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A Japanese company has announced the successful test drive of a flying car. Sky Drive Inc. conducted the public demonstration last week at the Toyota Test Field, one of the largest in Japan and home to the car comp
Julio Mora slipped away from his parents to secretly marry Waldramina Quinteros one February day. Both families disapproved. Seventy-nine years later, they're still together — he at 110 years of age, and she at 1
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has announced his resignation for health reasons. He says that he did not want his illness to get in the way of decision making, and apologised to the Japanese people for failing
At least six people have been killed as Hurricane Laura battered the US state of Louisiana. Winds of up to 240km per hour caused severe damage, with power cuts to more than half a million homes and a chemical fire
At least six people have been killed as Hurricane Laura battered the US state of Louisiana. Winds of up to 240km per hour caused severe damage, with power cuts to more than half a million homes and a chemical fire fro
A cab driver wanted on suspicion of murdering his teen daughters has been arrested after 12 years on the run. A warrant for Yaser Abdel Said's arrest was issued the day after the 2008 shootings of his daughters.
Jeff Bezos was already the world's richest man. Now his net worth has skyrocketed once again, setting another new record. The Amazon CEO's wealth reached the estimated US $202 billion, according to the Bloomberg Bi
NBA players have agreed not to boycott the rest of the season after forcing the postponement of a slate of playoff games in a protest against racial injustice and police brutality. The police shooting of a Black ma
Hurricane Laura has struck the US state of Louisiana, causing flash floods, severe damage to buildings and power cuts to more than half a million homes. It is one of the strongest to ever hit the US Gulf Coast, str
Christchurch mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant who killed 51 people including 3 Fijians has been sentenced to life imprisonment without parole this afternoon. This means that he will never be freed from jail and it is
Air New Zealand has today announced a NZD $87 million loss for the 2020 financial year, its first loss in 18 years. The loss is a stark contrast to the year prior to when the airline posted earnings of $387 millio
Two people have been killed and a third person was seriously injured in a shooting in Kenosha, Wisconsin, last night during the third night of protests over the police shooting of Jacob Blake. The BBC reports that
Christchurch mosque shooter Brenton Tarrant who killed 51 people including 3 Fijians has chosen not to speak in his own defence at sentencing. Asraf Ali, Imam Hafiz Musa Patel and Ashraf Ali who moved to New Zealan
Global fast-food giant KFC says it is halting its "Finger-Lickin' Good" slogan given the current hygiene advice because of the coronavirus pandemic. The company says they find themselves in a unique situation - ha
A woman in the US was discovered to be alive after she had been declared dead and taken to a Detroit funeral home. NZ Herald reports paramedics tried to revive the 20-year-old woman for 30 minutes and consulted an
The world's largest nudist resort is at the centre of a COVID-19 outbreak with nearly 150 people testing positive after staying at or visiting the clothing-optional beach destination in southern France. Nine News r
Twin explosions have ripped through a town in a restive region of the southern Philippines, killing at least 14 people and wounding 75. Military officials said two bombs went off within an hour of each other in Jol
Hong Kong scientists are reporting the case of a healthy man in his 30s who became reinfected with coronavirus four and a half months after his first bout. They say genome sequencing shows the two strains of the vi
The man who killed 51 people including three Fijians at two mosques in New Zealand in 2019 had plans to target a third mosque. This was revealed in his sentencing hearing today. Brenton Tarrant also planned to
Australia’s second-most populous state of Victoria has reported 15 deaths from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours and 116 cases, its lowest daily rise in new infections in seven weeks. Victoria saw a surge in infectio
