Hastings bar brawl: Police arrest man, hunt on for two more

He believed they may be able to help with inquiries and ask anyone who recognised the women to get in touch. A 32-year-old man was arrested and charged in relation to the fight last week. Another person has been arrested after the violence between 1.30am and 2am on Sunday, March 8 at The Common Room … Read more

Netanyahu vows Israel will ‘crush Iran’s terror regime’

The day prior, Israeli strikes in south Lebanon killed at least eight people, one of them a paramedic, the health ministry said, with the total death toll in the country now over 1200, with over a million displaced. Defence Minister Israel Katz said Israel would occupy a swathe of southern Lebanon even after the conflict … Read more

Malaga researchers develop biological switch that can stop binge eating

Friday, 27 March 2026, 14:25 An international team of researchers, including several experts from Malaga’s biomedical research institute, have identified new chemical compounds capable of turning off the uncontrollable urge to eat, popularly known as binge eating. Binge eating disorder is not, as many might believe, a lack of willpower but a common eating disorder … Read more

Apparent AI use in Iran war fighting raises daunting questions, expert says

“You can rapidly produce long lists of targets much faster than humans can do it, by automating that process,” said the associate professor of media studies at the New School in New York, who also serves as vice-chair of the Stop Killer Robots campaign. But then “the ethical and legal question is: to what degree … Read more

Winston Peters shows clarity on Iran strikes as NZ focuses on what it can control – Editorial

“We are facing new circumstances … and we have to look at them with new eyes.” It was a clear articulation of restraint in uncertain terrain. And it is the tone New Zealand needs. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon had earlier said New Zealand was “not best placed” to judge the legality of the strikes – … Read more

Sara Duterte condemns ambush that killed soldiers

VICE President Sara Duterte strongly condemned the ambush in Lanao del Norte last Friday that killed four soldiers. “This kind of violence is a clear challenge to the state of peace and security of our country,” Duterte said in a statement issued on Sunday. She condoled with the families of the fallen soldiers. FOR SAF … Read more

North Korea blasts US missile shield as ‘threatening’ and ‘arrogant’

Trump had been pushing the idea – akin to the Iron Dome system over Israel but also with weapons based in space instead of just on land – for months, citing increasingly sophisticated threats from countries such as Russia, China, and North Korea. It could be operational within three years, before the end of his … Read more

Never in doubt, says Enzo Maresca, about thing that was very much in doubt

If you ever doubted Enzo Maresca and this Chelsea team’s ability to deliver Champions League football back to Stamford Bridge, well, then he has just one teeny tiny little itty-bitty minuscule thing he’d like to ask from you. It’s nothing big, really. No, really. Just a small favor. It’s simply … how to say … … Read more