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Police have named the man who died after being dropped off at Kaitaia Hospital on Saturday.He was 22-year-old Arthur James Randy Rhodes Honey Boy Kara Tahere of Auckland.”Our thoughts are with his whānau and friends at this time,” police said.Officers were called to the hospital at around 11.40pm on Saturday after he was dropped off, seriously injured, by a driver. He died a short time later.Yesterday, a woman was arrested and charged with murder.Detective Inspector Rhys Johnson said at the time police understood the victim and the charged woman were known to each other.”As such, we are not currently seeking…

A group with links to a banned gang allegedly set fire to balcony furniture at the woman’s house in May. ADVERTISEMENTA 21-year-old man in Denmark has been arrested for arson after allegedly setting a fire at a Jewish woman’s home in Copenhagen, and he faces preliminary court charges under the country’s terrorism laws that can lead to a life sentence.Preliminary charges are one step short of formal charges and allow authorities to detain suspects during an investigation. A life sentence in Denmark usually means 16 years in prison.The man and several other suspects who were not identified allegedly set fire…

Music is often described as the universal language but for blind and low vision communities, participating in it can be difficult when you cannot read sheet music or see visual cues.Tactile and Technology Literacy Centre chief executive Chantelle Griffiths hoped to change that after receiving a funding boost to develop a Braille music curriculum.The initiative received a $208,000 grant from the Ministry of Culture and Heritage as part of the Covid Regeneration Fund.The money is being used to develop and design the curriculum, train people who are blind in music-related skills, proofreading Braille music and teaching.”What we’re doing with this…

Regional leaders claim that more than 140 drones attacked areas including the Moscow suburbs, where at least one person is reported dead. ADVERTISEMENTMore than 140 Ukrainian drones targeted multiple Russian regions overnight, according to Russian authorities, killing at least one person.If independently confirmed, the incident will mark one of the largest drone attacks on Russian territory since Russia mounted its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022.Moscow region Governor Andrei Vorobyov said a woman died and three people were injured in the town of Ramenskoye, just outside the Russian capital, where drones hit two multistory residential buildings and started fires.…

A woman in Hamilton was allegedly caught drink driving twice in four hours, leaving police “astounded” by her actions.Police were called around 9pm on Friday after members of the public reported a vehicle being driven up and over curbs and weaving across the road in the Hamilton suburb of Flagstaff.Police found the driver slumped at the wheel of the vehicle.She underwent an alcohol testing procedure and returned a result of 1291 micrograms per litre of breath.She was suspended from driving for 28 days and was taken back to a home where family lived in Hamilton.Just after midnight, police stopped the…

A proposal to grant Italian citizenship to foreign nationals who complete 10 years of education has the coalition government in Rome divided. ADVERTISEMENTMany within the Italian far-right populist Lega party called it “a summer fling”, but the centre-right Forza Italia’s ambition to introduce a new citizenship reform based on years spent studying in Italy seems to be gaining momentum.Speaking on the margins of the Cernobbio economic forum over the weekend, deputy prime minister and leader of Forza Italia Antonio Tajani stated once again that “a comprehensive debate on the matter is required, but we will not back off”. The issue of…

A Gisborne business owner has been left reeling after an overnight ram-raid caused an estimated $30,000 to $40,000 in damage and stolen products.Krual Shah has owned Makaraka Veges store for two years but said he has never started a day quite like today.At about 4am, Shah was woken to an alarm after about “six to seven” people entered his shop after a car smashed through the entrance.He said an estimated $30,000 to $40,000 was lost in the incident, mainly from damage to the building. Stolen products mostly consisted of tobacco, chocolate and vapes.In CCTV footage supplied to 1News, a car…

The Commission chief will no longer meet Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to discuss the formation of her new team on Wednesday as expected, parliamentary sources told Euronews. ADVERTISEMENTUrsula von der Leyen has delayed the presentation of her new team of Commissioners and the policy areas they will helm until next week, three parliamentary sources confirmed on Tuesday.The Commission chief was expected to meet the chairs of the European Parliament’s political factions on Wednesday to discuss progress in putting together her 26-strong team of European Commissioners, tasked with steering the work of the EU’s powerful executive for the next…

Google has lost its final legal challenge against a European Union penalty for giving its own shopping recommendations an illegal advantage over rivals in search results, ending a long-running antitrust case that came with a whopping fine.The European Union’s Court of Justice upheld a lower court’s decision, dismissing the company’s appeal against the 2.4 billion euro ($A4 billion) penalty from the European Commission, the 27-nation bloc’s top antitrust enforcer.”By today’s judgment, the Court of Justice dismisses the appeal and thus upholds the judgment of the General Court,” the court said in a statement on Tuesday.The commission’s original decision in 2017…

Over 230 workers will lose their jobs as Winstone Pulp International (WPI), the Ruapehu District’s largest employer, confirms it will shutter two mills in the central North Island.Staff were told of the decision this afternoon, with production already on hiatus.The company, which runs Tangiwai Sawmill and Karioi Pulpmill, proposed to indefinitely close its local operations at a meeting with staff last month. WPI’s decision was originally meant to be announced on Monday but was delayed by around 24 hours. Chief executive Mike Ryan said it considered staff feedback, but that it wasn’t enough to “offset the dual impacts of internationally…