A man accused of murdering a pro-Western Ukrainian politician says that he carried out the killing but denied working for Russia, describing the attack as “personal revenge”. Mykhailo Stselnikov, 52, ...

A small Napier’s Taradale town centre is set for an upgrade and expansion. Demolition of the closed police station on Gloucester St is expected to begin on September 22, followed by construction of a ...

US politicians have returned to work after more than a month off, with a countdown beginning as they rush to pass a temporary budget and ward off a federal Government shutdown before September 30. The ...

A federal judge in California has dealt a huge blow to US President Donald Trump, ruling his use of the National Guard in Los Angeles was illegal. The Governor of California said the judge has “sided ...

Rangitīkei District Council will “be brave” and apply for an exemption to the Government’s halt on all plan changes. The councillors voted in favour of continuing work on the district’s Proposed Plan ...

American artificial intelligence firm OpenAI said Tuesday it would add parental controls to its chatbot ChatGPT, a week after an American couple said the system encouraged their teenaged son to kill ...

The All Blacks’ tour of South Africa is being marketed as the Greatest Rivalry, but critics argue it’s a commercial venture. The tour includes midweek games and a four-test se ...

A Taupō truck driver who was looking at his phone when he crossed a centre line and killed an oncoming driver has left a “catastrophic” impact on a Rotorua family. Wayne Dion Young, 54, was sentenced ...

Truck companies are fed up with weight restrictions on a vital Hawke’s Bay bridge, which an advocacy group says is costing companies millions of dollars in lengthy detours as they await strengthening ...

An olive-green North Korean train, emblazoned with a gold stripe, carried leader Kim Jong Un into China yesterday for a grand military parade that President Xi Jinping and Russias ...

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