Thai red leaders say Bangkok protests to continue

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has rejected criticism that China is keeping its currency undervalued in order to boost exports. He said keeping the yuan stable was "an important contribution" to global recovery from the economic downturn.

China’s exports jumped by 46% in February compared with a year ago, raising hopes of a strong recovery in global trade. The increase was higher than analysts’ expectations of a rise of between 35% and 40%. It is likely to increase pressure on the Chinese government to 

Shell and Mobil have increased their petrol and diesel prices by 3 cents per litre this afternoon, bringing the price of fuel to its highest level in 18 months.

Both companies reviewed their prices after BP and Caltex hiked the cost of petrol by 5 cents a litre

A pair of New Zealand actors have joined the cast of Green Lantern. Production on the 3D feature begins this week in New Orleans, with Martin Campbell directing Ryan Reynolds as the DC Comics crime fighter.

The art gallery which planned to auction 60 works by iconic Dunedin artist Ralph Hotere is "delighted" some of the works will go on sale after a dispute between the artist and vendor was settled last month.

The planned auction at Auckland’s Art + Object gallery

TAIJI, Japan - The gala crowd in Los Angeles cheered as The Cove won the best documentary Oscar with its grisly portrayal of dolphin hunting. Half a world away, residents of the small Japanese village shown in the film abhorred the attention and said it won’t end their centuries-old

Ryan Harris and Brent Arnel couldn’t have wished for better conditions to begin their Test careers than the green-top at the Basin Reserve, where both men have a strong chance of making their debuts on Friday. Harris will become the 413th Australian Test cricketer,

New Zealand batsman Brendon McCullum is keen to put the lessons learned from a difficult 2009 IPL into practice during this year’s tournament. McCullum is in the middle of a home series against Australia. New Zealand lost the Chapell-Hadlee series 3-2

Is there cricket on in Wellington this week? Anyone reading the Australian papers could easily have missed that fact in amongst the round-the-clock Michael Clarke coverage. Nobody will be happier than Clarke when the attention turns to the action on the field come Friday,