As part of its settlement, VW pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy, obstruction of justice and using false statements to import cars to the U.S.

Bill English took a break from politics today to commemorate those of 100 years ago with a visit to the World War I battlegrounds in Flanders in Belgium.

The newlyweds who shared their wedding cake with a homeless man say they are blown away by the response to their spontaneous act of kindness.

German automaker Volkswagen plans to admit guilt to settle investigations in regards to its emissions cheating scandal.

The European Union seems keen for a trade agreement with New Zealand.

How much do teenagers - and adults - understand what they've agreed to give up when they sign up with social media sites?

Bill English leaves today for a trip to Brussels, London and Berlin - his first trip since former PM John Key stood down last December.

Young migrants are being hidden and sheltered by French villagers near the Italian border, who sometimes help them to slip undetected into the country.

A woman claims to have realised £7million of her gold is missing nearly two years after the Hatton Garden jewellery raid.

A former All Black has proposed to his girlfriend in the city of love.

A virile, muscled statue of the sea god Neptune has fallen foul of Facebook's prudish policies on nudity after an Italian art historian was told to remove it from her web page.

But not all are rushing to get their fill of Big Macs and McChicken sandwiches.

Property prices have climbed to dangerous levels in several advanced economies, posing grave risks, the OECD warns.

COMMENT: While the proposal is good in theory, it's no panacea for the challenges of our modern economy.

Kiwis in London are mourning the loss of a popular local watering hole which burned down in a New Year's Eve blaze.

According to data published by HSBC Holdings, it pays to be an expatriate in Switzerland - literally.

Turkish authorities are hunting a lone gunman who opened fire at one of Istanbul's most popular nightclubs, killing 39 and wounding 70.

French workers have won the right to ignore all work emails outside of the office.

It sounds like something out of 1950s science fiction: a blob-like organism that's made up of one giant cell and which can learn despite having no brain.

A truce aimed at ending the bloody five-year war in Syria has been announced. But what does it mean?

Dozens of women could have become pregnant with a stranger's child after a Dutch IVF clinic mixed up batches of sperm during fertility

Getting your kids to turn off their phones can turn into one endless nag, writes Emily Shelley.

Here are five unlikely black swan events that might catch everyone unawares in the coming year.

Stranded on a train track for 2 days, this terrified dog faced certain death. But thanks to her loving companion, Lucy survived the horrifying ordeal.

All the toilets on a trans-Atlantic flight were unusable.

As part of our Summer Herald, Kiwis are recalling their brushes with celebrity. Today, John Lamplough tells of the time he pulled a pint for Status Quo.

Russians agonise over how to remember the 1917 revolutions.

Brighton's 162m British Airways i360 is the tallest moving observation tower in the world.

The Star Wars series featured a man-made planet called the Death Star which destroys other worlds with a giant laser.

A little girl has been reunited with her favourite teddy after she accidentally left him behind in Auckland Airport when her family moved to Germany.