View of a snow-covered residential compound in the coal city

Northcote, Auckland shooting: Victim, 16, possibly blind in one eye

Police conducted a scene examination this morning after a shooting yesterday in Northcote, North Auckland. The cordon has now been lifted after it was set up at the College Rd and Cadness St intersection yesterday and remained overnight. It is believed a 16-year-old boy was shot at Cadness St, and his family fear he will […]

Oil crash pummels stocks and bond yields; dollar rises

By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock markets around the world fell on Tuesday, as a collapse in oil prices brought on by oversupply and a shortage of storage further exposed the depth of economic damage from the coronavirus outbreak and sent investors looking for shelter. While gold is often seen as a safe-haven […]

Inside deadliest nightclub fire ever that killed 492 people in just 15 minutes

The night of November 28, 1942, promised all the glamour and glitz that made Boston’s most famous nightspot – but its reputation was about to go up in smoke. Almost 80 years have passed since a quick and deadly fire ripped through the Cocoanut Grove nightclub in the second-deadliest single-building fire in US history. The […]