Business
The data were released just days ahead of a planned meeting next week between US President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing.
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Politics
Ministers have warned regions to design new structures in three months or face intervention, with concerns smaller communities will lose voice and influence.
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World
Jimmy Lai, a prominent critic of Beijing, founded a pro-democracy newspaper that was shut down during a crackdown following the city's massive anti-government protests in 2019.
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Entertainment
Rappers Future, Lisa and Tyla, singer Anitta, singer/rapper Rema and DJ Sanjoy will be part of the ceremony before the US plays Paraguay.
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The US stock market rose to records today following the latest sign that the nation’s job market is doing better than economists expected.
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New Zealanders are warned to check they're being paid the interest rate they think they are in their savings accounts.
New Zealand
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The Cardiff man stole thousands of dollars worth of goods — including an entire display of Easter treats — in a three-week supermarket blitz.
Crime and Justice
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A tiny, remote island in the Pacific was thrust into the spotlight in 2004, when seven men, including the mayor, were put on trial over child sex abuse charges.
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Video posted on social media by US Southern Command shows a black, boat-shaped image before what appears to be an explosion, followed by a column of fire rising from the ocean.
“You go onto social media – they want to dynamite the boat. They want to sink the boat,” a Spanish man on the ship told media.
Health
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Wellington Phoenix coach Bev Priestman has no doubt her side can perform against Brisbane Roar in their A-League second-leg semifinal.
Football
The image released this week depicts the Messier 77 (M77) galaxy 45 million light-years away in the Cetus, or whale, constellation.
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Today, they'll play their home town of Auckland (which saw the beginning of the Enz in 1972) before kicking off a run of Australian concerts next week.
About 20 climbers had set out to ascend the nearly 1355m volcano in defiance of safety restrictions.
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This year's cohort will be the final one in which students will be eligible for fees-free support, Finance Minister Nicola Willis confirmed.
The local and regional elections were widely seen as an unofficial referendum on Starmer, whose popularity has plummeted.
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F1 started the year with big changes including a 50-50 split in power between a traditional engine and the onboard battery pack, but driver criticism was immediate.
Motorsport
Today Auckland hosts game one of the two-legged semi-final and the visitors are expecting Auckland to "bring fight, intensity and physicality".
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"The people can decide for themselves, ‘WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?’ Have Fun and Enjoy!” President Donald Trump wrote on social media.
Emergency services were alerted to the two-storey house fire in Chartwell at around 2.56am Saturday.
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The denial came after reports that Mountbatten-Windsor was threatened by a masked man while walking dogs near his home.
He added that such a halt to hostilities could be the “beginning of the end” of the long war between them.
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It came after wild weather caused flooding and power outages in the South Island yesterday.
"Indications are that the woman had exited her vehicle after a minor crash, and was then struck by another vehicle," police said.
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Wallace Sititi and Samisoni Taukei'aho both bagged a brace of tries in Brisbane.
Rugby
