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HUBBALLI (Karnataka): Skipper Priyank Panchal's dogged 87 and a fighting unbeaten 74 by wicket-keeper Kona Srikar Bharat took India A to 229 for six on the second day of the rain-hit second unofficial Test against New Zealand A.

New York Times says Elizabeth II ‘projected stability’; Japan’s Asahi Shimbun says she ‘cared about postwar reconciliation’

Queen Elizabeth II's eldest son Charles, 73, automatically became king of the United Kingdom and the head of state of 14 other realms including Australia, Canada and New Zealand upon her death Thursday afternoon at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. Prince Charles’ wife Camilla became Queen Consort. The British monarchy’s rules…

Finishes last in the group and will fight to stay in Division A; China, Japan top groups

The week's biggest-selling New Zealand books, as recorded by the Nielsen BookScan New Zealand bestseller list and described by Steve Braunias

The Government's reported plan to scrap the traffic light system is premature and will leave New Zealand with few options to respond to more severe variants or other pandemic threats.

Meat is starting to go on the bones of an American economic framework, as NZ joins trade ministers to discuss the path ahead.

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Southern hemisphere teams have won eight of the nine World Cups so far