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Cabinet Office
COP President-Designate welcomes ministers and leaders to the 2nd ZEV Transition Council
Alok Sharma welcomed participants who had attended the first meeting in November 2020, as well as new participants, including Germany and the USA.
Great to see you all again. We’ve got two big agenda items – the pace of transition that is needed to reach our Paris goals, and also the latest evidence on the relative environmental performance of technology options that we have to get to net zero. Then a short discussion on the global MoU on heavy-duty vehicles.
I am also joined by my friend Grant Shapps, UK Secretary of State for Transport.
There was a shooting Monday night at a vigil in Gresham.
People had gathered near 174th and Stark Street for a memorial to 22-year-old Alejandro Barajas, who was killed Sunday in a shooting.
A dark SUV drove past the scene and there was an exchange of gunfire between people in the SUV and the crowd.
Seven people in the crowd were injured. They re all expected to survive.
The SUV left the scene and there hasn t been any arrests.
Waimarama floods, 10 years on: Their homes were upside down in the water
27 Apr, 2021 06:00 PM
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Waimarama floods: Ten years on. Video / Bayden Barner
Ten years ago today, Sophie Siers and Andy Tait-Jamieson drove a quad bike 5km to Waimarama Beach to find their swept-away belongings had beaten them there. The immense power of the 200mm of floodwaters that tore through overnight has ensured that April 28 remains a day etched in the memory of the Hawke s Bay community, even a decade later.
Siers and Tait-Jamieson, of Te Apiti Rd, awoke that morning to discover their home – the lowest point in the valley – had been surrounded by debris.
Covid 19 coronavirus: Israeli fashion designer Alber Elbaz dies at 59
25 Apr, 2021 10:57 PM
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Alber Elbaz in October 2015. Photo / AP
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Israeli designer Alber Elbaz, best known for spending 14 years at the helm of French fashion house Lanvin, has died at 59, the luxury conglomerate Richemont said today.
A spokesperson for Richemont told CNN that Elbaz died on Saturday (Sunday NZT) from Covid-19. Women s Wear Daily said he died at a Paris hospital.
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The Richemont group paid tribute to Elbaz s inclusive vision of fashion that made women feel beautiful and comfortable by blending traditional craftsmanship with technology .
Elbaz started to work in collaboration with Richemont in 2019 with the aim of launching his own label, AZfashion.