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After two days of dense legal argument, the High Court of Australia has reserved its decision on whether it will overturn Cardinal George Pell's convictions for child sexual abuse.

A researcher listened to 40 rape trials where the defence argued sex took place by consent. Her study has sexual violence advocates calling for certain questions to be banned from courtrooms.

The impeachment trial of Donald Trump has resumed, with Democrats setting out their case for the president to be removed from office. Video

The US Senate rejected a Democratic bid to force the White House to produce documents and evidence, as Donald Trump's impeachment trial on charges of abuse of power began in earnest. Video

Iran says it has arrested an undisclosed number of suspects accused of a role in shooting down a Ukrainian airliner.

A Christchurch City Councillor says he feels vindicated after what he called "scurrilous allegations" against him were dropped in the Christchurch District Court today.

The defence against Winston Peters' superannuation privacy lawsuit has cost taxpayers more than half a million dollars so far, documents obtained by RNZ show.

President Donald Trump has pilloried an envoy who testified in the impeachment inquiry, claiming she refused to hang his photo in the US embassy in Ukraine.

A US diplomat who is a pivotal witness in the impeachment inquiry into Donald Trump says he worked with the president's personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani on Ukraine issues on "the president's orders".

Some days Parliament’s Question Time passes without incident. Some days less so. Last week was a smorgasbord of angst and fracas. We annotate a metaphysical exchange.

US President Donald Trump has said he likes "the idea" of testifying in the impeachment inquiry against him.

The State Services Commission has shut down the inquiry into how Budget sensitive information was accessed from the Treasury website, because a key member failed to declare a conflict of interest.

US President Donald Trump has denied asking the justice department to clear him of wrongdoing over a phone call with Ukraine's president that is at the heart of an impeachment inquiry.

US President Donald Trump has lashed out at his Democrat opponents in a defiant speech at a rally in Louisiana.

Two US diplomats have told lawmakers the State Department was being used for domestic political purposes under President Donald Trump and warned it would hurt American interests.

Why did she feel threatened?

The US House of Representatives approved rules for the next stage in the impeachment inquiry against President Donald Trump, including public hearings.

Pope Francis has asked for forgiveness from Amazon bishops after Catholic militants stole statues they considered pagan idols from a church and dumped them in the Tiber river.

A world first project will create a te reo digital dataset large enough to be used for machine learning to create chat bots, online education, games, transcription of archival material, and real-time…

A top US diplomat says President Trump made the release of military aid to Ukraine conditional on a pledge that a political rival would be investigated.