Countdown chain recalls Australian Choice brand after discovery in Auckland supermarket

An Australian strawberry brand has been withdrawn from sale in New Zealand after needles were found in a punnet sold in a Auckland supermarket.

A group of 80 bubble artists are attempting to break world records at the World Bubble Festival 2018.

The event will be attended by Guinness World Book of Records officials at Galeri and Caernafon Castle, Gwynedd, on Sunday.

Bullet train to link southern China and cut journey times to Beijing from 24 hours to nine hours

A new high-speed rail link between Hong Kong and mainland China has launched amid criticism the multi-billion-dollar project gives away part of the city’s territory to an increasingly assertive Beijing.

Grupo XP, the operators of XP Investimentos SA, is reportedly launching an exchange that will trade in Bitcoin and Ethereum.

Consumers can now freeze their credit for free under a new federal law.

A credit freeze restricts access to your credit file, essentially halting anyone from opening any new credit in your name. The rules used to vary by state, but previously it could cost up to $10 to put a freeze in place. That fee often had to be paid again when someone wanted to unfreeze it for any legitimate uses.

A Canadian political leader has been caught in a dangerous election campaign trap: not knowing the cost of groceries.

Quebec Liberal leader Phillipe Couillard told a radio station this week that a family of three could eat for a week on C$75 ($57; £45).

Computer historians have staged a re-enactment of World War Two code-cracking at Bletchley Park.

A replica code-breaking computer called a Bombe was used to decipher a message scrambled by an Enigma machine.

Country rebuts charity’s accusations by inviting officials to see carcasses for themselves

Botswana has rebutted claims of a surge of elephant poaching by putting carcasses of animals that were allegedly slaughtered for ivory on display – some with tusks still intact.

China has ambitions for its rapidly expanding Beidou satellite navigation system to serve the whole world, not just Asia, but will it really be able to rival the well-established – and US-owned – GPS system?

Dalintai – a herder in northern China – used to travel miles every day on his motorcycle to deliver water for his livestock.

China has told the US to withdraw sanctions on its military over purchases of Russian jets and missiles or “bear the consequences”.

The US says China has contravened US sanctions on Moscow introduced over Russian actions in Ukraine and alleged interference in US politics.