Whale sculpture catches crashed Dutch subway train

[ad_1] A train conductor in the Netherlands has had a kind of escape thanks to a haphazardly placed art installation. A subway train went through a block at De Akkers subway station and a whale tail sculpture prevented it from plummeting on November 2, 2020. Photo: Robin Utrecht / ANP …

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Man who shot home invaders pleads guilty to drug charges

[ad_1] MARK TAYLOR / Stuff Waikato man Orren Scott Williams pleaded guilty to three counts, two related to cannabis and one to methamphetamine. A man who shot armed intruders who broke into his rural Waikato home pleaded guilty to three drug charges. Orren Scott Williams, 38, made statements on the …

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Ethiopia: 54 killed in schoolyard massacre

[ad_1] Activist and members of the Ethiopian community representing multiple ethnic groups gather on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC after a protest in July. Photo / Getty Survivors of a massacre perpetrated by rebels in western Ethiopia on Sunday counted 54 bodies in a schoolyard, the …

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Auckland’s housing market search is ‘too horrible’

[ad_1] Since An Auckland home hunter is shocked at how many properties have been lost and hit the rental market just weeks after being sold. Data from economists and banks show that the buy-to-rent market is heating up. But the Federation of Real Estate Investors contends that, in reality, first-time …

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