National party MP Sam Uffindell apologised to his victim before being elected. The 1999 school case was only revealed by Stuff on Monday.

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Egyptian officials said both sides agreed to a truce to end a flare-up of violence in which 15 children have been killed.

The province reported 504 cases on Sunday, taking the current outbreak to almost 1500 since the first infection was detected a week ago.

Gustavo Petro wants the US and others to change drug policies focused on the prohibition of drugs like cocaine that feed violent conflicts across Latin America.

The deaths of four Muslim men in the US town of Albuquerque are believed to be linked, police say.

Time is running out for the whale who’s already rejected a meal of frozen herring and live trout.

One was a brilliant aide to US presidents Roosevelt and Taft, the other his “artist friend”. To have admitted a relationship at the time would have meant ruin.

120 years ago, Edward VII was crowned the King of Great Britain and Ireland and all the British dominions beyond the seas in a lavish ceremony held at Westminster Abbey.

A record breaking 97kg, 5.4m-long Burmese python was captured in Florida in June.

Resembling drop-off bins used by libraries for returning books, the boxes have been adopted by those on the religious right under “Baby Moses” laws.

Fourth human skeleton discovered as drought shrinks Lake Mead reservoir.

Cultural institutions throughout Britain have come under pressure to repatriate artefacts acquired during the colonial era.

Cross-border human connection and conversation, as it turns out, are what we’ve been missing these past few years.

A deluge has brought almost an entire year's rain in one morning to Death Valley, in the California desert.

Chinese President Xi Jinping wasn’t able to stop Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan, so engaged in a face-saving effort for his domestic audience, experts say.

A senior member of the human rights organisation has resigned over a report that accused Ukrainian forces of exposing civilians to Russian attacks.

An Israeli air strike killed a senior commander in the Palestinian militant group Islamic Jihad, their second leader to be slain amid an escalating cross-border conflict.

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Actor Anne Heche has severe burns and remains in hospital intensive care following an accident in which her car smashed into a house and flames erupted.