[ad_1] A suspected low-flying meteor lit up the sky over the city of Yushu, in northwest China, on December 23. Video of the event in the city in China’s Qinghai province showed a bright fireball streaking through and lighting up the dark sky. Weibo This photo of the meteor was …
Read More »A2 confirms majority stake in Mataura Valley Milk
[ad_1] GERARD HUTCHING / Things A2 is moving into nutraceutical manufacturing but retaining its supply partnerships with Synlait and Fonterra. The a2 Milk Company has confirmed that it will acquire a 75% stake in Southland dairy processor Mataura Valley Milk for $ 268.5 million. Mataura Valley President Dr. Tingwu Xue …
Read More »Worker exploitation: Auckland bottle shop sentenced to pay $ 46,000
[ad_1] An Auckland liquor store was ordered to pay $ 46,000 for exploiting a migrant worker, who worked 12 hours a day, six days a week and was not paid in full. The Labor Relations Authority ordered Super Liquor Papatoetoe to pay $ 18,000 in fines and more than $ …
Read More »Covid-19: National calls on government to address border concerns about new tension
[ad_1] This story was originally published on RNZ.co.nz and republished with permission. National says the government must address concerns about a new strain of Covid-19 in the UK, which is believed to be up to 70 percent more contagious. More than 40 countries have banned arrivals to the UK due …
Read More »Trump Plunges Covid-19 Aid Talks Into Chaos With Video Message
[ad_1] The video message that threw Washington into chaos was secretly filmed. US President Donald Trump stood in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House, with Christmas garlands and glittery decorations placed in the fireplace behind him, and spoke to the camera not to deliver warm Christmas wishes, but …
Read More »Covid 19 coronavirus: UK avoids Christmas food shortage after France lifted travel ban
[ad_1] The UK has narrowly avoided a national food shortage after France agreed to allow thousands of truck drivers to travel between the two countries again. France issued an immediate travel ban for all people coming from the UK earlier this week, days after health authorities discovered a mutated strain …
Read More »Sir Billy Connolly doesn’t think he has ‘that long’ to live
[ad_1] Entertainment Dec 23, 2020, 7:50 PM2 minutes to read Made in Scotland: Billy Connolly. / BBC Sir Billy Connolly does not think he has “that long” to live. The 78-year-old comedian, who will be touring New Zealand next year, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2013. He recently admitted …
Read More »British supermodel Stella Tennant dies days after turning 50
[ad_1] Pascal Le segretain Stella Tennant (right) in Le Bal Surrealiste Dior during Paris Fashion Week in January 2018. Stella Tennant, the aristocratic British model who was a muse to designers such as Karl Lagerfeld and Gianni Versace, died suddenly at the age of 50, her family said. Tennant, the …
Read More »Ten years after the disappearance of Timothy Wallis
[ad_1] Dunedin man Christopher Lees awaits answers about his brother, who disappeared more than a decade ago. Photo / Gregor Richardson Pain never goes away: ten years since Timothy Wallis disappeared Christmas is never easier for Christopher Lees. A decade has passed since his younger brother Timothy Wallis, 26, disappeared. …
Read More »You had a job: pilots land at the wrong airport in Nepal
[ad_1] PilotDarpan / wikimedia commons / Things Buddha Air has apologized for the confusion (file photo). A Nepalese airline has suffered a rather embarrassing mistake after a flight full of passengers landed at the wrong airport. Buddha Air flight U4505 was intended to fly from the capital Kathmandu to Janakpur. …
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