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Naked women, sex toys and high-profile guests: What’s inside Epstein trove (Photos)

US officials heavily redacted the images and stressed that appearance in the archive does not imply wrongdoing. Thousands of records released by the US Justice...

U.S. DOJ publicly releases first batch of Epstein files

The U.S. Department of Justice has released hundreds of thousands of pages of documents linked to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell under the Epstein...

Police investigate suspicious car fires in Queens Park, Invercargill

Police are investigating a suspected arson attack after four vehicles were deliberately set alight in Queens Park, Windsor, in the early hours of Wednesday,...

Fatal crash, Ōpōtiki

A motorcyclist has died following a crash on State Highway 35 near Ōpōtiki on Friday night. The crash, between Te Waiiti Road and Maraenui Pa...

NZ and Japan sign new defence and security agreements

New Zealand and Japan have signed two new agreements aimed at strengthening defence cooperation and information sharing between the two countries. Foreign Minister Winston Peters...

High Court rules Human Rights and Race Relations Commissioner appointments unlawful

The High Court has ruled that the appointments of Human Rights Commissioner Stephen Rainbow and Race Relations Commissioner Melissa Derby were made unlawfully by...

Police investigate ‘technical fault’ exposing redacted information in criminal disclosures

Police are investigating a technical fault in their Incident Management Tool that may have exposed sensitive information intended to be redacted from disclosure documents...

Former travel agent sentenced over fraud that ‘knew no depths’

A former travel agent with no hesitations in ripping off her former employers and acquaintances will face 12 months home detention. The 29-year-old Waihi woman...

Five arrested in Waikato drug bust

Waikato East Police arrested and charged five people when executing search warrants in relation to suspected local drug suppliers. Approximately 16 staff from Waikato East...



Putin offers election truce if Ukrainians in Russia can vote

Russian President Vladimir Putin says Moscow could pause long-range strikes on Ukraine on the day of a presidential election,...

Farmers clash with police in Brussels over EU trade talks (Video)

Violent clashes erupted in Brussels on Thursday as thousands of farmers descended on the EU quarter, blocking roads with...

Bangladesh gripped by violence after death of uprising leader

Fresh unrest has broken out across Bangladesh following the death of Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent figure in last...

Complaint filed against Brigitte Macron insult captured on video

French first lady Brigitte Macron is facing a legal complaint after a video emerged showing her describing feminist protesters...

Suspected Brown University shooter found dead

U.S. authorities say the suspect in last weekend’s mass shooting at Brown University, which left two students dead and...

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