Category: World News

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand Do you prefer to see friends one-on-one rather than in a group? Are you more of an observer than an active participant? Perhaps you prefer to stand out, rather than fit in. Dr Rami Kaminski. Scribe Publishing .1em]:grid-cols-[calc(14rem*var(–base-multiplier))_1fr] @[28.1em]:p-16 @[28.1em]:gap-16 @[18.75em]:grid-cols-[2fr_3fr] gap-12 p-12 @[28.1em]:min-h-[calc(11.8rem*var(–base-multiplier))] min-h-[calc(10.2rem*var(–base-multiplier))]”> Are you an otrovert?…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand Phoenix Mackenzie Barry during a game against Melbourne City FC at Porirua Park on 30 March 2025. Photo: Photosport The Wellington Phoenix women lost more than half of their attending fans last season compared to the season prior. On average the Phoenix had 739 people at their home games…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand Two years ago, Gustav Klimt’s final portrait – a vibrant portrait of an unidentified woman with a fan – topped the artist’s auction record when it sold for a staggering US$108 million (NZ$191m). The Austrian painter’s record is expected to be shattered again by a monumental, six-foot-tall portrait of…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand An Israeli minister touring the Pacific to discuss defence and cooperation says Fiji and Papua New Guinea are “great friends”. Israeli deputy foreign minister Sharren Haskel recently visited the two countries. RNZ Pacific spoke with her during a brief stop in Auckland. She said the main goal of her…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand Prince William says it was a “balancing act” for himself and his wife to share details of the family’s recent health challenges, including Catherine’s and King Charles’s cancer diagnoses. In a rare and candid interview in Brazil, the prince said that “hiding stuff from them doesn’t work”. He was…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand This year’s winner of the Booker Prize, Flesh by David Szalay, will divide your book club. It has already divided early readers. Now, after claiming one of the biggest literary prizes in the English-speaking world, it will split a new section of readers. The division was there in the…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand On 7 October 2023, Eli Sharabi was kidnapped by Hamas and held for 491 days. He and his wife Lianne and two teenage daughters Noiya and Yahel were in their home on a kibbutz in Southern Israel when the attack happened. When Sharabi and his wife realised he was…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand Hungarian British author David Szalay has won the prestigious Booker Prize, worth £50,000 (NZ$116,713), for his dark but strangely humorous book, Flesh. The novel charts the life of the taciturn loner István, living in a housing estate in Hungary. His life is shaped by the affair he has as…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand As all eyes turned to the Louvre after the shocking theft of the French crown jewels, one especially stylish figure on the museum grounds caught the internet’s attention: a sharply dressed young man, wearing a three-piece suit and a fedora tilted just so. As speculation swirled about the identity…

Source: ForeignAffairs4 Source: Radio New Zealand Eli Sharabi was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7 , 2023 and held captive for 491 days. Photo: Blake Ezra On October 7th 2023, Eli Sharabi was kidnapped by Hamas and held for 491 days. He and his wife and two daughters were in their home on a…