The Pope has declared war on parents' growing insistence on shunning the saints and naming their children after fashion designers, Sanskrit titles and things that don't mean much.

Estonia's introduction of the euro has caused controversy after it was claimed a map of the Baltic country on its one euro coin includes a chunk of neighbouring Russia.

Paul Rush finds passion in the air in Italy's style city.

Roads and vehicles must be "more forgiving" to curb a road toll which averages more than one death a day, the AA says. Figures released by the Ministry of Transport today show 371 people died on the roads over the past year.

Auckland couple Jo Denvir and Daniel Nixon have been waiting three years for the adoption doors to Russia to reopen.

When Yannick Denis won tickets to see his favourite band play in Waihi tonight, there was one minor hitch.

Trade Me customers are the victims of the latest online scam by fraudsters operating out of Russia.

A Swedish neo-Nazi has been jailed for the theft of the infamous 'Arbeit Macht Frei' sign from the Auschwitz Nazi death camp.

The New Zealand dollar is trading at its highest level against the pound in three decades.

A New Zealand makeup artist has risen to the top of her field, painting the skins of the world's most famous people, but this year she is homesick.

Scientists from 38 organisations in ten countries collaborated to publish the complete DNA sequence of the woodland strawberry.