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Covid 19 coronavirus: Northland man with symptoms waits almost 10 hours for test 25 Jan, 2021 08:52 PM 4 minutes to read The Covid-19 community case in Northland is the South African strain, Covid recovery minister Chris Hipkins says. The Covid-19 community case in Northland is the South African strain, Covid recovery minister Chris Hipkins says. Almost 10 hours - that is how long one Northland man waited in line to get tested for Covid-19. Local primary school teacher Joel, who asked that his ...

January 26, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Pledging to give the government a tough time both inside and outside the Parliament, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) has finally decided to participate in the upcoming Senate elections. However, PML-N Vice President Maryam Nawaz said the options of long march and resignations would also be used at an appropriate time. “There will be long march; resignations will also come and the government will have to go,” Maryam said while chairing the parliamentary part...

LONDON Health Secretary Matt Hancock has warned the government is a “long, long, long way” from being able to lift coronavirus lockdown restrictions in England.Hancock said there was...

New station for City Rail Link taking shape below Karangahape Rd 25 Jan, 2021 01:02 AM 2 minutes to read Deep below Karangahape Rd, tunnelling has begun for a new station as part of the $4.4 billion City Rail Link. At the Mercury Lane entrance, two road header boring machines, named Jean Batten and Dame Valerie Adams, are excavating the stations 203m long platform caverns for nine-car trains. When the workforce of 160 complete the digging and temporary lining for the tunnels by September, the c...

The carcass of an enormous finback whale (Balaenoptera physalus) was discovered near the Italian port of Sorrento earlier this week, the Italian Coast Guard said in a Facebook post.

This is Wuhan now: A year later, the first post-pandemic city 13 minutes to read By: Christopher Buckley, Keith Bradsher, Vivian Wang and Amy Qin The long months of harsh lockdown have faded from view in Wuhan, the first city in the world devastated by the new coronavirus. As residents look to move on, they cite a Chinese saying that warns against "forgetting the pain after a scar heals." To many in this central Chinese city, the saying sums up a temptation to let go of the ba...

While surveying the Hawaiian island of Kauai in search of invasive plants in 2017, botanist Kelsey Brock spotted something unusual: a few nonnative species of figs seemed to be settling in.

Islamabad, Lahore get CNG after 37 long days only for few hours Pakistan Vehicles stand in long queues to get CNG. Photo: File The gas supply at CNG stations will be cut off in the evening at 6:00 pm today. CNG stations across Punjab and Islamabad on Sunday have resumed supply after a 37-day closure. CNG stations across Punjab and Islamabad on Sunday have resumed supply after a 37-day closure for a 12-hour period as gas supply at CNG stations will be cut off at 6:00 pm today, Geo News reported...

Justin Bieber admitted it wasn’t his proudest moment

Letters to the editor: Housing Available, unequal wealth and population growth 24 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM 7 minutes to read Letter writers have reacted to housing available in New Zealand and Kiwis coming back home. Photo / File Letter writers have reacted to housing available in New Zealand and Kiwis coming back home. Photo / File NZ Herald Housing Available The housing shortage we are facing has taken a long time to develop, over a decade. The shortage is part of the reason houses are now so expen...