A judge in Hawaii has blocked the latest version of the Trump administration travel ban just hours before it was set to take effect.

A federal judge in Hawaii has expanded the list of family relationships needed by people seeking new visas from six mostly Muslim countries to avoid US president Donald Trump's travel ban.

US president Donald Trump's administration is asking a federal appeals court to let his travel ban come into effect while it considers the case.

Judges in Hawaii and Maryland have blocked Donald Trump's revised travel ban from taking effect as scheduled, using the US president's own words as evidence that the order discriminates against Muslims.

Tackling the problem of cross-contamination in hospitals, Waterford company CMC Hygea has come up with a practical solution — a basin and liner system that incorporates germ-killing anti-microbial technology.