Changes needed to ensure tourism less harmful to environment – Upton
A departure tax, enforcing visitor limits in under pressure destinations and tighter controls on commercial operators have been flagged as part of an overhaul of...
Israelis work longer hours than OECD average, but work more from home
Some 47% of Israeli workers have jobs that allow them to work from home, higher than all OECD countries except Luxembourg and significantly higher than...
COVID: More Israelis die in January than in any month in 20 years
More people died in January 2021 in Israel than in any month for the last 20 years, according to data released Wednesday by the Central...
What does the Facebook news ban in Australia mean for NZ?
A battle across the Tasman between the Australian government and Facebook has come to a head with Australian Facebook users now restricted from viewing news...
No new community cases, face coverings mandatory on public transport – Hipkins
There are no new community cases of Covid-19 today and Cabinet has agreed to make face coverings on public transport a requirement for all of...
Air pollution kills thousands in megacities despite Covid-19 lockdowns
Air pollution caused tens of thousands of deaths in the world's five most populous cities last year despite coronavirus lockdowns, researchers say, urging governments to...
Iran’s Soleimani set up centers to monitor Jews for Zionism – report
The Iranian regime Islamic scholar Ahmed Abedi declared in a bombshell report in early February on Noor TV that the late IRGC commander Qasem Soleimani...
Woman’s desperate call to 111: ‘I just shot my partner’
A woman who mistakenly shot her partner could have called out to find out who was there, before pulling the trigger, a jury has heard....
Drop in birth rate may lead to smaller New Zealand population – analyst
A statistician says New Zealand's record low number of births is a sign of a growing trend. In 2020, there were 57,753 births registered, down...
Govt to fund free period products for all school, kura students
All primary, intermediate, secondary school and kura students will have access to free period products from June this year. Schools and kura must opt in...
Biden: White supremacists are ‘the most dangerous people’ in America
President Joe Biden, saying domestic terrorism was the “greatest threat” in America and white supremacists are the “most dangerous people,” pledged to focus his Justice...
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with President Joe Biden
US President Joe Biden and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone on Wednesday, nearly a month after Biden entered office. Netanyahu was the...
Trading in company suspended after directors quit
The stock exchange regulator has taken the unusual step of suspending trading in a listed company after most of its board resigned en-masse. The regulator...
Chief Rabbi Lau suspends rabbinical judge for not getting COVID vaccine
‘Someone who does not fulfill command [of protecting life] rejects the good which God granted his world and possibility of getting out of the distress...
Southern DHB, Dunedin City Council to address lead levels in water at public meeting
East Otago residents will hear directly from officials about the lead levels in their water supply during a recently announced public meeting. A warning sign...
Two people believed to be on yacht in mayday call off Coromandel coast
The yacht missing off the east coast of the Coromandel Peninsula has been found and both people on board are believed safe. Coromandel coastline. (File...
Standing with Israel against the ICC boosts credibility
The International Criminal Court’s decision earlier this month giving itself authority to investigate war-crime allegations against Israel over the 2014 military campaign against Hamas in...
Coronavirus: 1/1,000 chance of contracting COVID-19 if vaccinated – study
A person who is vaccinated has only a one in 1,000 chance of contracting COVID-19, according to new data released by Maccabi Health Services on...
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