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The 2026 World Cup heat debate is about more than football
At a World Cup, heat is usually treated as a performance variable: who tires first, who presses less, who manages substitutions better. In 2026, it is incr
Britain’s fiscal squeeze is becoming a leadership test
Britain’s politics often turns personal quickly. A by-election result, a mayor’s ambition, a prime minister’s authority and a hostile headline can dominate
China’s Australian beef tariff is a reminder that trade normalisation has limits
China’s decision to apply an additional tariff on Australian beef imports after a quota was reached looks, at first glance, like a technical trade measure.
Air New Zealand’s Samoa cancellations show how fragile Pacific air links can be
When a flight is cancelled, the disruption is personal first. A family misses a funeral, a worker loses a connection, a holiday becomes a call-centre queue
Molesworth Station is a test of what New Zealand wants public land to do
Molesworth Station is easy to describe in superlatives and hard to govern in practice. It is vast, remote, iconic and publicly owned. It is also a working
基督城冬夜看一场全黑队：All Blacks v France 适合这样计划
基督城的冬天，晚上出门需要一点理由。看展、听音乐、去市场都很好，但当 All Blacks 对阵 France 这样的比赛来到城市时，理由会变得更直接：灯光、球衣、冷空气、赛前人流和整座城一起进入同一个节奏。对平时不常看橄榄球的华人家庭来说，这也可能是一次理解新西兰体育文化的好机会。 这是什么活动
一部低成本方言片卖到18亿：为什么中国观众突然愿意为“身边故事”买票？
一个电影市场真正有意思的时刻，往往不是最大制作上映的那一天，而是一部看起来不那么“工业巨兽”的片子被观众一层层托起来的时候。据新华社报道，口碑片《亲爱的你》票房突破18亿元，低成本、方言、生活化叙事这些过去常被认为“市场半径有限”的元素，反而成为它被讨论的理由。 这并不意味着中国观众突然厌倦大片，也
Cheese scones（芝士松饼）：新西兰咖啡馆里最朴素的热乎满足
在新西兰很多咖啡馆，柜台玻璃后面总会有 cheese scones。它不像精致甜点那样拍照显贵，也不像派那么有存在感，但在冷天点一只热过的 cheese scone，抹一点黄油，配咖啡或茶，常常比一顿复杂早午餐更让人安定。它是朴素的食物，靠的是面粉、黄油、牛奶、奶酪和一点点手感。
今晚吃什么：把 Celeriac（根芹菜）做成一碗有厚度的冬日晚餐
新西兰冬天的蔬菜架上，celeriac 很容易被忽略。它看起来像一颗不太讨喜的根，表面粗糙、疙疙瘩瘩，和胡萝卜、土豆、南瓜相比没有亲和力。但切开以后，它有一种很特别的香气：像芹菜、坚果和泥土的混合，煮熟后口感柔和，适合做浓汤、泥、焗菜或和蘑菇一起炒。对冬日晚餐来说，它是一个很值得认识的食材。 先学会