A coalition proposal has pitched the biggest shake-up of local government in three decades. Under the proposal, Mayors of city and district councils would take over the duties of regional councils.

Organisers say the decision came after they "carefully reviewed several challenging situations", including a tough economic ...

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Russia has killed six people in attacks on Kyiv, while three people died in Russia's Rostov region in massive Ukrainian ...

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The long-dormant Hayli Gubbi volcano in the Afar region in Ethiopia's northeast roared to life, covering the neighboring ...

Former Sea World Helicopters employee Grace Hickey told a Queensland court she loaded passengers onto the aircraft on 2 ...

It took two years to build the three wind turbines, storage battery and other infrastructure on the remote archipelago.

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A motorcyclist has died after a crash involving a car in Ashburton. Police were called to the crash at the intersection of Hinds Arundel Road and Gills Road about 6pm. The motorcyclist was found dead ...

Now, the tribunal has opted to cancel Easton's registration as a physiotherapist, after he was censured and fined in the same ...

Tokyo was the largest city in the world in the year 2000, but slower population growth over the previous quarter of a century ...