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Police plea for shoppers to hand in video of serious assault at Mount Maunganui
Police believe people may have videoed an assault at a Mount Maunganui shopping centre that hospitalised a woman and left shoppers stunned.

‘Unreal’ Hurricanes talent backed for All Blacks
Hurricanes coach says he would pick Billy Proctor for the All Blacks if he was in Scott Robertson’s shoes.

Microsoft plans to lock down Windows DNS like never before. Here’s how.
ZTDNS brings the best of both worlds to DNS: encryption and fine-grained control.

French Pacific news in brief
A round-up of news in brief from the French Pacific region, including a protest in New Caledonia to support a senior Kanak journalist who has come under heavy criticism on social media

Counterfeit Cisco gear ended up in US military bases, used in combat operations
"One of the largest counterfeit-trafficking operations ever."

China's WeChat bans nose-picking, spanking in bid to clean up livestreams

Jamming with the cicadas in New Jersey: a once in 17 years event

Supermarket chain says Polish workers found cocaine in banana boxes

Kyrgyz cricket farm hopes to tap Chinese insects market

Ukraine's inseparable couple ditches the handcuffs and parts ways

Italian hospital uses CT scan to unveil secrets of Egyptian mummy

With 3D printed 'steaks', Spanish startup eyes the mass market

Tensions high at University of Chicago as protests continue on campus

GOP senator blasts UAW’s call for release of arrested protesters

Canadian police make 3 arrests in Sikh separatist's slaying that sparked a spat with India

Foreign meddling a 'stain' on Canada's elections, public inquiry report says

Armed police swarm central Auckland building
At least a dozen armed police have descended on an area of central Auckland, after reports of a person with a gun.

Watch: Perenara sets Super Rugby try record
Super Rugby’s all-time leading try-scorer isn’t a centre, wing or fullback. He’s a halfback.

About the South: On logging machines, lost ships and quail
Southland’s largest logging machine was the Lidgerwood, an enormous steam-driven winch imported from the USA to work at the Port Craig Timber Mill.

Taranaki town pushes ahead with lowering fixed speed limits around schools
A small Taranaki town is pushing ahead with lowering fixed speed limits near schools, despite the government's intention to introduce variable speed limits around schools by the end of the year.

Young female charged after alleged stabbing at Mt Maunganui mall
One person was seriously injured after an alleged stabbing at a supermarket in Bayfair mall.

Police arrest Taumarunui gang associate after guns, cash and drugs found
A 53-year-old man faces charges of possession of cannabis, methamphetamine, and the unlawful possession of a firearm.

More education on risks of coastal fishing needed - water safety body
The call for more education comes after a body of one of two men who went missing while fishing from rocks north of Whangarei Heads was found on Friday.

Scientific shark study resumes in New Caledonia
A scientific study on shark presence and behaviour is to resume shortly in New Caledonia's Southern Province, where two incidents in February last year prompted an indiscriminate culling campaign.

'Free meat for a year' offered in JBS U.S. vaccine sweepstakes

Photos: Stanford protester seen wearing Hamas headband

‘Encampment cannot continue’: UChicago issues letter, asks community to avoid Main Quad

EU targets Chinese EVs ahead of Xi Jinping's visit

Canada arrests 3 in killing of Sikh separatist that caused diplomatic spat with India

Dams strain as water, death toll, keep rising in south Brazil

Three arrested and charged over Sikh activist's killing in Canada
Three Indian nationals have been arrested and charged over the killing of a Sikh separatist leader in Canada, which sparked a major diplomatic row between the two countries.

UK rugby star Billy Vunipola says Spanish police shocked he had the energy to fight after being tasered
After refusing to put his shirt back on he was tasered twice by police at a bar before being taken to hospital and sedated.

One person dead in crash of car and parked truck-trailer
Two other people were taken to hospital in a serious condition in the Feilding incident, police said