New research centre boost to Upper Hutt economy The Government is investing in a new Biodiversity Research Centre future-proofing New Zealand’s unique natural history and providing construction jobs right now, Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister Paul Goldsmith says. “We know improving the quality of New Zealand’s infrastructure is vital to growing our economy and helping…
Algerian boy, 12, wins Shenzhen talent contest A 12-year-old Algerian boy was crowned winner of the eighth Shenzhen Expats Chinese Talent Competition on Sunday. Younes Bensebaa wowed judges with his recital of Nostalgia, a popular poem by Yu Guangzhong, to claim the top prize. Aleksandr Vaskin, 11, from Russia, and 12-year-old Ahn Tae-hyeon from South…
Gazans face a future of pain and prosthetics At the Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza City, a small child, Maryam Abu Alba, is crying in pain. “The neighbour’s house was bombed, and their home was hit,” says her grandmother. “One of her legs had to be amputated, and metal plates had to be inserted into the…
Texas police arrest mother and her son on terrorism charges From Wikinews, the free news source you can write! Related articles Crime and law Collaborate! Wednesday, May 21, 2025 On Thursday, the San Antonio Police Department (SAPD) announced they had arrested a 33 year-old woman and her teenager son on terrorism charges some days earlier….
Noah Wyle Returns, Langdon Back From Rehab HBO Max has released the first trailer for “The Pitt” Season 2, with returning stars Noah Wyle as Dr. Michael “Robby” Robinavitch, Patrick Ball as Dr. Frank Langdon and more. The new season premieres in January. The trailer shows Robby clocking in for a new shift on a…
‘Naughty’ elephant damages two vehicles in SW China KUNMING – A wild Asian elephant turned a highway in Southwest China”s Yunnan province into its playground, damaging a minibus and a sedan Saturday afternoon. According to forest police in Menghai county, an adult elephant walked near a parked minibus at around 6 p.m. and began hitting…
RMA reforms to deliver jobs and growth The Government’s second RMA Amendment Bill has passed into law, bringing in sweeping changes to many of the handbrakes on New Zealanders’ lives, helping to drive economic growth, and laying the groundwork for job creation,” RMA Reform Minister Chris Bishop says. “The Resource Management Act (RMA) has been…
International Criminal Court: New US sanctions ‘a flagrant attack’ on judicial independence The sanctions target judges Kimberly Prost of Canada and Nicolas Guillou of France, as well as two deputy prosecutors: Nazhat Shameem Khan of Fiji and Mame Mandiaye Niang of Senegal. This follows earlier measures against four other judges and the ICC prosecutor. Affront…
World News in Brief: Sudan hospitals under fire, world remembers victims of terrorism, DR Congo A grenade attack inside Zalingei Hospital in Darfur State, led Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) to suspend all of its activities there yesterday. MSF had previously led a cholera emergency response at the medical facility, providing life-saving treatment for 160…
Amid massive destruction of Gaza City, UN chief renews ceasefire call “It is vital to reach immediately a ceasefire in Gaza,” the Secretary-General told reporters on the sidelines of the Ninth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD9), “and the unconditional release of all hostages and to avoid the massive death and destruction that a military operation…
