New Zealand’s Transport Minister Michael Wood resigned on Tuesday amid a dispute over his shares in Auckland Airport. Prime Minister Chris Hipkins discussed the issue with Wood on Tuesday and advised him to resign. He informed that Kieran McAnulty will be the Acting Transport Minister.
According to local media reports, Michael Wood did not declare his shares in the immediate aftermath of his election as MP and became Transport Minister. The report said the transport minister had bought Auckland International Airport shares worth around NZD 13,000 (US$7,900) in the 1990s.
Taipei (Taiwan). Senior US and Chinese diplomats held “frank and meaningful” discussions in Beijing and agreed to keep channels of communication open to avoid tensions turning into conflict. Officials gave this information on Tuesday. US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Daniel Krittenbrink visited China on Monday. He is the most senior US official to visit China since tensions between the two countries shot down a Chinese spy balloon over the US in early February. US Secretary of State Antony Blinken then postponed a planned visit to China and Beijing has since refused to hold official talks.
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