Officials: China real estate recovering from debt crackdown
BEIJING (AP) — China’s vast real estate industry is recovering from a slump triggered by tighter debt controls, a deputy central bank governor said Friday, after...
Davis posts double-double to lead Memphis past SMU 81-62
DALLAS (AP) — Kendric Davis totaled 23 points and 10 assists to propel Memphis to an 81-62 victory over SMU on Thursday night. Davis added four...
Adams’ 18 help Jackson State beat UAPB 67-63
PINE BLUFF, Ark. (AP) — Chase Adams’ 18 points helped Jackson State defeat UAPB 67-63 on Thursday night. Adams shot 7 for 13 (3 for 4...
Two-car crash closes road in Taita, Lower Hutt
Stuff Molesworth St is closed after a car crash. (File photo) A two-car crash has closed a road in Lower Hutt. Emergency services responded to the...
$10.5 million Lotto win leaves Hamilton couple in ‘total shock’
Supplied “It never crossed our minds that this could happen to us,” the woman said. A Hamilton couple is $10.5 million richer after a Lotto win...
Laws allowing victims’ right to speak still court controversy two decades on
When Bex Sloan shared her victim impact statement in court it was both “powerful and surreal”. Her abuser, former dance teacher Stayz Te Atamira Raukawa, was...
From unconscious in hospital bed to national champ in less than a week
Robyn Edie/Stuff Watched by her assistance dog Paddy and coach Steve Bale, Elizabeth Gasson competes in women’s para cycling at Cycling New Zealand’s Track National Championships...
Extra $301m to redevelop Christchurch’s quake-damaged schools
CHRIS SKELTON/Stuff Prime Minister Chris Hipkins is welcomed to Christchurch’s Heaton Normal Intermediate School on Friday by principal James Griggs. An extra $301 million has been...
Climate change: Young activists in Palmerston North want their voice heard
Warwick Smith/Stuff Autumn Newsome speaking at the Schools Strike for Climate rally. Schoolchildren desperate for Government action to prevent climate change want young people’s voices to...
‘Māori queer excellence’ to open Wellington Pride Festival
Supplied Tē Karanga is the opening show for Wellington Pride Festival on March 4. When Callan James found the term “takatāpui” years after he came out...