Conflict

Thousands of people marched through a drizzly central Auckland to honour victims of the Ukraine War.

Russia's moves against Gazprom Germania could cost German taxpayers and gas users an extra 5 billion euros ($8.2b) a year to pay for replacement gas.

Finland and Sweden joining Nato would put Russia in a difficult military position in the Baltic Sea, top US General Mark Milley says.

Russian forces advanced deep into ruined Sievierodonetsk where Ukrainian troops were holding out, as Russia's assault on Ukraine reached its 100th day on Friday.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky says Russian forces have seized 20 percent of his country's territory, as Moscow's invasion nears its 100th day.

New Zealand seems to be on track to becoming full military allies with the United States, a defence analyst says, following the prime minister's White House visit.

Around 15,000 suspected war crimes have been reported in Ukraine since the war began, with 200 to 300 more reported daily, according to its chief prosecutor.

The incursions come days after US President Joe Biden issued a strong warning to China over Taiwan.

European Union leaders have agreed a compromise plan to block more than two-thirds of Russian oil imports after Hungary opposed a total ban.

The government's clampdown on the supermarket sector will include a new industry regulator, compulsory unit pricing and a mandatory code of conduct. Watch the announcement here.

Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky has visited troops in the Kharkiv region, on the country's battered eastern front line.

Russian forces have stepped up their assault on the Ukrainian city of Sievierodonetsk, as Kyiv intensified calls for longer-range weapons from the West.

France and Germany's leaders have urged Vladimir Putin to hold direct and serious negotiations with Ukraine's president.

Ukraine says its forces may need to retreat from the last pocket of resistance in Luhansk to avoid being captured by Russian troops.

Alarmed by the prospect of global food shortages due to the conflict in Ukraine, the EU wants as much land as possible turned over to grains. Berlin's new, greener government is pushing back.

The head of the World Bank has warned that Russia's invasion of Ukraine could cause a global recession as the price of food, energy and fertiliser jump.

After failing to seize Ukraine capital Kyiv or its second city Kharkiv, Russia is trying to take control of Donbas, comprised of two eastern provinces Russia claims on behalf of separatists.

A fundraiser for Ukraine is underway this week with "The Spirit of Freedom" - a screening of five Ukrainian short films by the Show Me Shorts Film Festival trust in collaboration with the Kyiv…