International news that matters to New Zealanders.
The controversy surrounding Peter Stefanovic has reopened a debate over how partisan material moves into mainstream media coverage.
Viral claims about finger exercises and brain health have drawn scrutiny from researchers who study cognitive decline.
Claims about the water consumption of artificial intelligence have spread quickly — the underlying numbers are more complicated.
New research suggests lowering the legal tackle height in rugby has coincided with a measurable fall in concussions.
A United States federal judge has been found to have had sexual encounters in his chambers with a police officer, in findings that have raised fresh questions about judicial conduct oversight.
Iran has condemned recent United States strikes as a violation of the ceasefire, in a sharp escalation of rhetoric between the two countries.
Researchers say a low-cost pill may help people keep weight off after they stop taking weight-loss injections, addressing one of the treatments' biggest weaknesses.
A paraglider has escaped with their life after a light aircraft clipped their chute in a midair collision caught on camera.
For decades oil has been priced and settled in US dollars, but a growing number of transactions are being conducted in other currencies.
The Pentagon has begun releasing files on unidentified aerial phenomena, including a substantial number of sightings that remain unexplained.
Sir David Attenborough has turned 100, marking the milestone with a characteristically clear-eyed reflection that he will not see how the planet's story ends.
Oil prices have swung sharply in recent years, leaving households and businesses asking whether anything resembling a normal price is coming back.
With midterm elections approaching, attention is turning to whether American voters will curb Donald Trump's power by handing Congress to the opposition.
A senior Trump administration official said Pacific Islands would 'rise and fall' with sea level rise, drawing sharp criticism from regional leaders.
A Brisbane kindergarten has withdrawn a request that families pay up to $2000 for artwork produced by their children.
US President Donald Trump said Ukraine could win back all the territory it has lost to Russia with support from NATO members.
A television dramatisation portrays convicted murderer Erin Patterson as lonely and willing to stop at nothing, according to those involved in the production.
US President Donald Trump has accused a journalist of hurting Australia during a tense exchange with reporters.
A teenager has been arrested in Sydney after a shopping trolley fell from a height and struck a man at a shopping centre.
Prince Harry has said the focus should be on his father during a UK visit that included a private meeting with the King.
Fiji is experiencing the fastest-growing HIV epidemic in the world, and health workers describe a system struggling to keep pace.
The killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk has forced another reckoning with political violence in the United States.
Mass killings by women are rare, and when they do occur the method is markedly different from the pattern seen in male offenders.
Erin Patterson has been sentenced to life imprisonment in Victoria over the deaths of three people who ate a beef wellington laced with death cap mushrooms.
A build-up of United States military assets in the Caribbean has raised questions about American intentions towards Venezuela.
Nauru has restarted a citizenship-by-investment scheme, this time explicitly framed as climate finance for one of the world's most exposed nations.
A 13-year-old from New Hampshire has landed an 80 kilogram Atlantic halibut that weighed more than he does and may qualify as a world record.
Newly released cockpit audio has revealed the moment a commercial pilot alerted air traffic control to Chinese warships conducting live fire drills in the Tasman Sea.
Police in California are searching for a man who allegedly stole more than 100,000 US dollars in cash and cheques from a wedding reception.
A New Zealand woman was arrested in Sydney after alleged intoxicated behaviour aboard a flight bound for Queenstown, the Australian Federal Police say.