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Happy Birthday, Mr President: Trump’s special day to coincide with a day of protests
Grassroot groups are fighting back against the US President's audacious power grabs.
Jane Clifton: Blood on the tracks
European public transport is generally excellent, commuter etiquette is not.
Jane Clifton: If taniwha trouble you, be glad we don’t have Irish fairies
A new book offers practical advice on navigating the world of fairies.
The EU has become a paradise for preppers
The strong suggestion of a preparedness strategy will have doomsday preppers rejoicing.
Jane Clifton: The fallen tree that grew a national argument
Felling of the Sycamore Gap tree generates outrage, and possible prison sentences.
Europe now: Appeasing Trump
The UK hopes to mask its powerlessness by massaging the ego of the US President.
Europe now: The reality of life in the shadows of Putin & Trump
Europe and the US are no longer allies. No one believes Nato is a strong organisation.
What NZ politicians can learn from Albanese’s win
Chris Hipkins and the New Zealand Labour Party should be buoyed.
Jane Clifton: I Am Farticus - the TV ads declaring war on dignity
Advertising for lavatory paper and laxatives has gone down the toilet.
Nowhere to go: Jonathan Kronstadt on a fundamental human right flushed away
A paucity of public toilets highlights American inequality and marginalisation.
Jane Clifton: Golfer Rory McIlroy caught in a custody battle
Champion golfer’s appeal easily crosses the Irish divide.
The reality behind the gene-edited dire wolf
‘Resurrection’ of the dire wolf made headlines but is the wool being pulled over our eyes?
Politics “incivility” problems: Smoke bombs, brawls and disruptive songs
Bad behaviour in the parliaments of Europe is still not enough to put off voters.
History speaking: What the evolution of a modern language tells us about ourselves
New language evolution theories throw into shade rigid ideas of race and identity.
Jane Clifton: The politics of grass is a new turf war
The widening divide between lawn purists and those who want nature to take its course.
Interpretive talent: The Kiwi linguist at the heart of world affairs
Nicole Jamieson has worked with prime ministers and presidents, dissidents and exiles.
History for sale: Inside a British Museum heist
The goings-on at the British museum where a staffer was caught flogging antiques on eBay.
Will the Australian election spell the end of its one dominant two-party system?
Most polling now suggests Australia will have a minority government after the election.
Jane Clifton: Trouble comes in threes
Updating emergency preparedness advice, the EU newly urges residents to prepare for attack
Technofeud: Is NZ’s private data still safe in the US cloud?
Could Trump use his power in a data grab to serve his own interests?
Seared into memory: 50 years on, a Vietnam War reporter looks back
Nothing prepared me for the Vietnamese children, many orphans who had limbs blown off...
Jane Clifton: Your dog might just be the key to living longer
New research could be the longevity breakthrough no one expected.
Transatlantic rift widens with every imprisoned German tourist or expelled French researcher
Once Europe and USA were friends, but Trump administration has fractured that friendship.
Jane Clifton: When your quiet corner of the world is shot to pieces
Towns - and countries - made famous by a TV series or film can be a mixed blessing.
From Bezos with love? Brit horror at 007’s new American overlord
Britain's favourite film hero, James Bond, to come under control of an American overlord.
Jane Clifton: I have seen the future of road-traffic management
Forget about orange cones and get ready to welcome a more organic alternative.
Gunboat diplomacy: NZ faces growing defence challenges after China’s naval incursion
Chinese navy’s activities bolster the case for rapid replacement of NZ's ageing frigates.