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The Drug Foundation is welcoming the opening of a new Alcohol and Drug Treatment Court, but wants to see funding matched for prevention services.

A new study has found women who are homeless earn significantly less income and rely more on government support than men who are homeless.

An elderly Auckland woman is facing a desperate fight for her home after her daughter allegedly tricked her into signing away her ownership of the property.

Infrastructure investor Infratil posts $49m loss © Getty Representational image Infratil has posted a full-year loss reflecting what it describes as a remarkable year, filled with divestments, a thwarted takeover bid and acquisitions. The infrastructure investor recorded a $49.2 million loss for the 12 months to March compared with last years $241.2m profit, due to a rise in incentive fees, one-off costs and last years result being boosted by asset sales. The companys underlying profit was $...

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Glacier-burst triggers avalanche in Uttarakhand Gaurav Talwar DEHRADUN: The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) post between Malari and Sumna regions along the Indo-China border in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand witnessed an avalanche triggered by a glacier burst on Friday evening. © Getty Representational image Vivek Pandey, spokesperson, ITBP, said, “Although the exact details will come by Saturday morning, we can confirm that no damage was done to the ITBP post and th...

Pakistani female aid workers shot dead by assailants Asad Hashim Islamabad, Pakistan – At least four female development workers have been killed in a targeted attack in the northwestern Pakistani district of North Waziristan, police say, the latest attack in an escalation of violence in an area that was once the headquarters of the Pakistani Taliban. The attack took place at 9:30am (04:30 GMT) on Monday near the village of Ippi, a few kilometres east of the town of Mir Ali, se...

Romania’s Economy Outshines Rest of EU After Shunning Lockdown Bloomberg 16/02/2021 Andra Timu (Bloomberg) -- Romania’s economy outperformed the rest of the European Union last quarter as the government opted not to impose the kind of harsh lockdown that shuttered most of the continent. © Getty Representational image Output not only grew from the previous three months, but surged more than 10 times what analysts had expected. The expansion of 5.3% puts it ahead of all o...

Facebook says AI misled it, apologises to President Kenyatta Faustine Ngila If you torture your data too much it will confess to anything, and most often, your algorithms will make an undesired decision. Living in a world of Big Data, it may take you several days to realise that your Artificial Intelligence (AI) code erred on a matter of public interest. That just happened to Facebook when its algorithms flagged down President Uhuru Kenyattas congratulatory message on Ugandas pr...

Czech Republic detects UK coronavirus variant, to maintain lockdown measures