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Renault board meeting to replace boss Ghosn, jailed in Japan
PARIS (AP) — The board of French carmaker Renault SA plans to meet to choose new leadership to replace auto industry powerhouse Carlos Ghosn, who is fighting fraud and breach of trust charges in Japan.The board meeting Thursday...

Veteran criminal Arthur Taylor will be released from prison
One of New Zealand's longest-serving prisoners has been granted parole.

Man charged with stealing from members at 24 Auckland gyms
A man has been arrested and charged after a spate of gym burglaries across Auckland over the last month.

Five people dead in SunTrust Bank shooting in Florida
The suspect is in custody after barricading himself and killing five people at the branch, police say.

Hamilton man charged over car, tractor fatal crash heading to trial
A Hamilton man charged after his car clipped a tractor and crashed, killing his passenger, will go on trial later this year.Jack Rathsamy, 23, reappeared in the Hamilton District Court today where, through his lawyer Philip Morgan...

Auckland gym burglaries: Man arrested
A man has been arrested after a spate of burglaries at several 24-hour gyms in central and West Auckland, proving crime does not work out.The man allegedly shadow paid to gain access to the gyms or used stolen swipe cards and would...

Man charged with assault with weapon over Takapuna Beach incident
A 26-year-old British man has been arrested and charged over an incident at Takapuna Beach in Auckland earlier this month.

Mahana property owner fined $10k for illegal alterations
A man who converted a barn on his Mahana property into a habitable dwelling without a building consent has been fined $10,500.

Credit Suisse client says she lost $73 million in banker's fraud
A Russian client of convicted former Credit Suisse Group AG wealth manager Patrice Lescaudron lashed out at the lender for putting itself before clients and accused Swiss prosecutors of rushing their indictment.Returning to the...

Career criminal Arthur Taylor to be released from jail next month
Jailhouse lawyer Arthur William Taylor is set to be released on parole in Feburary after a parole decision this afternoon.

Offender blames family problems for Christmas crime spree
A recidivist offender who stole alcohol, petrol and food in a crime spree during December and the holiday period has been released on bail.

The Mule: Clint Eastwood's cloth-eared vanity project
The Mule (M, 116 mins) Directed by Clint Eastwood â??â?? After a six-decade career, Clint Eastwood has announced that he's not quitting yet. And that surprised me. Because The Mule, Eastwood's latest,and his first shift acting in a film he is directing himself since 2008's extraordinarily satisfying Gran Torino, really would have made a grand place to sign off. However, not necessarily for the right reasons. The story is based, extraordinarily loosely, on the true story of Leo Sharp, who was arrested at the age of 87 after a decade of driving cocaine and cash around the North American countryside on behalf of the Sinaloa drug cartel. Eastwood was charmed enough by the tale to employ his Gran Torino writer Nick Schenk to bash out a script. Which Schenk has done in a fashion that leaves little doubt as to why he hasn't worked much since his breakthrough in 2008.

Man arrested following spate of Auckland gym burglaries
A 25-year-old man has been arrested following a series of thefts from 24-hour gyms in Auckland.

Grace Millane murder: Google executives reassure Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern over accused's name suppression breach
Top Google executives have given Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern an assurance that they will look further into a name suppression breach in the case of a man charged with the murder of British backpacker Grace Millane in Auckland.Ardern...