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Philippines President Benigno Aquino is under growing pressure to speed up the distribution of food, water and medicine to desperate typhoon survivors. A giant US aircraft carrier has arrived… Audio

The Reserve Bank says household borrowing is growing faster than incomes and New Zealand households are getting near to levels of indebtedness not seen since just after the global financial crisis.

President Barack Obama says he's sorry for Americans who had their health insurance plans cancelled because of his new law, even though he had promised they would not.

The chairman of Fonterra has promised the company will implement the recommendations from an inquiry into the handling of its botulism contamination scare.

Fonterra's board is setting up a new risk committee and taking steps to shed its fortress image after a critical report on the crisis caused by the botulism scare.

Hundreds of Eritrean refugees have held a mock funeral outside the Italian parliament to remember the victims of a capsize earlier this month.

The newly elected Christchurch City Council is wasting no time getting down to business with housing affordability shaping up to be a major focus. Audio

A former top Papua New Guinea politician says he had to go against the traditional Highlands mould of character and behave in a passive manner in order to prevent bloodshed...

A former top Papua New Guinea politician says he had to go against the traditional Highlands mould of character and behave in a passive manner in order to prevent bloodshed...

Australian firefighters battled high winds and hot temperatures on Monday, as they tried to stop three large bushfires from merging into one spanning hundreds of kilometres in the state of New South…

Firefighters are battling a series of major wildfires in New South Wales, with fears that hundreds of homes have been destroyed.

The US Congress has passed a bill to reopen the government and raise the federal debt limit, with hours to spare before the nation risked default. But President Barack Obama says politicians must stop… Audio

Global sharemarkets have reacted positively to the news that American politicians have struck a cross-party deal to end a partial government shutdown and raise the country's debt limit.

Agencies in the Northern Marianas dependent on federal funds may have to draw up alternative plans to keep federally funded programmes operational. The US government shut-down has entered its third...

Congressional negotiations to end a US fiscal crisis have broken down in the House of Representatives and are now in preliminary stages in the Senate.