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[ad_1] Union leader Jacinda Ardern says National’s farm policy would set the country back “decades” and damage its international brand. National announced its full agricultural policy on Thursday, which included a rollback in several regulations aimed at increasing freshwater quality and reducing agricultural emissions. The part would “revise or repeal” …

[ad_1] ANALYSIS: Despite being on opposite ends of the Earth, Iceland and New Zealand have many similarities. Both are small island countries, heavily reliant on tourism and currently run by young female prime ministers. Both countries have also been praised for their responses to the Covid-19 pandemic, characterized by science-informed …

[ad_1] National would revoke several regulations introduced by the current government on agriculture if elected, including the possible introduction of agriculture into the Emissions Trading Scheme in 2022. It has also confirmed its intention to introduce an expedited primary sector visa for skills shortages, a policy proposed by former leader …

[ad_1] Its track record in eliminating Covid-19 and controlling a second outbreak has drawn praise for New Zealand around the world. Now the center-left Labor party, led by the popularly popular Jacinda Ardern, faces an election bolstered by its success in containing the virus, but darkened by the shadow of …

[ad_1] The death toll in the United States from the coronavirus surpassed 200,000 on Tuesday, by far the highest in the world, reaching a threshold that was once unimaginable six weeks before an election that is sure to be a referendum in part on the management of the crisis on …

[ad_1] The death toll in the United States from the coronavirus surpassed 200,000 on Tuesday, an unimaginable figure eight months ago when the scourge first reached the world’s richest nation and its state-of-the-art laboratories, world-class scientists and reserves of medicines and emergency supplies. “It’s completely unfathomable that we’ve gotten to …

[ad_1] Daniel Andrews has hinted for the first time that Melbourne could come out of lockdown before October 26, maybe even in a couple of weeks. Melbourne residents are waking up today to the prospect of having to endure just a couple more weeks of lockdown as the state’s cases …

[ad_1] When the coronavirus first appeared in China, few knew how far the deadly infection would spread. A global pandemic was thought by many to be unfathomable, and as cases increased in each country, various predictions were made. Usually, you have to listen to experts like Dr. Anthony Fauci. But …

[ad_1] Stacy Squires / Stuff Dr. Samantha Bailey, pictured here in 2017, is being accused of spreading misinformation about Covid-19 on a YouTube channel. Experts have criticized claims by a Christchurch GP that the most widely used Covid-19 test is unreliable. Dr. Sam Bailey, who appeared on the TVNZ medical …

[ad_1] “It’s really a coin toss. I think Florida, right now, is a coin toss, but Trump is ahead.” Professor Stantic assumes that Trump will not win the popular vote, which Clinton also won in 2016. “However, it is tracking very well in the crucial states,” he told the news …