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German police give update on man who climbed arena roof during Euro 2024 game

German police give update on man who climbed arena roof during Euro 2024 game - Police said they are ruling out a political motivation

2024-07-01T09:41:22Z

Wairoa District Council Givealittle page for flood victims: ‘We can’t let small communities like Wairoa fall through the cracks’

Council chooses to run Givealittle page for a struggling community.

2024-07-01T06:03:04Z

Explore the unseen side of the UK’s overseas territories

Here's something you didn't learn at school. At its peak, the British Empire held sway over 23% of the world's population and 24% of the Earth's land area. The country's come a long way since then, but the UK still holds control over territories over all the world. From the Caribbean to Antartica, here's are some interesting pictures of the UK's overseas territories.

2024-07-01T09:28:45Z

Man and woman arrested over Gulf Harbour body in bags case

The pair were caught attempting to leave the country on Sunday.

2024-07-01T01:18:44Z

NZ soldier pleads guilty to four charges of indecent assault

He pleaded not guilty to four other charges, with sentencing expected on Wednesday.

2024-07-01T03:34:09Z

Major twist in battle for late Chicago recluse's $11 million fortune

Judge Daniel O. Tiernan made the decision Thursday, after hearing testimony from two men who say they witnessed Joseph Stancak (not pictured) sign the will the year before he passed.

2024-07-01T00:57:50Z

Grant Robertson steps into new digs at University of Otago

Grant Robertson has officially begun his new role as the university's vice-chancellor.

2024-07-01T03:02:55Z

Castor Bay crash: Pedestrian hit on East Coast Rd, rushed to North Shore Hospital

East Coast Rd has been blocked and police are asking motorists to avoid the area.

2024-07-01T06:33:09Z

North Korea fires two ballistic missiles, one may have fallen on land

The latest launches come as US, Japan and South Korea wrap up three days of military exercises dubbed ‘Freedom Edge’.

2024-07-01T04:56:07Z

Rebel Labor Senator hits back at Anthony Albanese after she was exiled

Fatima Payman's punishment for voting against Labor colleagues is causing problems for the government on a day they hoped would be about celebrating cost-of-living measures.

2024-07-01T06:43:58Z

France facing rise in all types of racism, human rights commission warns

France facing rise in all types of racism, human rights commission warns - Rise fuelled by the war in Gaza and far-right ideas in public debate, France’s human rights commission, the CNCDH, says in its annual report

2024-06-27T13:40:42Z

Whanganui: Opening Āta Whakarongo exhibition at Puanga Toi Fest 2024

Opening Āta Whakarongo exhibition in Whanganui

2024-07-01T00:03:05Z

Shops boarded up amid fears of left-wing riots amid French election

Rioting engulfed the streets of Paris last night after the far-right steamed to victory in the first round of snap parliamentary elections.

2024-07-01T06:54:49Z

Neighbor, 74, shoots seven people, including four children

The gunfire came from 74-year-old Crete resident Billy Booth Friday, and culminated with him turning the gun on himself and taking his own life, cops said.

2024-07-01T02:28:11Z

Paddy Gower: Old white men are scared of Māori uprising, and why New Zealanders can’t get sucked into a political race debate

Veteran journalist says the demographics are not wrong.

2024-07-01T00:32:16Z

Former Home and Away actor Orpheus Pledger faces prison time for assaulting woman

The actor has pleaded guilty to four charges relating to assault.

2024-07-01T03:32:44Z

Stop the tit-for-tat: Settlements cannot be used as a punishment for terrorism

Using the threat of settlements as a “punishment” feeds directly into the narrative that an Israeli presence on the West Bank is an obstacle to a peace agreement and is inherently counterproductive.

2024-07-01T02:53:55Z

James Cleverly hits out at Banksy over 'vile' Glastonbury migrant small boat stunt

The Home Secretary condemned the small boat crossing artwork by Banksy at the festival.

2024-07-01T07:18:02Z

Have petrol prices dropped in Auckland following removal of regional fuel tax?

From today, Auckland's 11.5c per litre regional fuel tax no longer applies.

2024-07-01T00:18:32Z

Higher income households across NSW increasingly struggling to stay on top of their energy bills

A survey of more than 1,000 people in NSW found that 39 per cent of respondents that had their energy disconnected were from middle income households.

2024-06-30T23:23:17Z

CheQpoint to open second pill-testing clinic at the Gold Coast after Brisbane trial

The Gold Coast will host the state's second pill-testing clinic from July as the first of its kind in Brisbane is deemed a "success".

2024-06-30T22:39:17Z

Bulgaria's centre-right GERB party to try to form minority government

SOFIA (Reuters) - Bulgaria's President Rumen Radev handed Rosen Zhelyazkov of the centre-right GERB party a mandate to try to form a government on Monday, after it won the most seats in a parliamentary election last month. Zhelyazkov, a former parliament speaker, said after receiving the mandate that he was putting forward a proposal for a minority government. Radev will forward the GERB

2024-07-01T08:20:43Z

CEO and five directors out at Kainga Ora

Within a month of a new chair's appointment by the Govt, the chief executive of state housing agency Kainga Ora heads for the door The post CEO and five directors out at Kainga Ora appeared first on Newsroom.

2024-07-01T01:25:02Z

Biden or Trump: Who is better for US and Israeli interests?

Think about it: If there was a winner in the first US presidential debate, it was undoubtedly Donald Trump.

2024-07-01T02:53:56Z

Family trapped in Auckland Sky Tower lift for 45 minutes

'What transpired was a nightmarish ordeal,' the father says.

2024-07-01T07:03:22Z

MCALS launches new public counter service

Manx Care Advice and Liaison Service is operating a new public counter service at Noble's Hospital.

2024-07-01T05:36:24Z

It’s all about the mindset you choose - Stratford District mayor Neil Volzke

OPINION: Plenty to be postitive about in Stratford.

2024-07-01T06:03:07Z

David Lammy must signal how the UK will reconnect with the world

David Lammy will be the first Labour foreign secretary succeeding a Conservative government since Robin Cook in 1997, if his party triumphs in the general election. On his arrival in office, Cook’s first two acts were to expand the Foreign Office newspaper subscription list to include the Racing Post, and, perhaps more momentously, give an interview to the Observer hailing “an end to xenophobia”. Lammy will be less bothered about racing tips,...

2024-07-01T07:20:16Z

International experts assessing Interislander Aratere ferry after grounding, Kaitaki sailings cancelled

Meanwhile, large swells and southerlies have cancelled other Interislander sailings.

2024-07-01T07:33:18Z

Actor Alec Baldwin’s involuntary manslaughter charges upheld, criminal trial to go ahead next month

A judge has ruled (for a third time) on Alec Baldwin’s criminal trial.

2024-06-30T23:31:59Z

Shin Bet blames gov't, Ben Gvir for not expanding detainee space

The Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) on Monday blamed National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir and the government in general for ignoring months of warnings that huge amounts of additional detainee space was needed to absorb the thousands upon thousands of new Palestinian detainees connected to the ongoing war. More specifically, the agency said...

2024-07-01T09:27:48Z

Humpback whale entangled in 800kg of fishing equipment freed in Australia

Humpback whale entangled in 800kg of fishing equipment freed in Australia - Heavy ropes and fishing equipment had severely restricted animal’s ability to swim

2024-07-01T07:56:01Z

Schoolboy attacked with metal pole on Auckland bus

The boy hoped his story would encourage others to intervene if they saw an attack.

2024-06-30T22:31:51Z

ABC's embarrassing blunder over Australia's new Governor-General

The ABC has suffered an embarrassing blunder ahead of the swearing in of Australia's new Governor-General.

2024-07-01T01:12:53Z

Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party take the lead in first round of French election voting

Marine Le Pen’s far-right National Rally party take the lead in first round of French election voting - Official results show that the National Rally have won 33 per cent of the vote as Macron’s snap election gamble appears to have backfired

2024-06-30T21:24:20Z

Scotland's papers: Postal voting woes and drugs staff 'risk burnout'

Postal ballot delays and the pressures facing frontline addiction staff make Scotland's front pages.

2024-07-01T06:37:35Z

China badminton player, 17, dies of cardiac arrest after collapsing on court

An "outstanding" 17-year-old Chinese badminton player died of cardiac arrest after collapsing on court during a tournament in Indonesia, officials said on Monday. "Medical conclusions... indicated that the victim experienced sudden cardiac arrest," Broto Happy, spokesman for the Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI), told a press conference in Yogyakarta.

2024-07-01T08:28:55Z

Soldier pleads guilty to groping two bartenders at Linton Military Camp

'I could visibly see that she was uncomfortable' bar staffer said about woman he touched.

2024-07-01T06:03:16Z

Activists' plot to 'rescue' animals from RSPCA assured farms

Campaigners from the group Animal Rising hope to 'mobilise and train' more than 200 volunteers to take part in the 'huge open rescue' at undisclosed locations.

2024-06-30T23:12:31Z

Waikato police arrest more than 20 for offending over Matariki holiday weekend, several facing charges

The arrests relate to burglaries, car thefts and driving offences.

2024-07-01T08:33:34Z

Seymour slams Greens' landlord register wish as 'witch-hunt' in fiery clash with Swarbrick on AM

"It's a witch hunt and I'm sorry but this is the kind of populism that I am getting tired of."

2024-06-30T22:48:18Z

EU would not rush to reopen Brexit talks with Labour, say Brussel sources

The EU will not rush to reopen Brexit negotiations with the UK even if Labour is swept to power next Thursday, senior sources in Brussels have indicated. They say they will welcome a change of government but the deep scars left by the Conservatives during Brexit negotiations along with the new priorities caused by the war in Ukraine, and the rise of the far right weigh heavily on the minds of influential figures in Brussels. “It’s not that...

2024-07-01T04:34:56Z

Man accused of killing Glenfield, North Shore woman keeps name secret for now

The woman was killed in her home at the weekend.

2024-06-30T23:31:52Z

Former Green Party MP Golriz Ghahraman’s $9k shoplifting case ended with a conviction; here’s why

The former Green Party standout said a conviction might derail her legal career.

2024-06-30T22:31:49Z

Who is Jordan Bardella? Marine Le Pen’s 28-year-old protege with film star looks who made Macron panic

Who is Jordan Bardella? Marine Le Pen’s 28-year-old protege with film star looks who made Macron panic - The president of the far-right National Rally party is seeking to derail Emmanuel Macron’s government

2024-06-10T13:52:06Z

Light airplane crash on motorway near Paris leaving three dead

Tragedy struck as three people were killed in a motorway plane crash east of Paris. A light aircraft was reported to have come down on the A4 motorway in Nosiel around 4pm after the plane hit an electric power cable.

2024-07-01T00:58:09Z

Ukraine offers prisoners release at a high price

Ukraine offers prisoners release at a high price - About 27,000 inmates could potentially be eligible for the new program

2024-07-01T05:29:17Z

Brisbane bloke claims his SECOND multimillion dollar Lotto prize

A Brisbane man has won his second major lottery prize this year after taking home $3.7 million in Saturday's Gold Lotto draw.

2024-07-01T03:28:12Z

Nat Barr grills Police Minister over response to alleged DV murder

Mother-of-three, Sarah Miles, was found unconscious with head injuries before dying at her Johnston Street home at Casino, in northern NSW , at 2.30am on Saturday.

2024-07-01T01:12:50Z

Tories warn any vote for Farage's Reform party could let the SNP win

Pro-Independence Reform ­UK candidates are 'helping' Nationalist MPs win seats, the Conservatives have warned, as a poll shows one in five Scots will vote

2024-06-30T22:42:26Z