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Animoca Brands launches AliBAE with CHECK bounty rewards
Animoca Brands unveils AliBAE AI creator platform with 100,000 CHECK in bounty rewards and Alibaba's Qwen models.

Don't be fooled: The SaaS label that's misleading your security team
Security teams risk sleepwalking into danger as vendors slap the SaaS label on hosted legacy tools disguised as modern cloud identity.

Samoa's former Deputy Prime Minister to fight electoral bribery finding
The country's highest-ranking judge found Toelupe Poumulinuku Onesemo guilty of bribery involving a voter on the eve of last year's general election.

Six-year-old spends food budget on video game 'gems'
The boy's father discovered $800 had been spent in a month, leaving him without enough money to pay for food.

Rule change to make 'green' bonds easier to use
Bond issuers will now have less paperwork to deal with when taking a so-called 'green offer' to market.

Three top-20 teams played, no wins. Should Tuchel be concerned?
England have not beaten a side ranked in the top 20 under Tuchel and head into the World Cup with questions about their performance.

'Scotland fans can fret - but they need to keep perspective too'
There is a section of Scotland supporters who have taken to booing the head coach and the team. With a World Cup coming, they need to keep perspective, writes Tom English.

Italian Christmas meal tragedy turns into murder inquiry
Tests results suggest the two women may have been killed with ricin, according to Italian media, but police still do not have a suspect.

US journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Baghdad
The US state department says a suspect in her abduction has ties to an Iran-backed militia group, Kataib Hezbollah.

Mercury Security launches app platform for controllers
Mercury Security opens controller app platform to approved developers, with partner software bringing edge integrations and stricter security checks.

Supply chain confidence falls as geopolitical risk rises
Blue Yonder survey finds supply chain leaders are less confident for 2026, with geopolitical shocks exposing slower response times despite rising AI investment.

NZ fuel update: Stocks decrease slightly, but ‘remained within expectations’
MBIE has provided an updated to fuel levels across New Zealand.

One person dead after car crashes into wall north of Auckland
Emergency services attended an incident on Wednesday where a car crashed into a wall in Stanmore Bay.

One dead after car crashes into hedge in Auckland's Stanmore Bay
St John sent a number of vehicles to respond to the incident.

Should students qualify for fuel relief?
The cost-of-living crisis, exacerbated now by rising fuel prices, is impacting uni students disproportionately, according to two Auckland students' associations.

Latest fuel stock update shows overall figures down
There is a slight decrease in national fuel stock across petrol, diesel and jet fuel since the last update, but "supply remains within normal levels".

Angry Wales boss Bellamy shows his new old self
Craig Bellamy showed his fiery temper for the first time as Wales boss in their Northern Ireland draw - a rage that was evident during his playing days.

Failed experiment as England get grim glimpse of life without Kane
England's World Cup hopes rest on captain Harry Kane after a grim taste of life without him in the defeat against Japan at Wembley, says chief football writer Phil McNulty.

Can the King bring Trump back on side?
King state visit to US to go ahead, despite more Trump criticism of UK.

Judge temporarily halts construction of Trump's White House ballroom
The Republican-appointed judge ruled that Trump was a "steward" of the White House, not the owner.