New Zealand has scored a major trade coup in talks with Russia.

Russia has identified the double agent who betrayed its United States spy ring this year.

Maria Sharapova was named this week as the marquee player for the 2011 ASB Classic and is easily the biggest drawcard in the tournament's history.

Russian president Dmitry Medvedev has handed out his country’s top awards to a group of spies.

Delicious and filling and so much better from your own garden, potatoes are a deserved family favourite. Justin Newcombe gives us his top tips.

California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has been busy telling his Twitter followers about 'having a blast' in Russia.

A beautiful Russian woman has appeared in court in the US on hacking charges.

In a world of spirits that aim to be the biggest tasting and most highly flavoured, vodka has always been something of an enigma.

World celebrates 21 years in the fashion business and its ongoing plans to keep breaking barriers.

Fishing for crabs in the Bering Sea is one of the most dangerous jobs in the world. Scott Kara meets some of the crazy men who risk it all to land the world's deadliest catch.

Anna Chapman, the glamorous figure at the centre of the US-Russia spy scandal, has been threatened with legal action over a photo-shoot.

One of NZ's greatest scientists was investigated by Britain's MI5 as a suspect in passing information to Russia on the first atomic bombs, according to newly released files.

Protests rage in central Moscow.