[ad_1] Justin Sobion said goodbye to his wife in February 2020, with the plan for her to meet him again in New Zealand three weeks later. Almost 12 months later, the couple are still separated, trapped by the March border closures. Sobion is one of hundreds of people separated from …
Read More »Trump administration carries out 13th and final execution
[ad_1] A thirteenth prisoner has been executed under the Trump administration. Photo / 123rf The Trump administration carried out its 13th federal execution since July on Friday, an unprecedented run that ended just five days before the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden, an opponent of the federal death penalty. Dustin …
Read More »How the White House juggles Inauguration Day is also a moving day
[ad_1] Moving from house to house is challenging under the best of circumstances, and even with top-notch moves like housekeepers and other staff working in the White House. But the coronavirus pandemic could be a complicating factor as the executive mansion prepares for a new president and executes the Inauguration …
Read More »Ian Taylor pulls America’s Cup charts over row with Russell Coutts
[ad_1] New Zealand businessman Sir Ian Taylor is pulling his company’s graphics from the televised coverage of today’s America’s Cup Challenger series in protest of a Sir Russell Coutts copyright claim. Photo: Screenshot / TVNZ In a copyright dispute over augmented reality graphics at Cup races, Coutt’s companies filed an …
Read More »Guns in Glen Eden: Car theft, gun point arrests in West Auckland
[ad_1] Supplied A man is handcuffed by the police after he is ordered to kneel. A cricket match was interrupted by an alleged carjacking by a criminal carrying a pistol in West Auckland. In another incident Saturday, two men were arrested on a nearby suburban shopping street at gunpoint by …
Read More »America’s Cup: the new British candle system declared illegal
[ad_1] Luna Rossa has successfully challenged the legality of a new sail system that the INEOS UK team used to regain some wind in their America’s Cup campaign. The British altered predictions on the opening day of the Prada Cup challenger series by comfortably defeating American Magic and Luna Rossa …
Read More »US elections: Trump ally Michael Lindell reveals notes calling for ‘martial law’
[ad_1] World January 15, 2021 10:10 PM3 minutes to read MyPillow CEO Michael Lindell reveals his notes outside the White House. Photo / Twitter: Jabin Botsford A close adviser to the president of the United States, Donald Trump, was seen in the White House clutching a piece of paper that …
Read More »‘It belongs to them’ – UK man trying to return 1947 New Zealand calendar and chart to his descendants
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Read More »US elections: Trump will leave Washington before Biden takes office
[ad_1] World January 15, 2021 05:43 pm2 minutes to read US President Donald Trump will leave Washington DC next Wednesday morning (Thursday NZT), just before President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration the following day, to begin his post-presidential life in Florida. He will be kicked out with a departure ceremony at Joint …
Read More »Why Some Republicans May Be Against President Donald Trump
[ad_1] Is the previously impenetrable wall of support that erected President Donald Trump starting to crack and crumble? Throughout his four years in office, Trump has largely had unwavering support from his party. But a week after the attack on Capitol Hill, a deep rift appears to be forming in …
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