Rising Gas Prices and April CPI Seen Adding Pressure on US Household Budgets
A fresh batch of consumer price data in the coming week is likely to affirm Americans’ growing frustration…
Putin says Ukraine war is winding down, and blasts the West for backing Kyiv
“They spent months waiting for Russia to suffer a crushing defeat, for its statehood to collapse. It didn’t…
Emirates’ annual profits rise despite Middle East war disruption
Flights to and from Dubai’s main airport, the world’s busiest international hub, have been curtailed since Iran’s retaliatory…
Fed’s Musalem Says Risks Are Shifting More Toward Inflation
Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis President Alberto Musalem said there is much uncertainty over the future path…
‘SNL’ recap: Olivia Rodrigo debuts new song, Aziz Ansari plays Kash Patel
If you were to go by “Saturday Night Live” hosting performance alone, you might think that the best…
One economist’s ‘radical idea’ to solve the biggest energy crisis in history: a reverse OPEC
The world is facing the largest energy crisis in modern history—and the U.S. may be the country with…
Last Kiwi World War II fighter pilot John Keesing dies aged 102 in Whanganui
One RNZAF bomber pilot who served in the European theatre was still alive and living in Wellington, Homewood…
Whangārei Museum to restore RMS Niagara lifeboat linked to war, flu
The RMS Niagara story starts with her launch in 1912. She was originally billed as “The Titanic of…
Thomas Coughlan: Why Christopher Luxon’s Iran war stance will make his campaign even more difficult
The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet (DPMC) was also asked to clarify whether correspondence from its staff…
Taupō fertiliser plant offers relief as Iran war squeezes supply
Tnue has partnered with Ballance and Ravensdown, which together account for about 90% of the country’s fertiliser market,…
Emails showing Luxon wanted to publicly support Iran war won’t damage PM, David Seymour says
“The idea that that inquiry about a position two months ago affects the strain that Kiwis are suffering…
O’Neill’s Cemetery poppies removed from North Shore war graves after Anzac Day
However, they said there was not a clear understanding of why they had been removed and the charity…