[ad_1] Tobias “ToMar” Maier / Wikimedia commons The town has decided to change its name. For years he’s been the subject of countless jokes, as well as the constant victim of light-fingered tourists, but the Austrian town of F …… has finally had enough. Officials in the small village of …
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[ad_1] The two positive cases of Covid-19 from Samoa are isolation at the Tupua Tamasese Meaule Hospital near Apia. Photo / Dean Purcell Samoa has reported a second positive case of Covid-19: a traveler from New Zealand. The new case is a man in his 70s who arrived here on …
Read More »Government offers Kiwis a $ 1000 bonus to start horticultural work amid labor shortages
[ad_1] Kiwis who take on gardening jobs could pocket an additional $ 1,000 and get help with housing costs under a new scheme to address the country’s dire shortage of seasonal workers. Due to Covid-19 border restrictions, New Zealand’s $ 10 billion horticultural industry has been left without thousands of …
Read More »Man killed during stabbing in Christchurch apartments named
[ad_1] Now the man who died after being stabbed in an apartment block in Christchurch can be named. Mark Cowling, 44, was found seriously injured on a property in Edgeware, at the intersection of Gresford and Champion streets, at 2:47 a.m. on Sept. 6. Court paperwork said Cowling was stabbed. …
Read More »England goalkeeper Peter Shilton refuses to forgive Diego Maradona for ‘Mano de Dios’ goal
[ad_1] Former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton says he never spoke to Diego Maradona again in the 34 years following his controversial ‘Hand of God’ goal at the 1986 World Cup, accusing the Argentine legend of “not having sportsmanship.” Less than 24 hours after Maradona died from a heart attack at …
Read More »Controversial school board member resigns after bathroom accident at Zoom meeting
[ad_1] Lifestyle November 26, 2020 05:35 pm2 minutes to read Frances Cogelja resigned from a local school board after being seen going to the bathroom on a Zoom group call. Photo / Hackensack School District A US school board member who sparked outrage after once saying she was “disgusted” with …
Read More »US elections: they are back: Trump and his allies refuse to accept the loss
[ad_1] Monday looked like the end of President Donald Trump’s relentless challenges to the election result, after the federal government recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” and Trump paved the way for cooperation in a transition of power. But his unfounded claims have a way of coming back. …
Read More »Northland kidnapping: blindfolded man forced into the trunk of his own car at gunpoint
[ad_1] DENISE PIPER / Things The Brigade of armed criminals of the Police carries out an operation near Matauri Bay, north of Kerikeri, after a kidnapping. A man was forced into the trunk of his own car at gunpoint and then shot while fleeing, “absolutely terrified,” police revealed. The police …
Read More »US elections: they are back: Trump and his allies refuse to accept the loss
[ad_1] Monday looked like the end of President Donald Trump’s relentless challenges to the election result, after the federal government recognized President-elect Joe Biden as the “apparent winner” and Trump paved the way for cooperation in a transition of power. But his unfounded claims have a way of coming back. …
Read More »Former office space on Wellington’s waterfront to be opened to new construction and green space
[ad_1] CENTERPORT The area around Waterloo Quay on Wellington’s waterfront will be opened up to low-rise buildings and green space under CentrePort’s future vision for the earthquake-damaged harbor. A large area of office land on Wellington’s waterfront will open up to new development of buildings and public spaces under a …
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