Analysis: Asked how he could trust pledges from an Iranian regime, the US president left on a cliff-hanger.

Analysis - As artificial intelligence use expands, so does its underlying footprint.

While some health indicators have improved three years after the reforms, access to primary care remains uneven.

Analysis - To date, Trump has not withdrawn the US from the WTO. But his administration instead seeks to reinvent it.

Kiwi have started to hatch on Waiheke Island and may thrive with the help of special detection dogs helping eliminate the last of the island's pests.

The Sport Integrity Commission's first major investigation, triggered by dozens of complaints about Yachting NZ, remains unfinished a year on.

The paperwork currently required to legally trap feral cats could be replaced with a simpler online system, after criticism from hunters.

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Explainer - America has been in an uproar the past week over the actions of ICE agents after the shooting of a Minneapolis woman. But who exactly are they?

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