OPINION: Just before Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern headed off on her mid-year break a week ago, she did a Facebook Live that will have set the hearts of the Opposition aflutter. It was on the evening of the massive farmers’
Man pleads guilty to murder of Amish teenage girl found stabbed in shallow grave
Justo Smoker, the man accused of murdering Amish teenager Linda Stoltzfoos, has pleaded guilty as part of a plea deal with prosecutors. The agreement was reached on April 21, and as part of the deal Smoker drew a detailed map
Chimpanzees kill gorillas in co-ordinated attack in first recorded incident
Scientists have observed a group of chimpanzees attacking and killing gorillas in the wild for the first time ever. Experts believe the threats diminished food supplies and climate change have had on the habitat of the apes is linked to
Olympic Games protest erupts on busy Tokyo street as road blocked – Go to HELL IOC
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‘I Feel Conflicted’: Crypto’s Offshore Trading Moguls Talk Shop
Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of the cryptocurrency exchange FTX, and Changpeng Zhao, the founder of Binance, the world’s largest crypto platform, have made fortunes with products that are off limits to nonprofessional U.S. investors. Both exchanges offer crypto derivatives, which
Met Office warning update: Lightning storms to hit in HOURS – maps
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Digger trucks drafted in to rescue people stranded in China floods
ZHENGZHOU, China (Reuters) -Workers driving construction vehicles helped to rescue stranded residents and deliver food to those still trapped on Friday after days of torrential rain swamped the central Chinese city of Zhengzhou. As floodwaters began to recede, rescuers in
Ecuador declares emergency after 22 killed in prison riots
QUITO (AFP) – Ecuador on Thursday (July 22) declared a state of emergency in its penitentiary system after riots at two prisons left 22 dead and 57 wounded. President Guillermo Lasso issued the order “to mobilise all necessary human and
Waiheke Island protest: Woman arrested at Pūtiki Bay-Kennedy Pt in court, could go to trial
One of the protesters arrested at Kennedy Point in Waiheke Island has pleaded not guilty to all charges. The Pūtiki Bay protest and occupation is opposed to the development of the Hauraki Gulf island’s first marina, which would have 186
Covid 19 coronavirus: Health bosses give unreserved apology, offending vaccine leaflet to be destroyed
A leaflet at the centre of a racist outcry will be destroyed, with health bosses apologising and promising it will never be used again. The joint chairs of the Bay of Plenty District Health Board and Te Runanga Hauora Maori