Controversy surrounds final punch
Kiwi boxing star Joseph Parker's latest bout against Jason Pettaway has ended in controversy in Manukau. 'Illegal blow' overlooked »
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Where the most millionaires are moving-and fleeing
According to a new study from global real estate consultant Knight Frank with Fragomen, the immigration specialist for the wealthy, more millionaires than ever are looking for homes in other countries. So where are millionaires moving from and going to to? The second largest millionaire loser is India, which saw 43,400, or 27 percent of its millionaires, leave the country in those 10 years.
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Prince Charles frustrated by Middletons
Britain's Prince Charles is reportedly frustrated by the influence Duchess Catherine's parents have in Prince William's life. The 66-year-old heir-to-the-throne is said to feel upset that his son and daughter-in-law - who are expecting their second child together - spend so much time with her parents Michael and Carole Middleton, including a recent holiday to Mustique, while he rarely gets to see his grandson Prince George, 19 months. The family have made few, if any, trips to Charles' Highgrove estate in Gloucestershire over the past year, with insiders speculating William is keen to protect his family from a similar "stiff" upbringing to the one he endured, while Carole is said to not get along particularly well with William's stepmother Duchess Camilla.
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When to retire? The answer may surprise you
The average retirement age seems to have stabilized at 62 for women and 64 for men, according to new research from Boston College's Center for Retirement Research. "An individual who delays claiming Social Security from age 62 to age 70 receives a monthly benefit that is 76 percent higher," said Alicia Munnell, director of the center. The retirement age is stabilizing largely because the forces pushing it higher have been played out.
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Indonesia rejects Australian proposal of prisoner swap for death row pair
Indonesia rejected on Thursday an Australian proposal for a prisoner swap made in an 11th hour effort to save the lives of two Australian drug smugglers expected to face a firing squad within days. The planned executions of Myuran Sukumaran, 33, and Andrew Chan, 31, have ramped up diplomatic tension between Australia and Indonesia after repeated pleas for mercy on their behalf. Indonesia's foreign ministry said there was no legal basis for Indonesia to act on the proposal that had been made by Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
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Islamic State torches oil field near Tikrit as militia advance
Islamic State militants have set fire to oil wells northeast of the city of Tikrit to obstruct an assault by Shi'ite militiamen and Iraqi soldiers trying to drive them from the Sunni Muslim city and surrounding towns, a witness said. The witness and a military source said Islamic State fighters ignited the fire at the Ajil oil field to shield themselves from attack by Iraqi military helicopters. The offensive is the biggest Iraqi forces have yet mounted against IS, which has declared an Islamic caliphate on captured territory in Iraq and Syria and spread fear across the region by slaughtering Arab and Western hostages and killing or kidnapping members of religious minorities like Yazidis and Christians.
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Five stunners from the Geneva car show
New Ferrari, Lamborghini among top five cars to see at Geneva auto show.
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Reports Harrison Ford injured in plane crash
Reports are emerging that actor Harrison Ford has been seriously injured in a plane crash. According to TMZ Ford was piloting a vintage two-seater fighter plane when something went wrong and he crashed into a golf course in California. Ford was treated on the scene by two doctors who happened to be at the Penmar Golf Course.
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Hamburg residents take revenge on late-night revelers with urine-repellent paint
Residents of Hamburg's St. Pauli's nightclub district are getting their own back on late-night revelers who urinate on public buildings, with a new high-tech paint that sends the spray bouncing right back at them. A local interest group has applied the special water-repellent paint, also used in shipbuilding, on two especially frequented buildings in the renowned nightclub district near the port to deter "Wildpinkler", as Germans call them. "This paint job sends a direct message back to perpetrators that their wild urinating on this wall is not welcome," Julia Staron, who organized the group, told Reuters.
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Why OPEC is dead
With oil's price collapse, we can now declare that OPEC's reign as king of the market is over.
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These are the richest billionaires under 40
Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) has created more billionaires under 40 than any other company, according to a new ranking.In the Wealth-X list of 10 richest billionaires under 40, four made most or all of their fortune from Facebook. Mark Zuckerberg tops the
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Sri Lanka suffer another World Cup injury
Sri Lanka will be forced to make at least two changes for Sunday's crunch Cricket World Cup clash with Australia in Sydney. Spinner Rangana Herath has been ruled out after splitting the webbing between his spin fingers in the side's last-start win over England. Officials are hoping Herath will return before the knockout phase of the tournament.
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As heroin trade grows, a sting in Kenya
One evening last November, a handful of policemen in Kenya's sweltering port city of Mombasa were handpicked to help in the final stages of a U.S.-led drugs sting that spanned three continents. The quarry that night were the alleged leaders of the "Akasha organisation." The U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) had spent years infiltrating Akasha and alleges that the gang is part of a heroin supply chain that stretches from the poppy fields of Afghanistan through east Africa to the cities of Europe and the United States. Inside a mansion girded by palm trees and a two-metre cobblestone wall, police captured the alleged leader of the crime syndicate, Baktash Akasha, his brother Ibrahim, and two other men.
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Ryan Reynolds And Blake Lively's Baby Is Allergic To Sleep
It seems Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds are having a tough time with their new baby (whatever her name might be!). Reynolds joked in January that he'd had to assist with breastfeeding his new daughter, but it seems nothing is working when it comes to getting her to sleep. "Our baby in particular is, we think, allergic to sleep," Reynolds told The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon.
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Lion opens tourists’ car door during safari
Forget opposable thumbs, one enterprising lion has figured out how to open car doors with its teeth and terrify unsuspecting tourists.
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Ansel Elgort's embarrassing encounter with Bruce Willis
Ansel Elgort's mother embarrassed him in front of Bruce Willis.The 'Insurgent' star was left red faced when he brought his mother along to an Academy Awards after-party, where they bumped into the 'Red 2' star but she had no idea who he was.He said: "
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Greece can learn lessons from Ireland: Irish PM
Greece - where the bailout program is the subject of continuing drama - could learn from Ireland, the country's prime minister told CNBC.
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How much sugar is in that? 7 foods with added sugar
The World Health Organization finalized guidelines Wednesday saying people should keep intake of added sugars to just 5 to 10 percent of overall calories, which translates to about 25 to 50 grams of sugar a day for most people.
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MH370 families trapped in 'black hole' one year later
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) - Chinese businessman Li Hua suffered a stroke, has considered suicide, and his wife has been hospitalised with heart trouble, all since their daughter went missing on flight MH370.
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AP PHOTOS: A walk through the glitz of the Geneva car show
Automakers have found their swagger again after years of worrying about making cars cheaper and more fuel efficient. Here's a look at what it was like at the car show in Geneva, where manufacturers put ...
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$A reaches new record low against $NZ
The Australian dollar has reached a new record low against the New Zealand dollar ahead of Thursday night's European Central Bank policy meeting. The Australian dollar has fallen as low as 102.96 NZ cents, its lowest level since the kiwi was floated in 1985. ANZ senior manager FX in Auckland Sam Tuck said both the Australian and NZ dollars had benefited from a sharp sell-off in the euro overnight as investors await more details on the ECB's quantitative easing program. The Kiwi had outperformed the Aussie dollar for technical reasons.
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