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This travel SIM can get you into the lounge and skip the airport queue
Why queue with the masses when your data plan can grant you VIP status?

Review: One of cinema's giants explored in new doco 'Mr Scorsese'
Martin Scorsese, one of the greatest directors of all time, gets a well-deserved - and epic - documentary about his career.

Germany's legal tech sector grows with AI-driven services

Weekly round-up: Stories you may have missed

Microsoft 365 is $99.99/year, but Microsoft Office is now only $50 for life
TL;DR: Get Microsoft Office for life for only $50. Instead of paying $99.99 per year for Microsoft 365, you can now get the same apps for life. Microsoft Office Pro 2021 is now available as a lifetime license, and it’s on sale for $49.97 (reg. $219.99). This version comes with Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook Publisher Access OneNote Teams (Free version) These apps are a slightly older...

Snow, gales, heavy rain threaten Labour Day travel plans
Forecasters issue widespread warnings for heavy rain, gales and snow across much of the country on Monday.

Recap: Black Caps beat England by four wickets in first ODI
Look back at live coverage of the first one-day international between the Black Caps and England at Bay Oval in Mount Maunganui.

One dies, one seriously injured in Waiheke Island motorbike crash
Emergency services were called to the crash at Ocean View Road about 2pm.

A tantalising prospect - but can Norris now take advantage?
Lando Norris is on pole for the Mexico City Grand Prix - but can he take advantage and go top of the world championship standings?

Watch: Moment nuclear plant towers collapse during demolition
Two nuclear cooling towers in the town of Gundremmingen, Germany, collapse into large swirls of thick, white dust during demolition.

NRL exploring historic global round to open 2027 season
The NRL is plotting one of the most ambitious ventures in Australian sports history.

When AI called my friend a murderer it solved my daughter’s career choice
Nerdy execs who skipped the history class on humanism are rolling out this robot we’ll be told we need until we can’t live without it.

Police arrest four, including 'famous model,' suspected of Petah Tikva murder

INGL announces Israel's new deal to export natural gas to Egypt via two billion shekel pipeline

Russia targets Kyiv with drones, killing 3 and wounding 29

Silence pop-ups, banners, and trackers for life with this $19 tool
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Black Caps outlast England to win first ODI after trading heavy blows early
Zak Foulkes and Harry Brook starred early in a cricket match that felt like a heavyweight title fight, before Daryl Mitchell finished the job

Taurua saga 'always about Noeline coming back', says Netball NZ boss
Chief executive Jennie Wyllie says the intention was always to re-instate Dame Noeline Taurua as Silver Ferns coach.

'Is there no VAR?' Coach fumes after Phoenix striker avoids red for lashing out
The new signing appeared to raise his forearm in a challenge off the ball.

Yamamoto helps Dodgers level World Series at 1-1
Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws a complete game as the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-1 to draw level at 1-1 in the best-of-seven World Series.

The Papers: Andrew faces Commons 'humiliation' and 'Mansion tax raid'
A potential Commons debate about Prince Andrew's future and the chancellor's tax plans lead Sunday's papers.

Harris reflects on why she did not ask Biden to quit sooner
The former vice-president tells the BBC she is not sure whether it was “grace or recklessness” that stopped her speaking up.