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Two killed, five injured in New Zealand shooting hours ahead of Women’s World Cup

The gunman, yet to be identified, is believed to be 24-yr-old. He had a pump-action shotgun and contained himself within an elevator shaft and fired shots before being found dead.

FIFA to offer 20,000 free tickets for Women’s World Cup amid slow pace of sales in New Zealand

The official partner of this year's showpiece event, Xero, is offering 5,000 complimentary tickets to games in New Zealand's four host cities.

‘Strong tie with China means tough conversations. It’s better than no talks,’ says New Zealand PM

The country has long been seen as a moderate voice on China, and is carefully managing its interests amidst the US-China strategic rivalry.

Women’s World Cup co-hosts New Zealand need to lift ticket sales, says FIFA executive

Sarai Bareman, FIFA's chief women's football officer, said she had less concerns about Australia where over 40,000 are expected for Matildas' World Cup warmup match against France.

New Zealand national broadcaster probes representation of ‘false account’ of Ukraine War stories

The corrections Radio New Zealand added to stories indicated editing had changed original stories to present pro-Russian interpretations of some events in Ukraine as fact.

World Cup 2023 to be most attended global women’s sports event as ticket sales pass 1 million

FIFA president Gianni Infantino said the 9th edition of the Women's World Cup, which starts on 20 July, has sold 1,032,884 tickets, surpassing the previous tournament in France in 2019.

Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern receives top honour for response to Covid, mosque attacks

Ardern was named 'Dame Grand Companion', the second highest honour in New Zealand. The awardee is chosen in New Zealand by the PM & approved by British monarch, the head of state.

At least six killed in hostel fire in New Zealand

According to the officials, the blaze broke out on the top floor of Loafers Lodge in the Wellington neighbourhood of Newtown on Tuesday.

Former New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern takes over new role to combat online extremism

Ardern will serve as unpaid special envoy for Christchurch Call, an initiative she co-founded in 2019 to bring together nations and tech firms to combat extremism, govt said.

New Zealand’s solution for climate change is to tax cow burps. Will it help?

Is methane from cows really as bad for the climate as methane from fossil fuels? The answers involve renewable resources and the so-called circular economy.

On Camera

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

Indian firms sanctioned by US didn’t violate laws, says MEA. Hyderabad firm that supplied to Army on list

Among 19 Indian firms sanctioned by US Treasury Dept was Lokesh Machines Ltd accused of coordinating with 'Russian defence procurement agent to import Italy-origin CNC machines'.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.