To his clients, Terry Freeman had all the trappings of a multimillionaire City of London trader.

Equities in Europe and on Wall Street rallied after Portugal's successful bond sale eased concerns about the euro-zone's debt crisis.

A politician is under pressure to resign after becoming the first sitting MP in Britain to be convicted of expenses fraud.

Stocks on Wall Street were up as investors' confidence was underpinned by better-than-expected US earnings and international support for Europe's debt.

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.

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

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

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