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North Korea fires multiple missiles into Sea of Japan during ballistic test

The action came one day after a joint military exercise by South Korea, Japan and the US.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 5 hours ago

NHS fuelling obesity by abandoning breastfeeding, says chairman

Only 26% of babies in England are exclusively breastfed at six months.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 5 hours ago

Gary Oldman: I’ve no ‘inside’ info on 007 but my Slow Horses co-star is ideal

The actor is bigging up his Slow Horse co-star as rumours swirl of franchise's future.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 6 hours ago

Weapons, spyware and scams: Anthropic report reveals worldwide AI misuse

It was used in Russia for drones, in France for fake news, and in China for dating apps.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 7 hours ago

King Harald’s sister Princess Astrid dies two days after his funeral

She made her final public appearance at her brother's funeral.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 8 hours ago

Congo’s deadliest Ebola outbreak spreads to seventh province

The current outbreak has killed 3310 people out of 6843 confirmed cases.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 8 hours ago

Houthis take over Yemen’s Red Sea coast, a vital route for global shipping

The Houthis say navigation through the Red Sea is safe for all but Saudi Arabian shipping.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 9 hours ago

America marks the 25th anniversary of the September 11 attacks

All living presidents except Donald Trump attended a New York ceremony.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 22 hours ago

Man arrested after allegedly fleeing in fire truck stolen at his house

The man's home was destroyed, but no firefighters were injured in the incident.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Ryanair flight window shattered: Airline boss challenges account of passenger injured during mid-air incident

Ljubisa Karović was injured when a Ryanair window shattered mid-flight.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Elon Musk threatens legal action over documentary he alleges is defamatory

The documentary, Musk, has been described as 'damning' by critics.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

25 years after 9/11, al-Qaeda still has a home in Afghanistan

New York Times: Terrorist groups are still present in Afghanistan, reviving old fears.

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Houthis seize key port city on Red Sea as Iran war expands in Middle East

The Houthis also seized Zuqar Island in the southern Red Sea after a coordinated attack.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Teacher guilty of sex with schoolboy also sexually abused two schoolgirls

Bronwen James' abuse of the girls was withheld from her trial over sex with the boy.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Republican scepticism arises after Donald Trump’s pledge of $5000 payouts tied to election wins

Washington Post: 'It’s (back envelope) an FY27 cost of $1.2T,' a Texas Republican wrote.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Carney stays in touch with Trump, Canada ready for ‘fair’ trade deal

Trade talks broke down after Carney rejected a US offer as unacceptable.

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Trump’s US$5000 election payout: Is it illegal, reckless – or both?

Many are asking how the US could afford the nearly US$1.4 trillion ($2.8 trillion) bill.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

August hottest month ever recorded globally as huge El Niño emerges

Scientists warn a strengthening El Niño could drive more heat and extremes.

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9/11: The woman guiding tourists through New York City’s worst day

New York Times: A deeply personal tour brings the tragedy to a new generation 25 years on.

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New York honours 9/11 victims by recreating twin towers in drone show

The show featured 2977 lights, the number of people who died on September 11, 2001.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Princess Diana’s ‘revenge dress’ to go up for auction in New York

Diana wore the off-the-shoulder gown after husband Prince Charles admitted infidelity.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

9/11’s dust and ash coated their childhood. Is it still making them ill?

New York Times: Researchers are finally studying the long-term health of 9/11 children.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Trump accuses Iran of meddling in midterms as wave of missiles targets US base in Jordan

Oil prices rose above US$100 as attacks threatened Middle East energy routes.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Bali New Year’s Eve: Traveller shocked by $10,650 daybed bill

Hayley Rose Davis thought the New Year's Eve booking cost $1650.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Trump promises Americans US$5000 if Republicans win Congress

He urged supporters to pretend he was on the ballot in November.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Philippine ferry fire kills 5, dozens missing

Search teams are looking for 86 people after the M/V June Aster caught fire.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

‘I don’t want to die this way’: Stranded for 15 hours at sea

NY Times: Two friends rented jet skis for an hour. They ended up fighting for their lives.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

August hottest month ever recorded globally: EU monitor

Ocean temperatures also hit records as Europe endured its hottest summer.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 1 day ago

Viral NFL reporter Grant Cohn drops his verdict on Vegemite and Tim Tams

The Sports Illustrated writer is in Australia for the NFL game at the MCG.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

60 posts in 10 hours: How Donald Trump’s social media reflects his version of reality

New York Times: Trump offers a window into how he wants to be seen.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Spanish hot tub deaths: Experts doubt suction killer theory as funeral details announced

Kiwi Patrick Tobin and wife Thomasina will be farewelled next week.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Iran strikes ships, expands no-go zone outside the Strait of Hormuz

Iran says it attacked 20 vessels as fighting choked the Strait of Hormuz.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Girls worst hit by climate shocks on schools: Unicef

Storms affected 109 million students, while floods hit at least 70 million.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Lady Joan Branson inquest: Coroner links death to lack of anticoagulants

Lady Joan Branson died after a pulmonary embolism at a London hospital.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

The extraordinary flight that saved a snakebite victim after 9/11

Washington Post: How antivenom crossed a nation grounded by 9/11 to save a life.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Norway PM says Zelenskyy’s plane ‘almost hit’ by drone en route to Oslo

Moldova says a Russian drone entered its airspace, delaying Zelenskyy's flight.

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Austrian woman dies after husband drugged her for sex in ‘Pelicot 2.0’

An Austrian man is accused of drugging his wife and arranging her rape.

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Iran signals readiness to escalate fight in face of rising US pressure

New York Times: 'All signs point to a make or break moment,' one expert says.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Israel strikes Gaza refugee camp

An Israeli strike hit a residential building in Gaza City's Al-Shati camp.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Donald Trump gave $77,000 cash gifts to Natalie Harp, two other close aides

Washington Post: The gifts amount to about one-third of the staffers' salaries.

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Evacuations in Malibu after waves open sinkhole at Nicolas Cage’s house

The enormous hole appeared on Tuesday as heavy surf pounded the exclusive coastline.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

UK police expand donations probe into Farage’s Reform party

The Met will investigate claims Reform figures discussed securing a foreign donation.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Greek woman has IVF birth from 22-year-old embryo after losing son

Rapti-Tzelepi is 54, the maximum allowed age in Greece for in vitro fertilisation.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

From Maximus to Mescal: How Hollywood killed off the macho man

Gladiator II's box office sparks a debate about Hollywood's changing male stars.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Policeman kills teacher wife at Thai kindergarten, children safe: officials

All 44 children were safely evacuated after the deadly shooting in Chonburi province.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Thailand investigates after Briton dies from penis enlargement at clinic

The case has renewed scrutiny of Thailand’s medical tourism industry.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer asks US President Donald Trump to pardon his client

Her defence argued postpartum psychosis made her not criminally liable.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Trump hails ‘big night’ after far-right party, AfD, win in German election

The far-right Alternative for Germany party won about 44% of the state election vote.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

Trump bans Canadian alcohol in new trade war salvo

Mark Carney says reducing US ties will cost but bring greater benefits.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 2 days ago

American Airlines flight: Layne Lundeen charged after alleged passenger attack

Layne Lundeen faces disorderly conduct and assault charges after the flight incident.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Fake basketball player allegedly stole BMW from Savannah, Georgia hotel

The BMW was tracked 365km away, but police have not confirmed its recovery.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

This US marine died in the Iraq War. His mother asks, ‘what was it for?’

New York Times: A family try to make sense of a death, 25 years after September 11.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

US destroys five Iranian oil tankers after missile attacks on Navy vessels

US Central Command confirmed the strikes, and Tehran vowed to retaliate.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Donald Trump claims he was pulled from Ground Zero in the aftermath of 9/11

Many people have been quick to discredit Trump's claims about where he was on 9/11.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Donald Trump claims he was pulled from Ground Zero on 9/11

Many people have been quick to discredit Trump's claims about where he was on 9/11.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

French police hunt Renoir art thieves after lightning museum heist

A duo of thieves stole four paintings, dropping two in the museum's gardens as they fled.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Netanyahu under fire over claims he ignored October 7 Hamas attack warnings

The Israeli leader's critics are calling for him to step down as prime minister.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

New York failed to disclose what it knew about toxic air after 9/11, claims mayor

The city's mayor has released 170,000 pages on toxic air after the Twin Towers collapsed.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

New York failed to disclose what it knew about toxic air after 9-11, claims mayor

New York has released 170,000 pages on toxic air after 9/11.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Nepal death toll rises as rescuers scour tunnels for flood survivors

Nepal's flood death toll rises to 1357 as rescuers search for survivors.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Technical failure grounds all flights across UK, leaving thousands stranded

Flight authorities acknowledged a “technical issue” but said it was not a cyber attack.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Thieves steal works worth $18m from Renoir Museum in France, says mayor

Police reached the Cagnes-sur-Mer museum five minutes after its alarm sounded.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 3 days ago

Eiffel Tower to reopen after row over removing women staff

BAPS apologised after the Hindu delegation's visit sparked a staff protest.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 4 days ago

This man cleans New York’s 9/11 Memorial pools. He knows it’s a big responsibility

New York Times: Jim Maroon has been doing his job for 14 years.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 4 days ago

Convicted triple murderer Erin Patterson approved Ozempic after weight gain

Corrections says Erin Patterson needs Ozempic to prevent health complications.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 4 days ago

Miami plane crash: Dead and injured were all from two ground vehicles

A van containing seven members of an airport cleaning crew was in the path of the plane.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 4 days ago

Illinois mother charged with murder of 2-year-old was ‘invested’ in Lindsay Clancy trial

Prosecutors say the mother was texting about trial hours before boy's death.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 4 days ago

Donald Trump suggests renaming New Mexico amid torrent of online memes and taunts

Washington Post: The US president also posted an image of himself as wrestler Hulk Hogan.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 4 days ago

Far-right victory in German state seen as omen across Europe

New York Times: The 'anti-fascist front' in place since WWII is crumbling, analysts say.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 4 days ago

Strike shuts Eiffel Tower after female staff hidden during religious visit

Women were told to vacate workstations during a tour by a conservative religious group.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 4 days ago

Secret Assad-era Syrian nuclear reactor was almost complete, UN says

An atomic energy expert said the reactor was capable of making weapons-grade material.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 4 days ago

Protesting robots take to the streets in Poland, demanding AI regulation

The demonstration was highlighting the potential replacement of humans with machines.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 4 days ago

Nepal holds day of mourning as families pray missing still alive

Three workers and a 64-year-old woman have been rescued alive.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 4 days ago

Men accused of killing Australian and American surfers face trial in Mexico

Australians Jake and Callum Robinson and American Jack Carter Rhoad were shot in 2024.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 5 days ago

TV crime show host faces execution over drugs charges in Egypt

Sarah Khalifa was sentenced to death alongside 11 syndicate members after police raids.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 5 days ago

A sympathetic defendant and well-crafted strategy dominated Lindsay Clancy trial

NYT analysis: Lindsay Clancy's sympathetic lawyer may have made all the difference.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 5 days ago

Australia wants to allow users to opt out of social media algorithms

Social media firms face criticism over their use of allegedly addictive algorithms.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 5 days ago

Is there alien debris on the moon? Some scientists plan to find out

New York Times: Tiny particles of alien tech may be within our reach, researchers say.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 5 days ago

China secretly supplied Russia with parts for killer kamikaze drones

The components were allegedly disguised with a customs code for nylon and polyester.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 5 days ago

Iran threatens greater force if US launches more attacks

Iran's top negotiator threatens harsher retaliation after US attacks.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 5 days ago

5 dead after Amazon cargo plane overshoots runway, strikes vehicles

Miami International Airport was closed after Flight 7598 crashed on landing.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 5 days ago

Amazon cargo plane overshoots runway, crosses road and bursts into flames

Miami International Airport was closed after Flight 7598 crashed on landing.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 5 days ago

Pentagon won’t pay dead soldiers’ families because Iran war is ‘not a war’

Grieving families must navigate confusing language and processes to get entitlements.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 5 days ago

Iran retaliates after US strikes oil tankers

Iran says it attacked a US naval drone entering the Strait of Hormuz.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 5 days ago

German far-right party is a landslide winner in eastern state election

The AfD leads Saxony-Anhalt with at least 44% in exit polls.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 5 days ago

Indonesia’s main airport suspends operations after volcanic eruption

The blast produced a fountain of lava and could be heard up to 700km away.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 6 days ago

‘The flood is coming’: How a Nepal principal saved 900 students

Rajendra Dawadi saved 900 students before a flood destroyed their school.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 6 days ago

Gun found in Alps lake could be key to 14-year-old murder of British family

Police are testing a pistol found in Lake Annecy for links to the 2012 murders.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 6 days ago

Argentina threatens to sanction oil projects around Falklands

Argentina will investigate 45 entities linked to Falklands oil projects.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 6 days ago

Iran war: US strikes three Iranian oil tankers after missiles target Navy ships

Iran has threatened retaliation after the US struck three oil tankers.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 6 days ago

Married at First Sight UK star Holly Ditchfield’s premature twin sons die

The twins were born at 23 weeks and spent nine days in neonatal care.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 6 days ago

Harry and Meghan’s UK school run is biggest security concern

The Sussexes are still waiting for answers on police protection in Britain.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 6 days ago

American Airlines passenger Arthur Lundeen duct-taped to seat after alleged attack on flight

Witnesses said he used racial and homophobic abuse during the incident.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 6 days ago

Survivor star sues show for $100m after losing leg

Survivor Greece contestant Stavros Floros lost his leg to a boat propeller.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 7 days ago

Panama Canal begins reducing ship crossings due to El Niño

Panama Canal traffic will be cut from 36 ships a day to 32 amid El Niño's dry conditions.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 7 days ago

Africa bigger and US smaller as UN adopts new map

Africa appears larger on Equal Earth, while Europe and North America have shrunk.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 7 days ago

Two trapped tunnel workers rescued in Nepal ‘miracle’

Both men were in stable condition after being flown to a Kathmandu hospital.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 7 days ago

Mount Shasta rescue: Climbers stranded after using Gemini AI to plan trip

'We relied too much on AI rather than our own critical thinking.'

World - New Zealand Herald News - 7 days ago

How Meta’s $29 billion social media settlement came together

New York Times: After months of negotiations, Meta brought a huge settlement to the table.

World - New Zealand Herald News - 7 days ago

Brits urged to stock up on food because of El Niño

People being told to have spare supplies at home ‘that can keep you going for a while’.