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She was charged in a one-count complaint with conspiring to distribute heroin, cocaine, marijuana and methamphetamines for unlawful importation into the United States. Emma Coronel...

New positive community case of Covid 19, Ministry of Health confirms

February 23, 2021

COVID-19 New Zealand

The new community case of Covid-19 announced earlier today by the Ministry of Health is a student at Papatoetoe High School. Photo: RNZ / Simon...

Retail sales dipped at end of 2020

February 23, 2021

New Zealand

Retail sales took a step backwards over the final three months of last year. Photo: RNZ / Rebekah Parsons-King Official numbers from Stats NZ show...

Bowel movements could have led to Covid-19 Pullman Hotel outbreak – report

February 23, 2021

COVID-19 New Zealand

An investigation in the Pullman Hotel outbreak is looking at whether airborne particles generated by bowel movements could have been a factor. Pullman Hotel in...

Environment Minister David Parker ‘frustrated’ at Tiwai smelter, WorkSafe to assess compliance

February 23, 2021

New Zealand

The government tried to get Tiwai Point aluminium smelter to clean up toxic waste at its Southland site but failed. Tiwai Point. Photo: RNZ /...

Children still living in poverty but number of whānau struggling to provide the basics drops – Stats NZ

February 23, 2021

New Zealand

There has been little annual change in the number of children living in poverty across most measures, but there has been a drop in the...

Parker and Fa’s camps try to create hype in build up to fight

February 23, 2021

New Zealand Sport

What do you do when, a few days from what has been described (probably rightly) by the promoter and main protagonists as New Zealand's biggest...

Te Pāti Māori calls for urgent ministerial inquiry into treatment of prisoners

February 23, 2021

New Zealand

Te Pāti Māori has called for an urgent ministerial inquiry into the treatment of inmates, following a judge's ruling that prisoners at Auckland Women's Prison...

US Supreme Court allows release of Trump tax returns

February 23, 2021

Politics United States

US Supreme Court allows release of Trump tax returns - among other things The Supreme Court also agreed to weigh Trump administration abortion referral restriction...

Joshua’s forgotten biblical altar is now at the heart of a land battle

February 23, 2021

Israel Middle East

Israel must find a way to protect and preserve the area as an archaeological park. Joshau's altar on Mt. Ebal (photo credit: TOVAH LAZAROFF) There...

Palestinian Authority paid terrorists over $150 million in 2020

February 23, 2021

Middle East Palestine

The Palestinian Authority paid more than NIS 512 million ($157m.) in salaries to incarcerated or released terrorists in 2020, Palestinian Media Watch reported Monday. The...

Trump may dangle possibility of 2024 run in first post-White House speech

February 23, 2021

Politics United States

Former President Donald Trump is likely to dangle the possibility of running again for president in 2024 in his first major post-White House speech this...

Govt faced with competing advice on mandatory mask use – Chris Hipkins

February 23, 2021

New Zealand Politics

The Covid-19 Response Minister says the government had to weigh up two competing strands of advice, before deciding to make masks mandatory on public transport....

Government recognizes suffering of Yemenite families, compensation given

February 23, 2021

Israel Middle East

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called this case “among the most painful in the history of the state of Israel." A family of Jewish immigrants from...

National leader Judith Collins wants woman who refused Covid-19 test deported

February 23, 2021

New Zealand

National leader Judith Collins is calling for New Zealand to deport an Australian woman who's refusing to take a Covid-19 test in managed isolation. National...

Khamenei says Iran may enrich uranium up to 60% purity if needed

February 23, 2021

Middle East

Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday Iran might enrich uranium up to 60% purity if the country needed it and would never yield to US...

Is the International Atomic Energy Agency ‘flying blind’ on Iran?

February 23, 2021

Iran Middle East

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi told the world he had reached a “temporary, technical understanding” with Iranian officials for three months so...