Two more people in the community who recently left managed isolation have tested positive for Covid-19 and health officials are now urgently re-testing the pair. The Ministry of Health said in a statement this evening that two other former returnees
YouTube ranks New Zealand’s top 10 ads of 2020
Alphabet-owned YouTube has released its ranking of the 10 ads most popular with New Zealanders in 2020. The list showcases creative work of some of the nation’s big internationally-owned ad agencies but also features a number of spots from some
Police Association disagrees with minister over reason for recruitment halt
The Police Association is at odds with the Police Minister over an advancement of budget funds to continue training new officers, while delayed recruits face losing their positions when wings recommence. The brakes have gone on training new officers with
Biden, With Powerful Allies and Foes, Targets Climate Change
WASHINGTON — As President Biden prepares on Wednesday to open an ambitious effort to confront climate change, powerful and surprising forces are arrayed at his back. Automakers are coming to accept that much higher fuel economy standards are their future;
All Coloradans in Congress ask Biden to stop Space Command’s move to Alabama
Every member of Congress from Colorado asked President Joe Biden‘s administration Tuesday to reconsider moving U.S. Space Command headquarters from Colorado Springs to Alabama. Just two weeks ago, President Donald Trump said the agency’s headquarters would move to Huntsville, Alabama,
Sturgeon spending fury: Scots face 50% council tax hike as SNP accused of ‘hoarding’ £770m
John Swinney discusses travel restrictions in Scotland A report by Audit Scotland, an independent public body responsible for auditing the Scottish Government, found Scottish councils were £767 million short on cash to tackle the coronavirus crisis and urgently needed cash
Groundbreaking study finds dogs are smarter than most people think they are
Many dog owners will know this already but our four-legged friends are a good deal cleverer than most people think. In new research into canine intelligence, a border collie called Rico managed to learn the names of more than 200
The White House press briefings will include an American Sign Language interpreter.
The Biden administration announced this week that it would include an American Sign Language interpreter in its daily press briefings, a step that the previous administration avoided taking until a court ordered it to do so late last year. The
Boris gives heartbreaking statement on dark day as 100,000 dead – ‘I’m deeply sorry’
We will use your email address only for sending you newsletters. Please see our Privacy Notice for details of your data protection rights. In a sombre address to the nation, the Prime Minister said: “It’s hard to compute the sorrow
Russia in 'energetic' talks with US over nuclear pact
MOSCOW (AFP) – Russia and the United States are holding “energetic” discussions over the extension of a key nuclear accord that expires next week, the Kremlin said on Tuesday (Jan 26). The New Start treaty, signed in 2010, caps to