USA
Democrats say Huckabee should apologise to Jews for 'oven' comment
The US Democratics deamand an apology from Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee over his comments about the Iran nuclear deal.
US Correspondent Steve Almond
Donald Trump vs Burnie Sanders in the Republican presidential candidate race. Amy Schumer's movie Trainwreck. The Harper Lee prequel book 'Go Set a Watchman'. Audio
US report says navy plans on mammals 'inadequate'
The United States National Resource Defence Council says the US Navy's mitigation plans are inadequate to prevent harm to marine mammals from high-energy sonar training in the Northern Marianas.
Donald Trump's popularity surges
American presidential candidate Donald Trump is refusing to apologise for saying Senator John McCain was no war hero, despite a growing firestorm among fellow Republicans. Audio
Readers finally get hands on sequel to 'To Kill a Mockingbird'
Readers have finally got their hands on the much-anticipated new novel by Harper Lee, 'Go Set a Watchman'. Audio
Our Own Odysseys: The Blues Highway
Journalist and long-time blues fan John Bishop has just returned from a well planned trip to the US where he travelled down what is known as the Blues Highway, a length of road that tracks the… Audio
Coroner finds BB King died of natural causes
Blues legend BB King has been found to have died from natural causes, putting to rest accusations by his two daughters that he was murdered.
US correspondent Susan Milligan
Susan Milligan is a former White House and National Political Correspondent for the Boston Globe. She is a Contributing Editor to US News and World Report. She also writes for The Washingtonian, Rhode… Audio
John Kerry wont be rushed into Iran nuclear deal
American Secretary of State John Kerry appears to be in no rush to finalise a nuclear deal for Iran. Audio
What will the impact on New Zealand be?
The suspension of trading on the New York Stock exchange comes as stocks nose dive in China and Greece continues to haggle with European creditors over another economic rescue package. Audio
New York Stock Exchange trading halted
Investors on Wall Street started their day worrying about China and the 3 trillion dollars of value wiped off its stock market. Audio
NYSE trading halted by computer technical glitch
Meanwhile trading on the New York Stock Exchange has just restarted after a computer glitch shut it down more than 3 hours. Audio
More on NYSE trading halted by computer technical glitch
Trading on the New York Stock exchange has been halted for more than 2 and a half hours (as at 6am NZT) due to a computer glitch Audio
NYSE trading halted by computer technical glitch
Trading on the New York Stock exchange has been halted for more than 2 and a half hours (as at 6am NZT) due to a computer glitch Audio
US trounces Japan with fastest World Cup hat trick
The US has thrashed Japan to win the Women's World Cup final in Vancouver.... courtesy of the fastest hat trick in men's or women's cup history. It took just 16 minutes. Audio
Lost bodies of US Marines found in Kiribati
The bodies of dozens of United States marines who died in the Second World War have been unearthed in Kiribati.
Aaron Copland - An Uncommon Man
Matthew Crawford looks at the life and work of the man known as "the Dean of American Composers". Audio
What can the USA learn from the Pacific about gun control?
After the killings at the Emanuel Church in South Carolina, we again have people calling for action, and others arguing that it's not a gun issue, it's a mental health issue. But what can the Pacific… Audio
In a first, Joe Biden sends NZ a Fourth of July message
Tomorrow is the Fourth of July -- the day America celebrates its founding. Audio
BP to pay 18.7 billion US dollars for Gulf oil spill
BP has been ordered to pay the single largest fine in US history for the 2010 oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Audio
