German backpacker Carolina Wilga was last seen in the Western Australia town of Beacon on 30 June. Photo: Supplied The woman who found missing German backpacker Carolina Wilga by the side of an outback road has described her rescue as miraculous. Wilga was discovered on Friday afternoon, after spending 11 nights exposed to freezing temperatures…
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…