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Cricket: Mitch Starc gets five after DRS controversy in third day of first test between the Black Caps and Australia
A brutal bouncer gave Mitch Starc his fifth wicket of the innings, amid a controversial DRS decision as Australia bowled New Zealand out for 166. Starc's pacey bouncer crashed into Colin de Grandhomme's helmet, and Steve Smith took...

Election results 2019: Five big things on Boris Johnson's to-do list
What are the most important challenges facing the prime minister in the new term of Parliament?

UK PM to visit north after election gains
Boris Johnson heads to the north of England later, after the Tories' biggest election win since 1987.

White Island eruption: Just how active are New Zealand's volcanoes?
White Island is just one of the country's many volcanoes. So where are the other risks?

Ex-French Open champion Francesca Schiavone reveals she's beaten cancer
Former French Open champion Francesca Schiavone was diagnosed with a malign tumour.

North Korea May Up Ante With ICBM Engine Test, Chosun Reports

AP Exclusive: China tightens up on info after Xinjiang leaks

Fallout From India Citizenship Law Scuttles Abe-Modi Meeting

Johnson Victory Heralds Gradual End to U.K.’s Era of Austerity

'Wild week' as Washington works amid impeachment

Trump/Netanyahu: Israel, America and the rise of authoritarianism-lite

Memories of a legend: Peter Snell's wife, Miki, on love at first sight and their life over four decades
For Peter Snell's wife Miki, something instantly clicked when she first met the champion Olympian at a dinner nearly four decades ago.The passing of the athletics great (80) — who died in his sleep on Thursday lunchtime (US time)...

'We're so lucky' - Auckland Zoo welcomes endangered cotton top tamarin twins
Auckland Zoo is thrilled with its growing cotton top tamarin family, as a third set of twins of the critically endangered monkeys were born this week.Before the cotton top tamarin parents, Mr and Mrs Nuri, arrived in December 2017...

Australia vs New Zealand: Why we can't allow injury replacements in cricket
OPINION: Allowing injury replacements would just open up a can of worms, writes Aaron Goile.

Thrilling playoffs in store at TECT National Sevens
Day One of the TECT National Sevens lived up to expectations with plenty of thrills and dynamic rugby across 42 matches. Play off positions were finalised, with tantalising match-ups confirmed for Tauranga Domain tomorrow.

Australia heatwave: Next week could see hottest day on record
Fire warnings are in place for many areas including Perth, where temperatures are set to remain high.

4.9 earthquake hits central North Island
A 4.9 magnitude earthquake has struck in the central North Island.GeoNet reports the earthquake struck 40 kilometres south-east of Turangi, at 7.12pm.It was at a depth of 45 kilometres.There have been around 3000 reports of it...

How New Zealanders miss out on hundreds of thousands in retirement savings
By Ayesha Scott and Aaron Gilbert for The Conversation In the 12 years since New Zealand introduced the retirement fund KiwiSaver, nearly three million New Zealanders have enrolled and 30 KiwiSaver providers are now collectively...

Golf - Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño's uncouth jab at TIME Person of the Year Greta Thunberg
Spanish golfer Gonzalo Fernández-Castaño has brutally compared 2019 TIME Person of the Year Greta Thunberg to Adolf Hitler in a bizarre series of tweets on Friday.Thunberg is a world-renowned environmental activist, who has campaigned...

The Real Beel upsets in Cal Isuzu Stakes
Underrated mare The Real Beel made a winning return from a disappointing Australian spring campaign when she stormed home to take out the Gr.2 Cal Isuzu Stakes (1600m) at Te Rapa.

Lilikoi races away with Eulogy Stakes
xMatamata visitor Lilikoi showed she was on track for further age-group riches this summer with a comprehensive victory in Saturday’s Gr.3 Lawnmaster Eulogy Stakes (1600m) at Awapuni.