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White Ferns star will play Super Smash opener, but won't be around for long
A change in timing for India’s Women’s Premier League Twenty20 competition is set to deprive New Zealand’s Super Smash of two of its biggest stars.

Blues recruit rugby's wannabe helicopter pilot — and it’s not Richie McCaw
Rookie prop Flyn Yates has a dream he conveyed with a polite modesty: “Every kid wants to be an All Black, but I’ve always wanted to be a helicopter pilot.”

Car dealership ordered to pay $12.9k after insurance error left stolen car uninsured
A car dealership has been ordered to compensate a customer $12,900 after it failed to properly insure their car.

Germany's transport minister dampens hopes for cheaper flight tickets

'Qatari sheikhs' in Carmel Shuk protest Netanyahu, Qatargate

NATO is looking to Ukraine for ways to kill drones without wasting expensive missiles

German Red Cross expects nearly 20% drop in donations this year

Shocking Photos Reveal Rare Flat-Headed Cat Deemed 'Possibly Extinct' Has Returned After 29 Years

Girls Aloud singer Nicola Roberts pregnant with first child
The singer revealed that she and her partner, footballer Mitch Hahn, are expecting a baby in the spring.

Use Microsoft Excel data types to save unnecessary typing
If you’ve ever doing an assignment for work or study that requires you to display information about a country, you could manually search for it and type it out in Microsoft Excel, but that would be very laborious. Instead, you could use Excel’s data types to call in the information...

Detroit crumble and a Kelce farewell? - Christmas Day in the NFL
The Detroit Lions suffer a defeat that ends their play-off hopes while Denver beat Kansas City in what could be Travis Kelce's final home game for the Chiefs.

Former Malaysia PM Najib Razak found guilty in state funds scandal
Najib was convicted for his role in the billion-dollar scandal involving the country's sovereign wealth fund 1MDB.

Three arrests after fatal tractor crash near farm
Two men and a woman have been questioned by police over the crash in Blankney on 16 December.

How a rush of recent success points to a record Kiwi Winter Olympics medal haul
An avalanche of podium places prior to Christmas has New Zealand's snow sports athletes primed for the country's most successful Winter Olympics.

‘Kenny Dale, shame on me’: How AI came tantalisingly close to solving the mystery of the old guitar and its pained inscription
Breaking news: This story is developing.

AI buoy gives rescuers a head start in Golden Bay pilot whale strandings
The technology to detects the distressed dolphins before they strand

The King's message tops Christmas Day TV ratings
Nearly 7m people tuned in on the BBC, ITV, Sky News and GB News to watch King Charles deliver his annual broadcast.

I failed at spotting AI slop videos. Can you do better?
Fake videos used to stand out immediately to me. Nowadays? I’m far worse at identifying them. And thanks to the fine folks over at NPR, I have the quiz results to prove it. (Oof.) The short, four-question test asks you to identify AI versus human-made video. The scenarios vary between serious,...

I can’t believe I’m saying this, but I would buy DLC for Windows 11
A little before Thanksgiving, my colleague Mark Hachman sent me a Threads link. It showed a cute little animated cat running on your taskbar. The add-on from GitHub claims to show your CPU load, with the feline running faster the harder your processor works. The comments on the thread run the...

Palestinian economy faces critical downturn amid escalating fiscal crisis

Tiny wild cat spotted in Thailand for first time in 30 years

Germany's digital minister mulls social media ban for children

UAE welcomes Saudi efforts to support security in Yemen amid STC advance

UAE backs Saudi efforts to restore stability in Yemen amid STC tension

England trail by 46 runs as 20 wickets fall on hectic first day
England put in another disappointing batting display by failing to chase down Australia's opening tally of 152, as day one of the fourth Ashes Test closes with the home side leading by 46 runs in Melbourne.