[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has been included in the 2020 “Nature’s 10” list. Photo / Mark Mitchell Jacinda Ardern has been recognized by an international scientific journal for her “swift and decisive” actions at the height of the pandemic. The research journal Nature has included the Prime Minister in …
Read More »Infected after 5 minutes, from 6 meters away: a study from South Korea shows the spread of Covid-19 indoors
[ad_1] Dr. Lee Ju-hyung has largely avoided restaurants in recent months, but on the few occasions that he has dined out, he has developed a strange, if sensible habit: pulling out a small anemometer to check air flow. It’s a precaution he’s been taking since an experiment in June when …
Read More »Internet erupts when Google goes down
[ad_1] Deal Dec 14, 2020 05:09 PM4 minutes to read Google services went down overnight. Image / Twitter First, you will see the endless spin of the wheel in your browser. Then one by one your app shuts down like 404 pages and “Oops, there was a problem” messages appear …
Read More »Whakaari / White Island: 13 parties accused of reviewing evidence and obtaining legal advice
[ad_1] Thirteen organizations and individuals facing charges in connection with the Whakaari / White Island eruption will not appear in court until March. Last month, WorkSafe filed charges in connection with the run-up to the eruption, not the rescue and recovery operations that followed. All 13 parties were due to …
Read More »Travel bubble with Australia could be early next year – PM
[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says government ministers have in principle agreed to a travel bubble with Australia early next year, depending on the decisions of Australian ministers. In his last press conference of the year after the Cabinet, Ardern said that the Cabinet had agreed that the bubble will …
Read More »Watch Live: Oz Travel Bubble Could Be Early Next Year – PM
[ad_1] Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says government ministers have in principle agreed to a travel bubble with Australia early next year, depending on the decisions of Australian ministers. In his last press conference of the year after the Cabinet, Ardern said that the Cabinet had agreed that the bubble will …
Read More »James Shaw responds after Greta Thunberg criticizes New Zealand for lack of action on climate change
[ad_1] Greta Thunberg has targeted New Zealand for what she saw as the government’s lack of action on climate change. In early December, Parliament officially declared a climate emergency in New Zealand, a move Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called “recognition of the next generation.” It was a “science-based statement,” Ardern …
Read More »Trucks with the first Covid-19 vaccine in the US prepare to roll
[ad_1] The first trucks carrying a Covid-19 vaccine for widespread use in the United States were due to be recalled from a Michigan manufacturing plant on Sunday, and the injections that are critical to stopping the nation’s coronavirus outbreak are destined to reach the states a day later. The Pfizer …
Read More »Postponing the ‘right decision’ | Otago Daily Times Online News
[ad_1] Otago’s graduation ceremonies affecting hundreds of students have been canceled this week after a security threat and, although disappointed, one student believes it was the right thing to do. Two hours before the first of two graduation ceremonies scheduled for Wednesday, the University of Otago canceled the ceremonies and …
Read More »Hundreds of students missing after attack on Nigerian school
[ad_1] World Dec 12, 2020 11:03 PM2 minutes to read The protesters call on the Nigerian government to rescue girls abducted by the extremist group Boko Haram from a school in Chibok in 2014. Photo / AP Hundreds of students are feared missing after gunmen attacked a boarding school in …
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