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New Zealand bans 'zero hour' contracts
New Zealand has passed legislation banning 'zero hour' contractsto end the use of deals criticised as exploitative.
11 March 2016
Names of 22,000 IS members leaked to news channel
Tens of thousands of documents containing the names, addresses, phone numbers and family contacts of jihadis who joined the Islamic State group have been given to the UK's Sky News.
10 March 2016
New 'Drowned Apostles' at popular Australia tourist site
Researchers found five more columns under the sea to add up to the limestone stacks off the south coast of Australia known as the Twelve Apostles.
10 March 2016
The fairytale rise of singer Gavin James
'In Ireland everything happens in pubs,' says Gavin James, widely seen as the next big singer songwriter.
10 March 2016
US warns of 'catastrophic' Mosul dam collapse
The United States urges governments to prevent a humanitarian catastrophe of epic proportions from the collapse of Iraq's Mosul dam.
10 March 2016
Weakest return for Norway sovereign wealth fund since 2011
The world's biggest sovereign wealth fund, Norway's public pension fund, posted a 2.7-percent return in 2015 owing to real estate and the global stock market recovery.
09 March 2016
Iran tests more missiles in defiance of US warning
Iran fired two more long-range ballistic missiles on Wednesday as it continued military tests in defiance of US sanctions and fresh warnings from Washington.
09 March 2016
China's Evergrande 'world's most valuable club'
China's Guangzhou Evergrande Taobao has become the world's most valuable football club.
09 March 2016
Once extinct, world's last wild horse returns to steppes
The path out of oblivion for Przewalski's horse lies in getting on a plane to China, Mongolia and, most recently, the Russian steppes.
09 March 2016
Brexit 'biggest domestic risk to financial stability': Carney
Britain voting to leave the European Union would create a domestic risk to British financial stability: Bank of England governor Mark Carney
09 March 2016
Zika link to new, paralysing disease
Causing brain damage in babies and a rare neurological ailment in adults, the Zika virus is also linked to paralysis-causing myelitis.
09 March 2016
Finland probes mystery spike in radioactivity
Finnish authorities are investigating a mysterious spike in levels of radioactive caesium-137 detected over Helsinki.
09 March 2016
'Dentist of horror' on trial for mutilating French patients
A Dutchman dubbed the 'dentist of horror' went on trial after causing horrific injuries to the mouths of more than 100 patients in France.
09 March 2016
US regulator unveils low-income broadband subsidy plan
US regulators offer broadband subsidies to low-income Americans, saying that Internet access is "a prerequisite for full participation" in modern society.
09 March 2016
EU delays weedkiller decision amid cancer uproar
The EU postponed a decision to extend the approval of a key weedkiller for another 15 years amid an uproar that it may cause cancer.
08 March 2016
Tenor Alagna saves Met Opera but risks his voice
When Jonas Kaufmann suddenly bowed out of the Metropolitan Opera's production of Manon Lescaut, Roberto Alagna pulled off the herculean feat of learning the complex score within days.
05 March 2016
Lady Gaga says suffers 'paralyzing fear' from rape
Lady Gaga described her Oscar performance with rape survivors as the most difficult of her life, saying that she remains in chronic pain.
05 March 2016
SpaceX satellite launch succeeds, but rocket crash lands
SpaceX launched a communications satellite to an orbit but failed to land the first stage of its Falcon 9 rocket on an ocean platform.
05 March 2016
World's costliest train station opens in NY at 9/11 site
The world's most expensive train station opened Thursday in New York, nearly $2 billion over budget and years behind schedule.
04 March 2016
China defence spending to rise '7 to 8%' in 2016
China will raise its defence spending by seven to eight percent this year.
04 March 2016
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