Gwynne Dyer looks back at 2011's global events, from the Arab Spring to the euro crisis and climate change.

A quick hit of the biggest international stories that you mught have missed today.

Despite weather extremes, an Auckland climate scientist is unconvinced about the role of human-induced global warming.

A tornado, floods and king tides wreaked havoc across the country yesterday.

Police tonight recovered the body of a 17-year-old from the wreckage of a house destroyed by a giant landslide at Ohope Beach near Whakatane.