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Countdown queen Susie Dent helped to create a range of funny birthday cards

V word queen Susie Dent has been 'Sarding' busy helping to create a range of birthday cards – featuring ancient English insults. The lexicographer has dug through historical dictionary archives to unearth rude terms – from the Shakespearean version of the F word to the Victorian slang for a drunkard. Moonpig has transformed Susie's newfound […]

Power outages: Hawke’s Bay loses power for second time in a week

Some Hawke’s Bay residents have had their power cut off by Transpower for the second time in a week after another power surge. In a post on its Facebook page this morning, Transpower apologised to its consumers in Hawke’s Bay, saying it had an “issue with local generation”. It then had to ask providers Unison […]

Exclusive: Russia calls for new enlarged OPEC deal to tackle oil demand collapse

By Maria Tsvetkova, Gleb Stolyarov and Katya Golubkova MOSCOW (Reuters) – A new OPEC+ deal to balance oil markets might be possible if other countries join in, Kirill Dmitriev, head of Russia’s sovereign wealth fund said, adding that countries should also cooperate to cushion the economic fallout from coronavirus. A pact between the Organization of […]