World
North Korea crisis: How did it come to this?
WASHINGTON (AFP) - Tensions have soared in recent weeks over North Korea, which has threatened a nuclear strike against the United States and has allegedly moved missiles to its east coast.
April 6, 2013, 5:03 pm
Costello warns on investment rule changes
Former treasurer Peter Costello says there is a need for more certainty in the rules governing foreign investment in China.
April 6, 2013, 4:47 pm
Guinea-Bissau ex-navy chief held on US drug charges
NEW YORK (AFP) - The former navy chief of Guinea-Bissau and four others were ordered detained in New York after being arrested for an alleged trans-Atlantic cocaine trafficking plot.
April 6, 2013, 4:37 pm
India building collapse toll hits 62
Rescuers worked through Friday night to search for possible survivors of a building collapse in Mumbai, as the death toll rose to 62, including 17 children.
April 6, 2013, 4:23 pm
US military to deploy spy plane in Japan
TOKYO (AFP) - The US military is set to deploy an unmanned spy plane in Japan to boost surveillance capabilities as North Korea apparently readied for missile launches, a newspaper report said on Saturday.
April 6, 2013, 4:19 pm
FBI interviews ex-CIA chief Petraeus
WASHINGTON (AFP) - FBI agents interviewed ex-CIA chief David Petraeus to probe whether secret files had been passed to the woman at the center of the scandal that brought him down, USA Today reported.
April 6, 2013, 4:13 pm
Drugs firms pay UK medics millions
Britain's pharmaceutical industry body says drug companies paid UK health workers $A58.81 million in 2012 for educational events and other services.
April 6, 2013, 3:49 pm-
Paris hires sheep to mow city
Paris is enlisting a few hungry sheep to keep the city's grass trim, replacing petrol-guzzling lawnmowers.
April 6, 2013, 3:19 pm 
WA firms capitalise on Asia story
The allure of Asia as an economic powerhouse and magnet for Australian business has been underscored by this week’s visit to China by Prime Minister Julia Gillard with some of the country’s most senior officials and business executives in tow.
April 6, 2013, 3:12 pm-
UK woman 'killed family' in web of lies
A British social worker who "killed off" a host of relatives as pretence for taking leave has been struck off by a professional body.
April 6, 2013, 2:59 pm 
Toyota to pay $16m settlement over recall
A California district attorney has reached a $US16 million ($A15.40 million) settlement with Toyota Motor Corp over a safety recall of vehicles.
April 6, 2013, 2:45 pm
US ends logistical support for Bolivia drug fight
LA PAZ (AFP) - The United States is ending its logistical and financial support of Bolivia's fight against drugs with a donation of equipment, Washington's top envoy said.
April 6, 2013, 2:31 pm
Ex-Credit Suisse trader pleads not guilty to MBS price inflation
By Nick Brown
April 6, 2013, 2:23 pm
(Reuters) - A former Credit Suissetrader pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges of inflating the prices of subprime mortgage-backed bonds to the tune of ... 
Mexico opens disputed memorial for drug war victims
MEXICO CITY (AFP) - Mexico opened a memorial honoring tens of thousands of victims of a brutal drug war, but the garden of towering steel walls has been rejected by some relatives of the dead and missing.
April 6, 2013, 2:05 pm-
Pope urges action against sex abuse
Pope Francis has given his first pronouncement on the Catholic church’s pervasive paedophile priest scandal, urging Vatican disciplinarians to act “with determination“ against the scourge.
April 6, 2013, 2:05 pm 
N.Korea 'unable to protect embassies'
North Korea yesterday warned foreign embassies in Pyongyang it was unable to guarantee their safety in the event of conflict and that they should consider evacuating missions by next week amid soaring nuclear tensions.
April 6, 2013, 2:02 pm-
Aust-bound asylum seekers detained
Indonesian police have arrested 35 Muslim Rohingya from Myanmar planning to make the treacherous sea crossing to Australia to seek asylum.
April 6, 2013, 1:50 pm 
Italy pardons US Air Force officer
Italian President Giorgio Napolitano pardons a US Air Force colonel convicted in absentia over the CIA rendition of an Egyptian imam in 2003.
April 6, 2013, 1:45 pm
Italy pardons US officer in CIA rendition case
ROME (AFP) - Italian President Giorgio Napolitano on Friday pardoned a US air force officer who had been convicted for his role in the CIA's kidnapping of an Egyptian imam in Milan in 2003.
April 6, 2013, 1:02 pm
Latest
- 10:11 pm Bill increasing petrol tax passes
- 9:20 pm Second Airbus for Fiji
- 9:18 pm Maori Party candidate for Ikaroa-Rawhiti
- 8:53 pm Trans-tasman crack down on heavy vehicles
- 8:49 pm 200 day waka journey
- 8:45 pm Oil and gas work in off limit areas
- 8:40 pm Hundreds support flotilla to stop mining
- 8:40 pm Warning to dodgy immigration advisers
- 8:34 pm Three Lotto First Division winners
- 8:33 pm Showery northwest flow covers the North Island
Opinion
-
Ken Ring
May 14, 11:46 amWhy climate is unlikely to be changingHumans walk at about three miles an hour, and run at around five. It is the shape and musculature of the human body that determines this. We are nei...
-
James Robins
May 15, 2:33 pmAP, DOJ, GCSBI've joined Twitter. Follow me here: @James_ARobins“Freedom of the Press, if it means anything at all, means the freedom to criticize and oppose” – G...
-
On the radar
May 10, 8:59 amSoldier gets sucked out of planeThis video captures the split-second moment a US soldier is sucked out of a plane.When his parachute ripcord is triggered as he crouches on the open ...
