Auckland's City Rail Link, New Zealand's largest transport infrastructure project, will open to passengers on September 13, the government says.

Archaeologists in southern Türkiye unearthed a rare 1,800-year-old Roman marble sculpture group at ancient Aspendos depicting healing gods Asklepios and Telesphoros, officials said.

Archaeologists have unearthed a rare 1,800-year-old marble sculpture group depicting the ancient healing gods Asklepios and Telesphoros at the ancient city of Aspendos in Antalya province, southern Türkiye, the Culture Ministry announced Thursday.

Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini dies at 86 in Pavana. Funeral will be private, with a public ceremony scheduled for September.

Italian singer-songwriter Francesco Guccini, one of the masters of Italian songwriting and culture, has died at age 86 in Pavana. His funeral will be private, with a public ceremony planned for September.

Chinese researchers confirm first-ever existence of glueball — a new form of matter 15 years of work at Beijing's BESIII experiment

Chinese researchers have for the first time confirmed the existence of the glueball, a new form of matter predicted by the standard model, after 15 years of experimental work led by the BESIII collaboration in Beijing.

New Zealand electricity demand hits record high for 2nd straight day amid cold snap, peaking at 7,415 MW on Thursday, Transpower says. Auckland recorded its coldest day in 5 years.

New Zealand's electricity demand reached a record high for the second consecutive day on Thursday as freezing temperatures drove up power use, with average demand peaking at 7,415 megawatts, grid operator Transpower said.