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Mon, 22 Aug 2022 18:51:49 +1000New Princess Diana documentary sheds light on her death
A new documentary about Princess Diana's death claims she predicted the tragedy.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 18:18:36 +1000Singapore’s gay-sex ban repeal may not be much progress at all
Bryan Choong, who was lucky to be accepted as gay in the Air Force, says life will get a little easier for gay men in his country, but not easy enough.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 17:04:49 +1000Relative of children found dead in suitcase likely in SKorea: Police
South Korean police currently have no authority to track the woman down or detain her as she remains a NZ citizen.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 15:33:58 +1000Drought unearths Nazi warships in Serbia, Buddhist statues in China
One of the worst droughts on record has helped uncover surprising pieces of history’s jigsaw, from Spain to China.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 13:57:04 +1000Children remains found inside suitcases left at an Auckland storage unit
The remains of two young children were inside suitcases left at an Auckland storage unit for "a number of years".
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 13:54:08 +1000Imran Khan, ex-cricketer and country leader, charged with terrorism
Khan had not yet been arrested and was in Islamabad, according to a senior leader of his political party.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:42:41 +1000Daughter of Vladimir Putin ally killed by car bomb
The daughter of Vladimir Putin ally Alexander Dugan has been killed in a car bombing.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:27:20 +1000Search for California teen who went missing after party
A search is underway for 16-year-old Kiely Rodni after she disappeared following a campground party in Northern California.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 12:02:43 +1000Gay sex decriminalised in Singapore
Singapore has decriminalised gay sex between men but still refuses to allow same-sex marriage.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 11:49:30 +1000Queen’s chef reveals simple treat the monarch has had every day since she was a toddler
Chef Darren McGrady also says the Queen has firm ideas about the age-old question of how to eat scones.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 10:51:20 +1000Rare footage shows orcas killing great white shark
Incredible drone footage shows a pack of orcas killing a great white shark.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 10:03:05 +1000Where NASA's Artemis III will land on moon
NASA has chosen 13 regions near the moon's South Pole as potential landing spots for Artemis III.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 08:26:56 +1000Rescuers search for NZ teenager
A large scale search was conducted for Vincent Beecroft after he went missing off the coast of Dunedin’s Second Beach.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 08:22:07 +1000A dad took photos of his son for the doctor. Google shut down his phone, flagged him as a criminal
Google has an automated tool to detect abusive images of children but the system can get it wrong, and the consequences are serious.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 07:53:33 +1000Remorse over Boris Johnson exit as Britons rate him more highly than new candidates combined
Boris Johnson was forced to resign by party members over a series of scandals, but the Conservative Party members who choose his successor would prefer he stayed.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +1000‘Two popes too many’: Is the world ready for three living popes?
For seven centuries the lesson of the hermit pope served as a reminder that it was a job for life. Then Benedict caught the world by surprise.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 05:00:00 +1000Bali bomb maker ‘wants to change 100% ... can fight terrorism’ if released
The former extremist who claims to have reformed Umar Patek believes he can be a key player in fighting the “seduction” of terrorism.
Mon, 22 Aug 2022 00:08:09 +1000At least 21 killed in Somalia hotel siege, many hostages freed
Elite armed forces battled al Qaeda-linked militants for 30 hours after the jihadists blasted and shot their way into the Hayat Hotel.
Sun, 21 Aug 2022 18:42:29 +1000Plane runs out of fuel and crashes in US
A motorist has filmed the moment a plane fell out of the sky in Orlando, Florida.
Sun, 21 Aug 2022 17:36:46 +1000Daughter of Putin ally ‘killed in car bomb attack’
The journalist and political expert broadly supported her father’s ideas, and had herself been sanctioned by the US and UK.