[ad_1] David Unwin / Things Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and 7-year-old Wikitoria Hape plant one of the 2.8 million trees that are en route as part of the highway project. A long-awaited new highway is being built between Manawatū and Hawke’s Bay, as motorists count down to its planned completion …
Read More »Brandon Bernard death penalty: US carries out execution during presidential transition despite pleas from Kim Kardashian
[ad_1] Brandon Bernard. Photo / AP The Trump administration carried out its ninth federal execution of the year and the first during a seedy presidential term in 130 years on Thursday, sentencing a Texas street gang member to death for his role in the murders of a couple. Iowa religious …
Read More »Shoppers block the street as 400 punters flock to open their homes for three days
[ad_1] One home salesman said the Lower Hutt real estate market was ridiculous after 400 hopeful buyers showed up to inspect his 1950s log home. An hour before last month’s first open house at the Witako St property, Rory Sheehan says people were already staying outside. “At 4 o’clock, people …
Read More »Barry Soper: Why should the Speaker of the House, Trevor Mallard, resign?
[ad_1] Speaker Trevor Mallard during Question Time in Parliament. Photo / Mark Mitchell OPINION: Trevor Mallard should step down from the post of President, I believe, before he faces a vote of no confidence when Parliament resumes its sessions in February. National lost confidence in him and Labor, the party …
Read More »Covid 19 Coronavirus: One Vaccine May Not Be Enough To Save The US, Surveys Suggest
[ad_1] The United States has reached another grim pandemic milestone. On Wednesday, the country recorded 3,054 new coronavirus deaths, breaking the previous record of 2,769 deaths recorded on May 7, according to The Covid Tracking Project. California, currently locked up again after an explosion of cases, also hit a disturbing …
Read More »Death penalty for Brandon Bernard: United States carries out rare execution during presidential transition despite emotional pleas from Kim Kardashian
[ad_1] Brandon Bernard. Photo / AP The Trump administration carried out its ninth federal execution of the year and the first during a seedy presidential term in 130 years on Thursday, sentencing a Texas street gang member to death for his role in the murders of a couple. Iowa religious …
Read More »2020 Person of the Year: Joe Biden and Kamala Harris
[ad_1] World Dec 11, 2020 04:54 AMFast reading The new cover of Time magazine. Photo / Twitter: @TIME Time Magazine named President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris as its Person of the Year for 2020. Edward Felsenthal, editor-in-chief of Time, noted that Biden was elected “in the midst …
Read More »Black Caps vs West Indies: Skipper makes impressive catch to eliminate Will Young after terror fumble
[ad_1] Andrew Cornaga / AP West Indies captain Jason Holder celebrates New Zealand’s Ross Taylor wicket on the first day of Test 2. West Indies captain Jason Holder received an impressive catch, on either side of some abject casualties from a teammate, as the Black Caps faced a fight on …
Read More »Joe Biden and Kamala Harris named 2020 Person of the Year
[ad_1] Andrew Harnik / AP President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris have been named 2020 Time Person of the Year. Time The magazine named the president-elect of the United States, Joe Biden, and the vice president-elect, Kamala Harris, its “Person of the Year.” Time editor-in-chief Edward Felsenthal says …
Read More »Rugby: Former All Black Norm Maxwell’s wife opens up about witnessing the effects of concussion
[ad_1] Norm Maxwell in 2003. Photo / Photosport Former All Black’s wife Norm Maxwell has spoken out amid recent developments in rugby’s concussion battle. Maxwell, who played 36 test games over a six-year period beginning in 1999 for the All Blacks, has struggled with the aftermath of concussion in recent …
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