Whangārei Mayor Vince Cocurullo was among the crowd of special athletes and police who gathered to send the Flame of Hope on its cross-country journey from Northland to the Special Olympics National ...

Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to The Star, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty ...

The James Bond films have been slapped with a fresh wave of woke trigger warnings by streaming giant Prime Video. Almost every iconic 007 film on the platform has had content alerts added at the start ...

BANGKOK :Thailand will spend 10 billion baht ($307 million) to buy bad debt this month, the finance minister said on Thursday, as part of its plans to revive its sluggish economy. Thailand's ...

[TOKYO] Sumitomo Life Insurance is taking an unusual step to avoid writing down losses on its debt assets, promising to never sell them while they are in the red, according to a source familiar with ...

BEIJING: China's manufacturing activity shrank for a sixth month in September, an official survey showed on Tuesday (Sep 30), suggesting producers are waiting for further stimulus to boost domestic ...