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Whanganui will host the 2019 Sport Stacking National Championships this weekend.

Agency says Chinese applicants are being cheated by unlicensed and undeclared agents.

US Marines have conducted airfield drills in the East and South China seas.

Commentators discuss what kind of trade deals are best.

Sri Lanka was at the height of its popularity when tragedy struck. It's time to return.

Mugabe, 95, was first celebrated as a liberator the criticised as a combative enforcer.

He allegedly threw a wine bottle from a 35-storey apartment, killing a grandfather.

The Chinese government says it's part of a routine patrol and handover of personnel.

Indonesia is about to relocate its capital. But it's not the only city in trouble.

Fishing boats rescued 245 people from the burning vessel.

She has become the first to receive the consort's title since 1921.

An island best known for orangutans is to become the new centre.

Comment: Major crisis is looming, but the rest of the world seems intent on looking away.

A Japanese temple has settled on a new plan for connecting with the masses.

For Amrutha's father, the marriage of his only daughter was an obsession.

Lee Cobaj is impressed by a makeover that adds wow factor while retaining Raffles' spirit

The young dugong was named Marium after marine biologists found her orphaned and lost.

Martial arts legend Jackie Chan finally breaks his silence on the protests.

Autopsy details of the 15-year-old girl who went missing in Malaysia have been released.

British teen missing since August 4 was found beside a small stream 2.5km from the resort.

Many killed after Typhoon Lekima stuck the coast south of Shanghai.

Kiwi Chris Knight claims he was detained for having coffee with Cambodian journalists.

Mass demonstrations began in Hong Kong early last month against Chinese extradition bill.