[ad_1] Foreign Minister Winston Peters is courting fresh problems in New Zealand’s diplomatic relationship with China by publicly backing Taiwan’s bid to participate again in the World Health Organization. Speaking to reporters at Parliament, he was asked if I supported Taiwan rejoining the WHO as championed by the United States …
Read More »Skyline will cut half of its jobs
[ad_1] New Zealand’s leading tour operator Skyline Enterprises has laid off at least 500 employees as it struggles to survive the Covid-19 pandemic. Chief Executive Geoff McDonald said that after spending the past 10 days consulting on a restructuring proposal, the company informed staff of the job loss on Monday. …
Read More »Apple WWDC 2020 was announced for June 22, but it will be digital only
[ad_1] Apple CEO Tim Cook delivers the opening address during the 2019 Apple World Developers Conference (WWDC) at the San Jose Convention Center on June 3, 2019 in San Jose, California. Justin Sullivan | fake pictures Apple said Tuesday that its annual developer conference, WWDC, will begin June 22. Apple …
Read More »Meghan Markle’s concern about bare feet after New Zealand tour
[ad_1] A cameraman who worked with Meghan Markle on a photo shoot before becoming royalty revealed that the duchess was obsessed with keeping her feet hidden. But when you have as many photographers as the Duchess of Sussex, that’s not always possible. In particular, a photo taken during Markle’s time …
Read More »SpaceX’s upcoming Starlink satellite launch nears astronaut Crew Dragon’s debut
[ad_1] SpaceX’s upcoming launch of the Starlink satellite has slipped about a week and a half in mid-May, placing it just nine days (or less) before the company’s inaugural NASA astronaut mission. Known as Crew Dragon’s second demo mission (Demo-2), SpaceX’s first astronaut launch is officially scheduled no earlier than …
Read More »Dashcam shows almost Miss Truckie when the driver is headed the wrong way on the Kāpiti highway
[ad_1] A trucker’s camera has captured the moment he narrowly avoided a head-on collision with a car driven the wrong way along the Kāpiti Expressway north of Wellington. Ron Clouston was heading north on the four-lane highway when the driver forced him to veer left to avoid a head-on collision …
Read More »Hilux half-life update delayed
[ad_1] Toyota’s mid-cycle upgrade for the Hilux has been delayed due to factory closings caused by Covid-19. Factories in Thailand are closed until at least May 7, meaning the Hilux update can now occur in October instead of the end of July, as originally planned. If the Thai government decides …
Read More »Memory of former friend threatens to ‘shoot down’ Anna Wintour
[ad_1] Every two years, Anna Wintour chairs the star-studded Met Gala on the first Monday in May. The 2020 event would have been especially significant, marking the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art with the theme “About Time: Fashion and Duration,” writes the New York Post. READ MORE:• …
Read More »Imaging technology enables visualization of nanoscale structures within entire cells
[ad_1] A super resolution 3D reconstruction of dendrites in the primary visual cortex. Innovators at Purdue University created an imaging tool that enables the visualization of nanoscale structures within cells and entire tissues. Credit: Fang Huang / Purdue University Since Robert Hooke’s first description of a cell in Micrography 350 …
Read More »New psychological research reveals that carnivores tend to have better mental health than vegetarians.
[ad_1] People who avoid eating meat tend to have worse psychological health than people who eat meat, according to new research published in Critical Reviews in Food Science and Nutrition. The study, which did not draw any conclusions about causation, found that vegetarians / vegans were at increased risk for …
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