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[ad_1] JOHN SELKIRK / Stuff Norm Maxwell played 36 tryouts for the All Blacks. Former All Black Norm Maxwell’s wife has opened up about his post-career health issues by backing calls urging New Zealand Rugby to do more to help players deal with the effects of concussion. Maxwell was a …

[ad_1] Deputy Prime Minister Grant Robertson says the government does not want a “toxic waste site” when Rio Tinto closes its aluminum smelter at Tiwai Point in Southland. Robertson and Energy Minister Megan Woods were at Invercargill on Friday updating Southland stakeholders on discussions related to the future of the …

[ad_1] Brandon Bernard. Photo / AP The Trump administration carried out its ninth federal execution of the year and the first during a seedy presidential term in 130 years on Thursday, sentencing a Texas street gang member to death for his role in the murders of a couple. Iowa religious …

[ad_1] The United States has reached another grim pandemic milestone. On Wednesday, the country recorded 3,054 new coronavirus deaths, breaking the previous record of 2,769 deaths recorded on May 7, according to The Covid Tracking Project. California, currently locked up again after an explosion of cases, also hit a disturbing …

[ad_1] Brandon Bernard. Photo / AP The Trump administration carried out its ninth federal execution of the year and the first during a seedy presidential term in 130 years on Thursday, sentencing a Texas street gang member to death for his role in the murders of a couple. Iowa religious …

[ad_1] World Dec 11, 2020 04:54 AMFast reading The new cover of Time magazine. Photo / Twitter: @TIME Time Magazine named President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris as its Person of the Year for 2020. Edward Felsenthal, editor-in-chief of Time, noted that Biden was elected “in the midst …

[ad_1] Andrew Harnik / AP President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been named 2020 Time Person of the Year. Time The magazine named the president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, and the vice president-elect, Kamala Harris, its “Person of the Year.” Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal says …

[ad_1] Norm Maxwell in 2003. Photo / Photosport Former All Black’s wife Norm Maxwell has spoken out amid recent developments in rugby’s concussion battle. Maxwell, who played 36 test games over a six-year period beginning in 1999 for the All Blacks, has struggled with the aftermath of concussion in recent …

[ad_1] Amelia Garvey has reevaluated her goals and dares to dream after making an impressive start to her grand debut at the US Women’s Open. Competing as an amateur at the Champions Golf Club in Houston, Garvey loaded a par 70 in the first round to sit just three shots …

[ad_1] POOL / GETTY IMAGES Prime Minister Scott Morrison takes a tour of the Scientia Clinical Research Ltd laboratory at Randwick in Sydney, Australia. ANALYSIS: Australia’s hopes of producing a locally developed Covid-19 vaccine were dashed today by news that the University of Queensland / CSL vaccine will not proceed …