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Lessons from turnaround of the Golden State
At the Golden State's nadir the jibes came thick and fast. "California is so broke that I saw a going-out-of-business sign at a meth lab," joked late night TV host Jay Leno.
At the Golden State's nadir the jibes came thick and fast. "California is so broke that I saw a going-out-of-business sign at a meth lab," joked late night TV host Jay Leno.
The hand of history lies heavily on the beaches of Normandy, where next week the leaders of the World War II allies will pay tribute.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has ruled out collecting student debts from the estates of the dead.
Editorial: Few eyebrows were raised when the army seized power in Thailand last week. This was, after all, the 12th military coup since the end of absolute monarchy in 1932.
The Chinese government is pushing domestic banks to remove high-end servers made by IBM in an escalation of the dispute with the US over spying claims.
Editorial: The integrity of this country's immigration system is, of course, very important. But that system must not be applied so austerely as to appear utterly inflexible.
The principles underpinning the European Union are now an open target after parties campaigning against the euro.
The problem for Tim Groser is that any deal is likely to fall far below his "gold standard" for Japan and the US to totally remove all tariffs, writes Jane Kelsey.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he won't surrender his Budget in the face of pressure to compromise over its most unpopular measures.
We've been warned to expect a vicious election campaign, but let's hope it doesn't descend to the depths plumbed this week by a candidate in Britain's local body elections.
When Prince Charles compared Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler, in a private conversation in Canada this week, it was far from a first, writes Tim Stanley.
Prince Charles is facing calls to ‘abdicate’ from a British Labour MP after he reportedly compared Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler in relation to his actions in Ukraine.
Australia's PM is feeling widespread anger to his tough Budget first hand - but criticism stepped up a notch when he was caught in a conspiratorial wink yesterday.
It was a clash that pitted one of the finest journalists of his generation against a now-disgraced former world leader, but this was no modern-day Frost-Nixon.
Silvio Berlusconi was taken aback when Jeremy Paxman asked him whether it was true that he had once called the German chancellor "an un----able lard a---".
Prime Minister John Key is due to to meet the President of the United States at the White House next month - but certain things will NOT be on the agenda.
Polls show gamble on Australians accepting pain has failed badly.
In an uncharacteristic step by the North Korean government, officials made a public apology after a building collapse in Pyongyang reportedly killed hundreds of people.
Turkeys Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan punched a man in a supermarket.
After fighting to save its single currency, the European Union faces a test of political legitimacy when voters in its 28 member states elect a new European Parliament.
A British-born man suspected of masterminding Boko Haram bomb attacks in Nigeria that left 100 people dead became radicalised during his years at a Welsh university.
Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party and its allies have won India's general election by the biggest margin in 30 years.
Prime Minister-elect Narendra Modi made a triumphant entrance in New Delhi yesterday, promising to improve the lives of all Indians.
India's ruling Congress party admitted defeat last night as the Narendra Modi wave washed over the country in a scale few had predicted.
John Key has said he is aware of "some" but not all of the tools used by the GCSB amid fresh questions over an intrusive piece of spyware showcased by the United States' NSA to their Kiwi partners.
John Key needs to front up about the involvement of the GCSB in the National Security Agency's international spies' club, says the internet lobby group.