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[ad_1] Waikeria sources have told RNZ that the remaining 17 men are protesting the dilapidated conditions, overcrowded cells and lack of basic supplies. A source has told RNZ that the inmates are opposed to conditions at the Waikeria prison. Photo: RNZ / Nick Monro A source said there were still …

[ad_1] Users are looking forward to re-dosing. Photo / Know your stuff A drug control organization warned drug users before New Year’s Eve, telling partygoers that dangerous drugs are “everywhere in blood.” Know Your Stuff says its tests reveal that half of the drugs that claim to be MDMA contain …

[ad_1] A highly infectious variant of Covid-19 has reached Australia and is rapidly spreading across the world. Staff interrogate people as they wait in line at a Covid-19 testing station on the north beaches of Sydney, Australia. Source: Associated Press The first Australian case of the South African variant is …

[ad_1] The Southern District Board of Health is investigating how an Invercargill man known to have Covid-19 died at home earlier this year in what is New Zealand’s only death from the disease outside of a hospital to date. Alister Peter Brookland, known as Barney, died at his Kingswell home …

[ad_1] New Year’s Eve restrictions in Sydney have tightened after New South Wales reported 18 cases of community transmission of coronavirus and a second cluster of the deadly disease in the Outback West. The so-called Avalon group on Sydney’s North Beaches, which erupted earlier this month, generated another nine cases …

[ad_1] Ricardo Ceppi / Getty Images A pro-abortion protester cries emotionally after abortion rights were legalized in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina’s Senate passed a law on Wednesday legalizing abortion after a 12-hour marathon session, a victory for the women’s movement that has been fighting for the right for decades. The …

[ad_1] Waikeria sources have said RNZ the remaining 17 men protest the dilapidated conditions, the overcrowding of cells and the lack of basic supplies. A source said there were still men on the roof in the old part of the prison known as the upper jail. They said the men …

[ad_1] Ricardo Ceppi / Getty Images A pro-abortion protester cries with emotion after abortion rights were legalized in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Argentina’s Senate passed a law on Wednesday legalizing abortion after a 12-hour marathon session, a victory for the women’s movement that has been fighting for the right for decades. …

[ad_1] A newly elected American lawmaker has become the first member of the United States Congress to die from Covid-19. Luke Letlow, an elected congressman from Louisiana, died of Covid-19 on Wednesday at a hospital in Shreveport, according to state officials. Letlow, 41, won a second round earlier this month …

[ad_1] World Dec 30, 2020 07:56 AM2 minutes to read ER nurse Matthew announced that he had received the vaccine on Instagram. Photo / Supplied An ER nurse in the United States tested positive for Covid-19 just eight days after receiving the vaccine, but experts are not concerned. A California …