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What a send off! Pensioner flung from fighter jet after accidentally pulling ejector seat lever
A surprise retirement present flight goes horribly wrong.

New York 'stabilising at a horrific rate', UK's Boris Johnson out of hospital
The latest on the coronavirus pandemic around the world.

Tributes flow for Kiwi who transformed UK wine industry
Don Hewitson receives rare honour of Times leader for shaking up once 'stuffy trade'.

A love letter to ... Paris
Reminiscing about Paris and why we're still dreaming of visiting ... one day.

One of Europe's most polluted towns stages a noisy revolt
New York Times: They accepted a trade-off for decades: good jobs for foul air.

Long-silenced victim of a paedophile writer gets to tell her story
New York Times: For decades her account of events was rejected. Until now.

Crisis in the Sahel becoming France's forever war
New York Times: French troops hunting Islamist militants in France's unwinnable war.

A Bataclan survivor's wheelchair journey across New Zealand
Pierre Cabon was paralysed in the Paris attacks. Five years later he climbed Tongariro

What's essential? In France, pastry and wine. In the US, golf and guns
The coronavirus pandemic has many contemplating what really is essential.

Covid-19 coronavirus: A Kiwi in Paris
Comment: The City of Lights has lost its sparkle as the spectre of Covid-19 grips hard.

20 Kiwis stranded after Antarctic cruise halted by coronavirus
Kiwis and up to 130 Australians left stranded on Antarctic cruise with no way home.

'You're an imbecile': Virus rebels from France to Florida flout lockdown rules
The resisters are holding corona parties and going to beaches.

Coronavirus: Deaths mount in US, Italy & Iran
New York City mayor warns worse is yet to come and urges military to respond.

Coronavirus: Man runs marathon on 7-metre balcony in France
The man ran a 42km all within the confinement of his 7-metre balcony.

French teen missing in Auckland was 'homesick', family say
Eloi Jean Rolland, 18, has not been seen since the morning of March 7 in central Auckland.

Coronavirus clampdown: EU to seal borders for a month
The move is to slow the spread of Covid-19.

Chaos at European borders as people struggle to get home amid coronavirus
The closures have stopped not only people but also needed goods.

Europeans erect borders against coronavirus, but the enemy is already within
New York Times: The great squares and stadiums are empty, the museums shut.

French national, 18, missing in Auckland
The man has been missing since Friday 6, March and is said to speak limited English.

March 15: Day the internet was weaponised
Comment: An "internet for good" should be our response to March 15, says Jordan Carter.

This tower is an eyesore compared to Eiffel, but has 'best view in Paris'
The Parisian tower my be an eyesore but a delight to look out of.

'I trusted him blindly': Woman assaulted by gynaecologist
Patient speaks out to ensure no one else is targeted by the doctor, who still practises.

Virus spreads to over 60 countries; France closes the Louvre
More than 60 countries have been hit by coronavirus, with infections and deaths mounting.

Cruise-ship hell: Kiwi tells of abuse, rocks hurled at passengers over virus fears
Ship full of Kiwis, Australians has been refused entry to Madagascar and Mauritius.

France: day tripping from Montpellier to Nimes
The Gard capital of Nimes offers some of the best Roman remains in France.

Furious star storms out of French Oscars over director's win
Police pushed back the surging crowd with tear gas.

Fire at Paris' Gare de Lyon railway station
Protesters who objected to a concert by a Congolese singer started the fires.

Former French PM to fight charges over wife's $1.7m 'fake' job
The Paris embezzlement trial will run until March 11.

Coronavirus empties European cities of Chinese tourists
New York Times: European tourism relies heavily on visitors from China.