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[ad_1] With the real estate market red hot, sellers could be forgiven for viewing real estate as a money printing machine right now. More properties were sold in November than at any other time in the last decade. Median sales prices have increased by $ 24,000 in just over a …

[ad_1] Iran on Saturday executed a journalist in exile for his online work that helped inspire national economic protests in 2017, just over a year after authorities tricked him into traveling to Iraq, where he was kidnapped. Ruhollah Zam, 47, was one of several opposition figures successfully captured by Iranian …

[ad_1] Every day Cameron Labone leaves the house, he relives the day his daughter died. Five-month-old Chloe was hit by a van after her out-of-control stroller rolled down the driveway and into traffic on Lake Rd in Auckland’s Northcote. “I hate that driveway,” says Cameron. “I can’t help but imagine …

[ad_1] World Dec 12, 2020, 7:02 PM2 minutes to read A drone equipped with a gas tank and a one-arm nozzle incinerates a hornet’s nest in Zhong County, China. Photo / Blue Sky Rescue via AP A drone has been turned into a flying flamethrower in central China in a …

[ad_1] A Virgin Galactic test flight on Saturday (Sunday NZT) ended prematurely because the spacecraft’s rocket engine failed to ignite and then it glided safely toward its landing site in southern New Mexico. The spacecraft’s engine is supposed to turn on moments after it is released from a special carrier …

[ad_1] World Dec 12, 2020, 6:55 PM3 minutes to read In Sweden, the government is taking a very different approach in other countries: people keep going out, commuting to work and meeting friends and family. Video / Sky News / Getty Sweden is running out of intensive care beds amid …

[ad_1] Dan Carter could only stare in awe at his captain Richie McCaw during the 2011 Rugby World Cup campaign. Photo / Photosport Former All Blacks superstar Dan Carter has added another layer of legend to Richie McCaw’s long-standing reputation, revealing how much pain his former captain endured to win …

[ad_1] There has been an increase in new Covid-19 cases and a growing death toll after Americans ignored the messages to stay home for the holidays and travel for Thanksgiving. Photo / AP The United States is just days away from authorizing its first coronavirus vaccine for emergency use, but …

[ad_1] NZPA The All Blacks support Neemia Tialata in action for the Hurricanes v the Blues in 2011. Former All Blacks leader Neemia Tialata has joined the negligence legal action against authorities for brain injuries sustained while playing rugby. The 43-time All Black and a member of the 2007 World …

[ad_1] OPINION: Sometimes useful information comes from the strangest places. After an unexpectedly explosive Friday, we now know how much a defamation lawsuit can cost, if the $ 333,000 awarded, most of which will go toward paying legal fees, in the Trevor Mallard case is somewhat typical. This kind of …