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White Ferns face Australia in first Twenty20 international
Follow live coverage of the first T20I between the White Ferns and Australia.

After Dubois' dominant win, what's next for heavyweight boxing?
After world champion Daniel Dubois' emphatic win over Fabio Wardley, what's next for the heavyweight division?

Watch: Dolphin in river freed by fire crews and divers
Marine medics work to remove netting from its beak and release the dolphin back towards the sea.

Student who spells by blinking is denied chance to sit exam
Romi Loffler is battling to take her history exam with reasonable adjustments allowing for her condition.

A wave of homemade, synthetic drugs sweeps US and deepens crisis
BBC News hears from users, dealers, prison and recovery workers as the country battles with a deadly new drug epidemic.

Several dead or injured in major fire at Canada military base
Officials have not given a cause or death toll, citing the "very active and delicate" situation at Canadian Forces Base Wainwright.

Aitutaki braces for Tropical Cyclone Wati
The Aitutaki Island Council in the Cook Islands has activated its emergency operations centre as Tropical Cyclone Wati approaches.

Ben Simmons finding NBA form after 12 months out
Ben Simmons is quickly finding his feet again at NBA level.

Sydney Marathon will guarantee local runners a spot. But there’s a catch
Soonchil Shin had run 15 Sydney Marathons before he missed out on a spot in the increasingly popular general ballot – next year, that will change.

Fiji stun New Zealand early in RLWC
A stunning start for Fiji in the RLWC against New Zealand.

Why the inquiry into Caulfield Cup horse death must be made public
Racing Victoria needs to be transparent this week as it digs into the reasons behind the death of horse Ohope Wins following Saturday’s $6 million Caulfield Cup.

One AI subscription to replace them all is $99.99 for life
TL;DR: 1min.AI puts GPT-5.5 Pro, Claude 4.6 Sonnet, Gemini 3.1 Pro, and several other major AI models behind a single lifetime license for $99.99 (MSRP $540). Paying for ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini separately costs well over $60 per month. 1min.AI bundles all three flagships and several more into one platform with...

A whirlwind of education change
The government now has unprecedented control over the various levers that influence the school system, but has it really strengthened education in Aotearoa?

Horse-drawn carriages in New York City expected to be outlawed
Both the speaker of the city council and the mayor have expressed support for ending the practice.

Three takeaways from Elon Musk's latest political donations
New filings show the world's richest person spent this summer again trying to help Republicans win office, with most of his focus on one candidate.

Watch: Moment historic French town hall spire collapses in flames amid protests
An historic town hall in the southern French city of Limoges was set ablaze during national protests.

Northern rivals aren’t the All Blacks: Why bruised Wallabies still have spring tour belief
The high-flying Wallabies came down to earth with a thud in a one-sided Bledisloe series. But they haven’t lost all confidence ahead of a four-Test tour of the UK next month.

It’s three years since Rugby Australia sacked Dave Rennie. Have the Wallabies improved?
Based on evidence of the past two weeks, it would be difficult to argue the Wallabies are better now than they were in 2022.