24 Oct: Manchester United and England footballer Marcus Rashford successfully lobbied the UK Government to provide free school meals once. Now he's enlisted the support of businesses after the Government knocked back a proposal to extend the scheme.... more
24 Oct: After recording the world's worst per capita rate of new coronavirus infections, Israel finds some success with a second lockdown. But there are now fears Israelis might be less willing to cooperate with restrictions.... more
24 Oct: Bangladesh has lifted the lid off one of its darkest secrets — its silent rape crisis. As cases surge amid the pandemic, human rights organisations say the new death penalty for rape crimes won't fix the problem.... more
24 Oct: An exercise in passing the buck, that's the assessment from a campaign group to the race relations commissioner's idea to put iwi in charge of prisons... more
RUGBY All Blacks halfback Aaron Smith believes a special bond far beyond the black jersey is being created within the 9s and 10s in the squad for the Tri-Nations More...
BUSINESS Global coronavirus cases have risen by more than 500,000 for the first time, a record one-day increase as countries across the Northern Hemisphere report daily spikes More...
