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For many parents, especially first-generation immigrants, academic pressure is a small price to pay for a lifetime of security. But amid Australia's rising cost of living, what happens when that price isn't so "small" anymore?

As New Zealanders grapple with high interest rates, stubborn inflation and general economic downturn, job losses have begun and more Kiwis than ever are leaving for good.   

The man convicted of attempting to kidnap then-US house speaker Nancy Pelosi and attacking her husband with a hammer has been sentenced to 30 years in prison.

The contentious changes are the first revision to custody rights in nearly 80 years.

One thousand additional security personnel have been deployed across New Caledonia to bring riots that have gripped the island to a halt.

More than a dozen countries, including all the members of the Group of Seven (G7) major democracies apart from the United States, have signed the letter, which also says they are opposed to a full-scale Israeli military operation in Rafah.

The first of the extra 1,000 security personnel France is sending to New Caledonia have started to arrive amid riots that have killed five people and injured hundreds more, with the French government saying a state of emergency has started to calm things in the Pacific territory.

World number one Scottie Scheffler is detained by police just hours before the second round of the PGA Championship after trying to drive past a traffic incident.

Police say officers were alerted early on Friday morning that smoke was rising from the synagogue, and came face to face with the man when they got there.

The city of Houston is littered with fallen powerlines and building debris after a powerful thunderstorm with 161 kilometre per hour winds hit Texas.