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What a party! Whanganui Vintage Weekend the biggest yet and theres more to come 24 Jan, 2021 05:00 PM 3 minutes to read Punters aboard the Waimarie on Sunday afternoon. Photo / Lewis Gardner Bayleys Whanganui Vintage Weekend is in full swing with thousands pouring into town for the long weekend. Event manager Heather Cox said the cooler weather hadnt put people off attending and it was "definitely the biggest one yet". Cox said people in the community understood "what this eve...

Islamabad:Amid a prolonged dry cold spell, the weathermen have forecast rain today in Islamabad, Rawalpindi, and adjoining areas.According to the Met Office, a westerly wave is likely to affect...

Wellington traffic: Expect delays this long weekend 21 Jan, 2021 10:03 PM 3 minutes to read Delays on the roads are expected around the Wellington region this long weekend. Photo / 123rf NZ Herald Wellingtonians travelling for anniversary day, and those coming home after an extended Christmas break will make for busy roads around the capital this weekend. Delays both in and out of the city were expected over Wellington Anniversary weekend, with holidaymakers starting to depart the city on Frida...

Oranga Tamariki CEOs resignation long overdue, Hawkes Bay baby uplift midwife says 21 Jan, 2021 10:21 PM 3 minutes to read Oranga Tamarikis chief executive Grainne Moss announced her resignation on Friday morning. Photo / File Hawkes Bay Today By: Gianina Schwanecke The resignation of Oranga Tamarikis chief executive Grainne Moss is "long overdue", says the midwife in the room of the infamous 2019 attempted uplift of a baby from its Māori mother at Hawkes Bay Hospital. Moss announced she was s...

One-punch Queenstown assault victim: Ive lost almost everything 22 Jan, 2021 07:14 AM 6 minutes to read Sapumal Wijenayake almost died after a one-punch assault in Queenstown in March 2019. Photo / Mountain Scene Sapumal Wijenayake almost died after a one-punch assault in Queenstown in March 2019. Photo / Mountain Scene Otago Daily Times By: Tracey Roxburgh A long, deep scar runs along the right side of Sapumal Wijenayakes skull. Beneath it, four titanium plates have been screwed in. A less obv...

Marshall County Health Department give out hundreds of vaccines at walk-in-clinic Health Department sees increase in people getting the vaccine By Stefante Randall | January 21, 2021 at 6:48 PM CST - Updated January 21 at 6:49 PM GUNTERSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) - WAFF 48 continues to bring you updates on the vaccination process across the state. Since Monday, health officials at the Marshall County Health Department have given around 1,000 Moderna vaccine doses. Clinic Supervisor Sara Shelton sa...

Photo essay: Joe Bidens long road to the presidency 7 minutes to read By: Tanner Curtis, Antonio de Luca, Thomas Kaplan and Umi Syam When Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th president of the United States, it was a moment of political triumph that had been decades in the making. His long career in public office spanned eight presidents, from Richard Nixon to Barack Obama, but the nations highest office always eluded him. Now, Biden, 78, finally joins their ranks. The story begi...

Daily Mail & General Trust Q1 Revenue Down; Says Confident In Long-term LONDON (dpa-AFX) - Daily Mail and General Trust plc (DMGT.L) reported Thursday that its first-quarter Group revenue was 304 million pounds, down 20 percent on a reported basis, and down 15 percent on an underlying basis. Excluding Events & Exhibitions, underlying revenues declined 5 percent. The company noted that first-quarter revenue was in line with management expectations. Looking ahead, the company said trading environ...

Arab Springs Long Lost Dream Of Egyptian Freedom By Emmanuel PARISSE 01/20/21 AT 10:18 PM A decade after Egypts mass protests briefly unlocked new freedoms, human rights groups say it is back to square one as President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi has stamped out all opposition. The iconic demonstrations in Cairos Tahrir Square, which broke out on January 25, 2011, toppled autocrat Hosni Mubarak just a couple of weeks later in one of the most momentous changes of the Arab Spring wave of revolts. Th...

Air Liquide Strengthens Its Long-Term Relationship With BASF in South Korea Regulatory News: Air Liquide (Paris:AI) and BASF, a world-leading chemical company, have signed a contract in South Koreas Yeosu National Industrial Complex to extend the term of their existing agreements over the long term. Within this context, Air Liquide leveraged the start-up in 2020 of its fourth hydrogen and carbon monoxide unit in this major industrial complex to increase by 20% the contractual volumes dedicated ...