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[ad_1] World March 13, 2021 05:18 am4 minutes to read Artist’s impression of ‘Oumuamua’. Photo / Supplied Professor Avi Loeb, former chair of astrophysics at Harvard University, believes that an object that passed through our solar system had extraterrestrial origins, but his colleagues largely disagreed. In late 2017, scientists at …

[ad_1] Deal March 13, 2021 06:31 am3 minutes to read Elizabeth Holmes, the infamous founder of the now-defunct blood testing company Theranos. Photo / Supplied Elizabeth Holmes, the infamous founder of the now-defunct blood testing company Theranos, is pregnant, new court documents have revealed. Holmes is awaiting trial on multiple …

[ad_1] An Auckland mother whose eldest daughter died in a tragic driveway accident has learned that her rare and aggressive cancer is incurable. Sophia Perera’s daughter, Valentina Warren, died at the age of 3 on November 21, 2014, after being hit by a car in her family’s driveway. Just prior …

[ad_1] The lights from Elon Musk’s satellite internet operation, Starlink, appear to have been seen from New Zealand, with reports of strings of lights in the night sky. Each launch involves a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket that deploys some 60 satellites that move into positions in what is called a …

[ad_1] Ezra Shaw / Getty Images Zoi Sadowski-Synnott earned a gold medal in her last race after crashing in the first two. Zoi Sadowski-Synnott has jumped from last to first to create history as the first person to defend her slopestyle snowboarding title at the World Championships. The 19-year-old from …

[ad_1] Hanna McCallum / Stuff Many Japanese residents were among those attending the 10-year memorial service at the World Peace Bell at the Christchurch Botanical Gardens. The twin tragedies of the Christchurch earthquake and the 2011 Japan earthquake are “stark reminders of human vulnerability to natural disasters,” says Christchurch Mayor …

[ad_1] Aage Steen Jensen, 67, who is a kidney patient, is vaccinated at his own home in Aalborg, Denmark, on March 5. Photo / AP Health authorities in three European countries have suspended the use of AstraZeneca’s Covid vaccine due to concerns that it could increase the risk of blood …

[ad_1] Since Meghan Markle and Prince Harry’s explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey aired earlier this week, royal commentators and some members of Meghan’s own family have been quick to reject the claims. The latest of the allegations to be dropped is Meghan’s claim that she had to surrender her passport …

[ad_1] Unilever brands include Dove, Sunsilk, and TRESemmé. Unilever is removing the descriptor “normal” from its soaps, shampoos and other personal care brands, saying the word is not “inclusive” and has a “negative effect on people.” The word “normal” is often used to describe what type of skin or hair, …

[ad_1] Brendan Copeland admits for a moment to thinking “Ashley, who?” in March 2020. Copeland had been summoned to the secretary’s tent midway through the 2020 New Zealand Bagpipe Band Championship in Invercargill. He was the key organizer and a guy named Ashley Bloomfield wanted to chat. “I thought he …