The New Zealand dollar gained on a weakening greenback after comments from the Reserve Bank of Australia yesterday spurred traders' appetite for high-yielding currencies.

NZ won't extend the number of refugees it accepts and needs to address the increasing risk of people-smuggling boats hitting our shores, says the PM.

Spy suspect Anna Chapman is embarrassed by media reports about her - but still wants to stay in America.

A top drug gang enforcer says he ordered the killing of a US consulate worker because she helped provide visas to a rival gang.

More than 180,000 people packed into the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum over two days for a rave party last weekend.

BP and the Obama administration face mounting complaints that they are ignoring foreign offers of help and making little use of volunteers

A look at the minipark inside Universal's Islands of Adventure theme park, in Orlando, Florida.

Pregnant Muslim women who fast during Ramadan are likely to have smaller babies, research has found.

Global celebrations of Jackson's brilliant but troubled life kicked off with the unveiling of a memorial in London yesterday.

They mostly go to Strawberry Fields - a pristine landscaped area in Central Park - for one purpose: to remember John Lennon.

I can't get enough of Michelle Obama. She is one of my favourite things. I'm not being facetious, nor have I lost my mind.

Microsoft has cleared up the rumours, misinformation, speculation and nagging questions that have plagued gamers for the last twelve months.

Catherine Zeta-Jones, Douglas Hodge and Sir Alan Ayckbourn were among the winners at Sunday night's Tony Awards.

Condemned double murderer Ronnie Lee Gardner has chosen the firing squad as his method of execution this Friday.

Barack Obama needs to assure the public that the federal government is doing everything it can to limit the environmental catastrophe.

Valerie Vili has won the women's shot put at the Diamond League meeting in New York.