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A group of tourists stand near a border station at Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South Korea, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Not long after this photo was taken, Travis King, a U.S. soldier, bolted across the border and became the first known American detained in the North in nearly five years. (AP Photo/Sarah Jane Leslie)

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Tourist who saw US soldier sprint to North Korea initially thought it was a stunt
By NICK PERRY - Associated Press
Wed,07/19/23-6:10AM , 97 Reads
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Sarah Leslie thought she was witnessing a stunt when she saw an American soldier start sprinting toward North Korea.
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Catherine Langabeer, left, the head of sustainability at the Countdown chain of supermarkets, and Associate Environment Minister Rachel Brooking demonstrate collecting fruit in reusable polyester mesh bags on Thursday, June 29, 2023, at a Countdown supermarket in Wellington, New Zealand. New Zealand's government says that from Saturday, it will be the first nation in the world to ban the thin plastic bags that supermarket customers use to collect their fruit and vegetables. (AP Photo/Nick Perry)

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New Zealand says it's the first to ban thin plastic bags from supermarkets
By NICK PERRY - Associated Press
Thu,06/29/23-12:19AM , 103 Reads
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — Beginning Saturday, New Zealand will become the first country to ban the thin plastic bags that supermarket customers use to collect their fruit and vegetables.
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Police tape cordons off a restaurant in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, June 20, 2023, after an axe attack late Monday. Multiple people were hospitalized after a man armed with an axe began attacking diners at random at three neighboring Chinese restaurants, according to police and witnesses. (Hayden Woodward/New Zealand Herald via AP)

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4 people wounded by man wielding axe who attacked diners at Chinese restaurants in New Zealand
By NICK PERRY - Associated Press
Mon,06/19/23-5:19PM , 78 Reads
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A man with an axe attacked random diners at three neighboring Chinese restaurants in New Zealand, wounding four people, police and witnesses said.

Police said the man began the attack at about 9 p.m. Monday in the north Auckland suburb of Albany.
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In this photo provided by the Australian Federal Police a man is taken into custody in Melbourne, Wednesday, June 14, 2023. A drug syndicate that tried to smuggle tons of methamphetamine from Canada to Australia and New Zealand by hiding it in shipments of maple syrup and canola oil has been busted, authorities said Thursday, June 15. (Australian Federal Police via AP)

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Drug syndicate hid meth in Canadian maple syrup, canola oil bound for Down Under, authorities say
By NICK PERRY - Associated Press
Wed,06/14/23-8:39PM , 75 Reads
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — A drug syndicate that tried to smuggle tons of methamphetamine from Canada to Australia and New Zealand by hiding it in shipments of maple syrup and canola oil has had its ruse busted, authorities said Thursday.
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