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Ahly stay on track for 12th title after holding Esperance

Al Ahly of Egypt stayed on course for a record-extending 12th CAF Champions League title by holding hosts Esperance of Tunisia to a 0-0 draw on Saturday in the first leg of the final. They meet again next Saturday in Cairo, where Ahly have won five and drawn six of 11 Champions League matches against Esperance.

2024-05-18T21:23:36Z

Tunisians stage anti-migrant protest as the number of stranded in transit to Europe grows

Tunisians stage anti-migrant protest as the number of stranded in transit to Europe grows - Hundreds of anti-migrant protestors have marched through the streets of a Tunisian town where many migrants are living while waiting to try and travel by boat to Europe

2024-05-18T23:31:02Z

Israel pushes into new parts of northern Gaza, recovers another slain hostage

By Nidal al-Mughrabi and Dan Williams CAIRO/JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli troops and tanks pushed on Saturday into parts of a congested northern Gaza Strip district that they had previously skirted in the more than seven-month-old war, killing and wounding dozens of Palestinians, medics and residents said. Israel's forces also took over some ground in Rafah, a southern city next to the Egyptian

2024-05-18T18:17:28Z

What would the US do if it were in Israel's position?

Let’s also hope that those who keep on criticizing Israel for supposedly violating the IHL will gather the courage to look in the mirror, ask themselves how they would have reacted.

2024-05-19T02:21:02Z

Ben Miller says private school pupils often look bored by his reading sessions...unlike state sector

Ben Miller has said that pupils at top private schools often look bored when he reads to them, but when he visits state schools the students “nearly start a riot”. The 58-year-old actor, comedian and author has visited primary schools around the country to read excerpts from his children’s books as well as to champion programmes that support childr...

2024-05-18T17:52:38Z

Chloe Swarbrick says Julie Anne Genter’s intimidation case ‘not comparable’ to National MP case

Swarbrick discussed her under-fire MPs Julie Anne Genter and Darleen Tana this morning.

2024-05-18T23:14:26Z

New football facility at Whanganui’s Wembley Park will be finished by November

It is the first major capital project in the park since the 1970s.

2024-05-19T00:14:39Z

Jim Chalmers lashes out at Peter Dutton's Budget

Opposition leader Peter Dutton used his budget reply speech on Thursday to announce a crackdown on migration and foreign property investment as part of his solution to fix the housing supply crisis.

2024-05-19T05:24:58Z

20 ways to stay sane while self-isolating

As of this writing, coronavirus cases have been reported in at least 214 countries around the world. Many cities and countries have reinstated restrictions on people’s movement to slow the spread of the virus, closing schools, encouraging companies to allow employees to work from home, “practise social distancing” or even “shelter in place” for the foreseeable future. How can you boost your own and others’ morale while stuck at home? Here are a few ideas.

2024-05-18T19:04:08Z

We need to unleash the untapped entrepreneurial potential of foreign students

Unlike in the US there are onerous restrictions on overseas students in the UK setting up their own businesses

2024-05-18T19:38:06Z

Courtroom wigs on trial after hair discrimination claims

English courts are in talks to abandon compulsory wigs after facing criticism from black barristers over hair discrimination. The judiciary is poised to update its court dress code after the traditional headpieces were accused of being “culturally insensitive”. Judges are currently reviewing proposals made by the Bar Council, which represents barri...

2024-05-18T18:02:39Z

Britain ‘may not be fully prepared to fight full-scale war alone’

Britain may not be fully prepared to fight a full-scale war on its own, a general has suggested. Maj Gen James Martin said the Army was trying to get “back on track” after years of focusing on counter-insurgency, which had left it in “in the process of losing the skills” to mount an all-out campaign. Decades of fighting insurgents during wars Syria...

2024-05-18T21:03:13Z

Woman, 36, denied liver transplant for drinking while on waiting list

Ontario woman Amanda Husk has just weeks to live after being denied a liver transplant by medics who cited her 'minimal abstinence' from alcohol as a reason to deny the transplant.

2024-05-18T18:36:34Z

Numbers revealed for gigantic $23 million Powerball draw

There's also $1 million waiting to be won in the first division, and $300,000 available in Strike.

2024-05-18T08:13:17Z

Australian almonds provide key ingredient to tap India's youth through federal government trade deal

Catering to the food needs of India's younger generation is a bountiful business, experts say, with India's average population sitting at 29 years old. And they would rather eat healthy food, providing opportunities for Australian producers.

2024-05-18T21:46:20Z

Richard Gere on draft dodgers, activism and why 'Oh Canada' was not shot in Canada

CANNES, FRANCE — Richard Gere says he contemplated coming to Canada to avoid being sent to the Vietnam War.

2024-05-18T20:23:20Z

Plans to roll out 'dental vans' to tackle shortage could be shelved

The vehicles, which are kitted out to provide mobile care to rural communities, were announced this year as part of a government effort to allow more people to get attention.

2024-05-19T00:37:38Z

Rishi Sunak approves £10bn compensation for blood scandal victims

The Prime Minister is expected to address MPs at the close of an official inquiry into what has been condemned as the biggest treatment disaster in NHS history.

2024-05-19T00:03:29Z

Thousands expected at pro-Gaza rally on Washington’s National Mall

Thousands expected at pro-Gaza rally on Washington’s National Mall - Rally in the nation’s capital in support of Palestinian rights and an immediate end to Israeli military operations in Gaza

2024-05-18T15:30:13Z

Knife-wielding man arrested after Sydney police officer allegedly stabbed in head

A 33-year-old man has been arrested.

2024-05-19T05:31:54Z

Hospitals to share waiting lists under Labour plans for quicker care

Hospitals would have to share waiting lists and pool resources under Labour’s plans to reduce waiting times by delivering up to 40,000 extra NHS appointments a week. The party has announced that patients would be offered appointments at nearby hospitals, rather than necessarily at their local one, which would enable people to receive faster treatment. Hospital staff and resources would be pooled across a region and would run evening and weekend...

2024-05-18T23:00:36Z

Escape plan being hatched for Kiwis trapped in New Caledonia's civil unrest

Our Defence Force is looking at sending a C-130 Hercules to Nouméa to pick up Kiwis.

2024-05-18T07:43:14Z

Gantz to Netanyahu: If you lead the nation to the abyss, we will withdraw from the government

Minister-without-portfolio Benny Gantz gave Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a deadline until June 8 to come up with a more clear war program or he will leave the government. "If you choose to lead the nation to the abyss, we will withdraw from the government, turn to the people, and form a government that can bring about a real victory," Gantz sa...

2024-05-18T17:42:28Z

‘The Invasion' Review: Sergei Loznitsa's Doc About Ukrainian Life During Wartime Is Quietly Devastating

The footage observes ordinary citizens and soldiers and folks who are a bit of both trying to get on with things in the few years since Russia crossed the border.

2024-05-18T22:08:36Z

Tauranga traffic: Tidal lane among proposals for 15th Ave to Welcome Bay route

Council commissioners will decide on Monday whether to go ahead with improvements.

2024-05-19T00:14:41Z

Deadly new strain of monkeypox in Africa virus raises concerns of spread

Since 2023, the Congo has reported an unprecedented number of infections, which has begun to spread to other countries. However, no cases outside of the continent have been reported so far.

2024-05-19T03:51:14Z

Water boss's grovelling apology following contaminated water scandal

Susan Davey, South West Water's chief executive, said she was 'so sorry this has happened' after 17,000 homes in Brixham, Devon, were told to boil their drinking water.

2024-05-18T22:38:53Z

Brits warned of anti-tourist protests on Spanish islands of Majorca and Ibiza

Campaigners in the Spanish holiday mecca of Majorca are planning demonstrations against the large numbers of tourists visiting the region every summer which they say is causing problems

2024-05-18T20:03:19Z

6 Penn students among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during attempt to occupy building

6 Penn students among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during attempt to occupy building - Authorities say a half-dozen University of Pennsylvania students were among 19 pro-Palestinian protesters arrested during an attempt to occupy a building on campus

2024-05-18T20:16:09Z

Labour sets out more detail on pledge to cut NHS waiting lists

Labour sets out more detail on pledge to cut NHS waiting lists - Shadow health secretary Wes Streeting said existing successful schemes would be expanded to ‘take the best of the NHS to the rest of the NHS’.

2024-05-18T21:45:36Z

Tauranga election: Olympian Mahé Drysdale announces bid for mayor

Drysdale will be going up against uncle Doug Owens for the role.

2024-05-18T23:14:28Z

Watch: Swarbrick delivers State of the Planet address

"We can make this a one-term Government."

2024-05-19T00:46:10Z

Northern Ireland secretary Chris Heaton-Harris not running in election

Northern Ireland Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris has announced he will not stand at the next general election. Heaton-Harris has served in the role since September 2022.

2024-05-18T23:23:57Z

Israeli war cabinet member vows to quit if Netanyahu fails to make postwar Gaza plan

Israeli war cabinet member vows to quit if Netanyahu fails to make postwar Gaza plan - Netanyahu has come under mounting pressure from his own War Cabinet over postwar Gaza plans

2024-05-19T04:47:24Z

NZDF crew 'ready to fly' to violence-stricken New Caledonia - Peters

"We are ready to fly and await approval from French authorities as to when our flights are safe to proceed."

2024-05-18T22:30:41Z

Why Swarbrick thinks Genter's outburst is 'completely different' from censured Nat MP's actions

"I guess we have to ask the question of what is the point that we're trying to get to here."

2024-05-19T00:15:58Z

Row over Union Jack snub by French village

A town in Normandy has appeared to drop the British flag from bunting commemorating D-Day. Carentan is one of a number of communities on both sides of the Channel preparing to remember the many thousands of soldiers involved in the largest amphibious invasion in history, launched on June 6 1944. But with the 80th anniversary just weeks away, eagle-...

2024-05-18T18:02:41Z

Suspect in assassination attempt on Slovakian PM to remain behind bars

The man accused of attempting to assassinate Robert Fico, the Prime Minister of Slovakia, was ordered to remain behind bars. The suspected gunman, identified by Slovak media as 71-year-old poet Juraj Cintula, was placed in pre-trial detention by a special penal court in Pezinok, northeast of the capital Bratislava, on Saturday. Zuzana Dolinkova, th...

2024-05-18T21:53:23Z

Austrian leader set to back Rishi Sunak's Rwanda plan

No 10 hopes that on a visit to Vienna the Prime Minister will be hailed by Chancellor Karl Nehammer as a trailblazer for Europe over the policy of deporting people to the Rwanda.

2024-05-18T23:18:32Z

Christopher Luxon compares Labour to arsonists in fiery speech

The PM compared the outgoing government to arsonists.

2024-05-18T23:44:25Z

Crew stuck for 7 weeks on ship that crashed into Baltimore bridge - here's why they can't get off

In March the ship crushed into the Francis Scott Key Bridge, killing six construction workers.

2024-05-18T18:30:04Z

Hikurangi Subduction Zone: The burning question about NZ’s biggest quake-maker

Our biggest fault zone is thought to have a release valve in the form of 'silent' quakes.

2024-05-19T01:44:55Z

Iraq father begins legal action against BP over son's cancer death

Hussein Julood is taking legal action against British energy giant BP after he lost his son to leukaemia, which he alleges was caused by gas flaring at Iraq's largest oil field. BP is one of the biggest foreign players in Iraq's oil sector, with a history of producing oil in the country dating back to the 1920s when it was still under British mandate.

2024-05-19T02:21:32Z

Davey: The Tories and SNP are both out of excuses and out of time

Both the Tories and SNP are 'out of time' and should be out of power at Westminster and Holyrood, Liberal Democrat leader Sir Ed Davey declared. With a general election due to be held sometime this year, he urged his party's supporters to make it a 'once in a generation' ballot, by electing a 'whole new generation of Liberal Democrat MPs'. His plea came as he insisted his party could take the UK's 'broken' health service and fix it with care.

2024-05-18T18:15:36Z

Japanese Animation Powerhouse Studio Ghibli Makes History With Honorary Palme d'Or at Cannes

When Studio Ghibli receives its honorary Palme d'Or May 19 at the Cannes Film Festival, the creative home to Hayao Miyazaki - arguably the most admired and influential living animation director - will make history. This marks the first time an honorary Palme d'Or has been given to a group, which sits well with the […]

2024-05-19T04:30:21Z

Lotto player wins $1m, 98 others share $1.5m - where the winning tickets were sold

It was a massive night for Kiwis across the country, with some major wins.

2024-05-18T20:00:17Z

Labour pledges 40,000 extra NHS appointments a week

Labour pledges 40,000 extra NHS appointments a week - The £1.1bn scheme would be funded by cracking down on tax dodgers and people with non-domiciled status

2024-05-18T21:45:36Z

African Champions League final first leg ends goalless

Esperance and record 11-time winners Al Ahly play out a goalless draw in the first leg of the African Champions League final in Tunisia.

2024-05-18T21:49:20Z

'The best decision for us': Why Kiwis are moving across the ditch in droves

It comes as New Zealand recorded a record net migration loss in the year to March.

2024-05-19T03:31:36Z

Rudy Giuliani belts out ‘New York, New York’ at 80th birthday and then is served with indictment

Rudy Giuliani belts out ‘New York, New York’ at 80th birthday and then is served with indictment - Former New York City mayor accused of election interference in Arizona

2024-05-18T16:00:23Z