Diplomats tell us what Kiwis need to know about their homelands.

COMMENT: Apple's claim that it has always paid all the taxes it owed is disingenuous.

The EU's tax ruling is bad news for Apple, the Irish government and the EU's relations with the United States.

The body of missing Kiwi Rhys Cochrane has been found under the superyacht he was working on off the French coast.

This family of four got by on $350 a day - and so can you.

This feline resident of a Swiss hostel has an important job to do.

EU's $20 billion tax bill for Apple could set the stage for wider battle and Google, Amazon and Starbucks among firms likely to face scrutiny.

Farmers and industry leaders are pressing the government to support domestic business.

Churches should have a 'bouncer' on the door throughout services to improve security an expert warns small parish churches are more at risk of attack.

Xenia Taliotis stays at a Jacobean beauty in the southwest of England.

Fortified by bacon, beer and stoicism, Tom Hodgkinson sets off in the footsteps of JM Barrie to Eilean Shona.

The French town of Bayeux is better known for its tapestry, but Paul Mulrooney finds another reason to visit.

Melania Trump's hometown has grown into a lively and picturesque city filled with restaurants, cafes and nightclubs packed with foreigners.

Frumpy tourist towns in England may be poised for a post-Brexit boomlet.

Way up in One Canada Square, in the Canary Wharf financial district, a map of post-Brexit London is flashing.

China's imports of dairy products jumped 26 percent in the 12 months ended June 30.

A British skydiver has died after his parachute failed to open during a jump in the French Alps.

Andrew Potter digs deep into his pockets for the ride from Heathrow to Paddington Station.

Diplomats tell us what Kiwis need to know about their homelands.

WATCH: NZ Herald Focus: New Zealand's biggest supermarket chain will not follow Italian waste minimisation moves, it says.

Shandelle Battersby finds the Palm Tree a haven from London's summer sun.

The hit movie was released with the backing of Norway's tourist board, but the resulting onslaught of holidaymakers has led to a frosty reception from some communities.

The principal railway station for Disneyland Paris was evacuated after a 'suspicious package' was found inside.

COMMENT: Concerns about the game from Iran, Russia, Israel and China may are by no means unfounded on technical grounds.

Once you're inside this cross-border hotel, you can walk from one country to the other in seconds.

Sarah Marshall enjoys the best of food and wine in the beautiful north of Portugal.

It's got hints of Hobbiton, but this whimsical hotel's a long way from Matamata.

A 90-year-old took an instruction on a piece of modern art at face value and started writing on it with a ballpoint pen.

Diplomats tell us what Kiwis need to know about their homelands.

A woman has been stabbed to death and five others injured in a vicious knife attack in Russell Square, central London.