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Opinion: We are closer to nuclear disaster today than at any point in the Cold War

OPINION: There is more danger today than when the developed world was carved up.

Heather du Plessis-Allan: Let’s talk more about Aukus

OPINION: If we’re keen on joining - and we clearly are - why are we keen on joining?

Sichuan Airlines heading back to Auckland Airport as full roster of Chinese carriers restored

The first market to collapse because of Covid is fully recovered with all airlines back.

Richard Prebble: It is lunacy to join a military alliance aimed at our biggest trading partner

OPINION: New Zealand has a free trade agreement with China, not the US.

China’s capital markets activity falls to multi-decade lows

Financial Times: Mainland equity issuance is the worst on record this year.

Westland Milk eyeing global cream position as producer of 'white gold' protein

Company eyes new bioactive product markets after a $70m expansion.

Big jump in late-summer visitors to NZ from a year ago

Overseas visitor numbers up, but still not at pre-pandemic levels.

German companies’ dependence on China will last decades, warns Siemens

Financial Times: Firms made little progress in “de-risking” their China exposure - report.

Why Alibaba will struggle to knock Temu off e-commerce top spot

Financial Times: Alibaba had been the uncontested leader for almost a decade.

'Immeasurable pain': Court hears nitrous-oxide psychosis likely motive for brutal slaying

Court told killer consumed five boxes of nitrous oxide two days before the murder.

The bizarre real-life murder plot behind Netflix’s 3 Body Problem

New York Times: The billionaire behind the sci-fi hit was poisoned by an angry colleague.

Global glut turns solar panels into garden fencing option

Financial Times: Solar panels so cheap they're being used to build garden fences.

Refugee status revoked for man who travelled repeatedly to China

A man has been accused of offering to sponsor a woman's visa through a fake marriage.

Property Insider: NZ's tallest tower developer heads for Queenstown, SkyCity boss farewelled

'We're out of it day-to-day' - Damien Taylor steps back from successful hotel developer.

'The land of cute': Cabin crew help drive tourist numbers at alpaca business

The herd of 170 of the gentle animals in Akaroa is a magnet for tourists.

Moves to ban lab-grown meat intensify in some US states

Financial Times: One lawmaker vows not to ‘eat bugs with Bill Gates’.

Revival of Anzus is a prop for Aukus architecture - Helen Clark

Helen Clark says it is a policy lurch, Winston Peters says there's nothing new in it.

Inside the fentanyl trade powering the world’s deadliest drug crisis

Times: Last year the drug killed more young Americans than car accidents or guns.