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[ad_1] New Zealand has declared a climate change emergency and committed to a carbon neutral government by 2025, in what Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern called “one of the greatest challenges of our time.” A motion tabled in parliament on Wednesday recognized “the devastating impact the volatile and extreme climate in …

[ad_1] The UK has become the first country in the world to approve a Covid-19 vaccine for public use. On Wednesday, Pfizer and BioNTech said they had been given permission for emergency use of their vaccine. It means that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is the world’s first coronavirus vaccine backed by …

[ad_1] OPINION: As diplomatic fallout continues for the digitally altered war crimes tweet sent by Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian earlier this week, it is important to note that this inflammatory and offensive post is not an isolated case. Zhao and other Chinese officials and diplomats have carried out …

[ad_1] The Pfizer / BioNTech coronavirus vaccine has been approved in the UK. Photo / AP The Pfizer / BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine has been approved for use in the UK, and officials say it will be available “starting next week.” The move, an important step in ending the pandemic, makes …

[ad_1] OPINION: In September 2019, my colleague Anna Kapinska gave a presentation showing interesting objects that she had found while browsing our new radio astronomical data. He had begun to notice very strange shapes that he could not easily fit into any known type of object. Among them, labeled by …

[ad_1] Supplied A 2.7 billion-year-old peridotite rock found on the shores of Lake Wanaka is New Zealand’s oldest known rock. New Zealand’s oldest rock has existed for 2.7 billion years, but it has spent the last five years in a drawer at the University of Otago. Associate professor of geology …

[ad_1] The fire is hitting the hāngī stones, and the Government begins to feel the burning. Petitions with 11,000 signatures were submitted to Parliament to remove the laws, labeled “racist”, which make it almost impossible for Maori districts on councils. Toni Boynton of Te Rōpū Tautoko Māori, one of the …

[ad_1] Luna Rossa. Photo / Photosport Italian Challenger of Record, Luna Rossa, claims to be ahead of the pack in a key area as the America’s Cup World Series looms. The warm-up race, which will take place between December 17 and 20, will be the first time that the four …

[ad_1] A man whose husband was killed during a police chase on his way to work died suddenly. Owen Fraser was found dead at his home in Kaiapoi, North Canterbury, on Wednesday, the day after what would have been Kenneth McCaul’s birthday and wedding anniversary. McCaul, 64, a Fraser partner …

[ad_1] The Justice Department is investigating whether there was a secret scheme to pressure White House officials for a clemency, as well as a related plot to offer a significant political contribution in exchange for the clemency. Most of the information in the 18-page court order, which was released on …