly after a power struggle with the Pacific nation's royal family.
Sydney New Year's fireworks, one of the world's most spectacular celebrations of the calendar change, will go ahead after an 11th-hour agreement Tuesday between train workers and the government.
French Prime Minister Francois Bayrou on Monday hit out at "alarmist" claims about a significant death toll from Cyclone Chido, which hit the country's Indian Ocean territory of Mayotte.
Ten passengers needed medical treatment after a Swiss airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing due to smoke in the cockpit and cabin, the company said on Monday.