New Zealand's favourite car - the Toyota Corolla - should not be affected by the steering problems reported in the United States, says a Toyota spokesperson.

A group of French winemakers have been found guilty of selling fake Pinot Noir to the US.

Do you really need a device that isn't quite a PC and isn't quite a smartphone?

Singer Susan Boyle has revealed that she is 'not the scared person' she was when she first found fame.

A commuter train ran a stop light during morning rush hour and collided head-on with another train in a Brussels suburb overnight.

Skydiving enthusiast shocked to learn of $126m win.

Crash investigators will want to know how two Belgian commuter trains came to collide head on.

Nokia and Intel are combining the software they've each been developing for smart phones, tablet computers and other internet devices.

Acclaimed Spanish chef Ferran Adria says his world-famous restaurant elBulli is struggling financially and that he's looking for ways to keep it afloat when it reopens after a hiatus.

Pauline Hanson - whose anti-immigration policies made her a household name in Australia - is emigrating.

Jude Law and Rachel Weisz have scooped the acting honours at this year's Whatsonstage.com theatre awards, voted for by the public.

Writer and former jockey Dick Francis, famous for his horse racing-based crime novels, has died aged 89.