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[ad_1] Families should cancel their Christmas gatherings and most stores should close in London and much of southern England, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said, imposing a new, stricter level of coronavirus restrictions on the region to curb the rapid spread of infections. Johnson said on Saturday (local time) that …

[ad_1] Xiaoyu Lu looked like a wealthy businessman living the Kiwi dream. The married father of three lived in a $ 1.7 million house near Auckland’s Half Moon Bay Marina, drove a $ 300,000 Mercedes and had a $ 160,000 Rayglass Legend boat parked on his lawn. But on October …

[ad_1] Supplied WorkSafe faces an independent review of its oversight of White Island Tours in the years leading up to the eruption that resulted in 22 deaths. Americans Matt and Lauren Urey were among the 25 survivors. WorkSafe hastily stepped up monitoring of adventure activities after last year’s Whakaari White …

[ad_1] Non-Maori-speaking New Zealanders have surprisingly sophisticated knowledge of the language, new research from the University of Canterbury has shown. The Kiwis were regularly exposed to Maori tea, including in place names, songs and in speeches that open and close meetings and official events, said Professor Jen Hay. Source: 1 …

[ad_1] MONIQUE FORD / Things Craig Lowe isn’t “surprised” by REINZ’s analysis of sales prices. Top realtors are not “surprised” by REINZ’s assessment of private sales, saying that reaping higher sales prices is just one of the benefits of selling with an agent. Craig Lowe of Wellington-based real estate agency …

[ad_1] Police are cracking down on officers who participate in car chases where the risk of harm does not justify the chase. But they say fleeing drivers will still be held accountable, despite their policy review. Photo: RNZ / Alexander Robertson Rethinking means officers can only initiate a pursuit if …

[ad_1] Detained while on vacation in Greece in 2017, Russian citizen Alexander Vinnik fought extradition to the United States and France for three years. Those appeals were dismissed and the 41-year-old was tried in France, where he was convicted of money laundering through a cryptocurrency exchange Bitcoin. However, his legal …

[ad_1] It will take months to evict elite hackers believed to be Russians from US government networks that they have been quietly reviewing since March on the worst cyber espionage failure on record in Washington. Experts say there are simply not enough trained threat hunting teams to properly identify all …

[ad_1] World Dec 19, 2020 04:53 AM4 minutes to read Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says both sides are committed to reaching an agreement. Photo / AP The US Congress passed an interim spending bill on Friday night (US time), avoiding a partial government shutdown and buying itself another two …

[ad_1] MONIQUE FORD / Things Craig Lowe isn’t “surprised” by REINZ’s analysis of sales prices. Top realtors are not “surprised” by REINZ’s assessment of private sales, saying that reaping higher sales prices is just one of the benefits of selling with an agent. Craig Lowe of Wellington-based real estate agency …