Florian Wirtz Photo: AFP Liverpool have smashed their club transfer record to sign Germany attacking midfielder Florian Wirtz from Bundesliga side Bayer Leverkusen. Leverkusen will receive a guaranteed amount of £100 million (NZ$225 million) and a further maximum of 16 million pounds in potential bonuses. That makes the 22-year-old Liverpool’s most-expensive signing ever, ahead of…
UK correspondent Hugo Gye joins Kathryn to talk about Sir Keir Starmer’s first big test with voters since the general election – with signs local elections may not go his way. Former Labour PM Tony Blair has weighed into contemporary politics with a report arguing that trying to eliminate fossil fuels in order to reach…
International relations professor Anne-Marie Brady. Photo: RNZ / Jane Patterson An international relations professor is warning China’s activity in the Tasman Sea shows it wants to establish a permanent military presence in the Pacific, and New Zealand must prepare for that. Canterbury University’s Anne-Marie Brady said it served as a serious threat, and New Zealand…
By Sandee LaMotte, CNN The Mediterranean diet advocates eating fresh vegetables, olive oil, nuts and seeds and fish, and frequently comes up top in healthy diet recommendations. Photo: Unsplash/ Yoav Aziz The award-winning Mediterranean diet has done it again, capturing 2025’s “best of the best” award from US News & World Report, which puts out…
Spotify already lets you upload your own pics to use as playlist covers, but now it has launched a feature that gives you an easy, in-app way to customize them. The audio streaming service’s new Create Cover Art feature comes with a set of tools you can use to crop images in different shapes, such…
I’m a loud proponent for accessibility in tech, though, sadly, I don’t get to celebrate it often. This week, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission delivered a rare win by mandating that all mobile phones be hearing aid compatible. The new mandate, announced Thursday, also discouraged phone manufacturers from incorporating proprietary Bluetooth standards on their products…
Tunisia holds a presidential election Sunday that seems certain to give incumbent Kais Saied another term in office, with his main rivals jailed, disqualified or otherwise sidelined from the race. Chinese automakers are tapping into the South African car market, the largest on the continent, with prices so attractive that dealers say other brands risk…