Latest fromEuropean Union
Harawira skips EU meeting for Paris jaunt
"How many times in my lifetime am I going to get to Europe? So I thought, 'F*** it, I'm off. I'm off to Paris'," Maori MP Hone Harawira said.
Brain disease found in sheep
New Zealand bio-security and food safety authorities moved proactively this morning to announce the discovery of a brain disease that affects sheep.
Zimmer-frame nation: A vision of Britain in 2083
The Independent's Sean O'Grady looks at what the UK's burgeoning population could mean for future generations.
Air NZ chief blasts climate change 'circus'
Air NZ chief executive Rob Fyfe has lashed out at dithering over cutting emissions, described climate talks as a 'bureaucratic circus'.
Tsvangarai accuses Mugabe of party persecution
Zimbabwean Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has accused President Robert Mugabe, of persecuting his party, MDC group, after a high-level EU delegation called for Zimbabwe's two main political parties to work together.
'A bigger threat than terrorism'
Scientist Sir David King says carbon dioxide emissions need to be halved by the middle of the century.