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ADVERTISEMENTDonald Trump’s expansionist threat over Greenland is not “over and done” yet, even if the prospect of a military intervention remains improbable, says Lars Løkke Rasmussen, Denmark’s foreign affairs minister, as he reaffirms his offer to deepen cooperation with Washington to strengthen security in the highly strategic island.His warning comes as Denmark assumes a greater role in the bloc’s politics as the presidency of the EU Council.”We do not consider a military annexation as anything which likely could happen. Not at all. Having said that, it’s not that we consider this case solved,” Rasmussen said last week during a briefing…
A second Samoan national involved in a long-running migrant exploitation case has been sentenced in the Auckland District Court.The accused aided an “unethical and illegal” employment scheme paying migrants below minimum wage, while working long hours and denied basic employment rights.The individual, who was an associate of a previously sentenced Samoan national, was sentenced to six-months home detention for their role in aiding and abetting people to breach the conditions of their visas.The Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment said the sentencing was the result of a wider investigation of vulnerable migrant workers between 2016 and 2021.The primary offender was…
ADVERTISEMENTPeople trying to rent a bright green electric scooter or bike via the Lime or Uber apps, received the following message on Friday: “Lime is no longer operating in Brussels. The Brussels authorities have forced Lime to suspend service in the city.”The largest shared mobility operator, a subsidiary of Uber, was forced to withdraw 6,000 of its battery-powered scooters and bikes from the Belgian capital after the city’s government selected just three out of the previous seven such providers to officially operate in Brussels in 2023.It comes as part of an attempt by Brussels to downsize micromobility units in the…
Former television news presenter Oriini Kaipara has launched a bid to enter Parliament, seeking selection as Te Pāti Māori’s candidate for the Tāmaki Makaurau seat by-election.The seat has been vacant following the death of MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp last month. Kaipara, who was most recently a presenter for Newshub, shared the announcement on social media. The announcement does not mean Kaipara is the candidate for the party. “Kua eke te wā. It’s time,” she wrote in an Instagram post.Te Pāti Māori has launched a process to select its candidate to run in the Māori electorate with expressions of interest closing…
By Oman Al Yahyai with AP Published on 07/07/2025 – 14:20 GMT+2•Updated 14:45ADVERTISEMENTLondon paused in remembrance on Monday to mark the 20th anniversary of the 7 July 2005 terror attacks, in which four suicide bombers killed 52 people and injured over 770 others during the morning rush hour in London.The coordinated attacks — three on London Underground trains and one on a double-decker bus — remain the deadliest on British soil since the 1988 bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 near Lockerbie and the UK’s first instance of an Islamist extremist suicide attack.Across the capital, moments of silence were observed, wreaths were laid…
A vehicle has been found in the Whanganui River in the ongoing search for a man missing for more than a week.Kahukura Dilpreet Wati Woods Gill, known as Kahu, was last seen in the Matahiwi area on Friday, June 27.A vehicle matching the description of Gill’s car — a white 2002 Mazda Atenza saloon, registration EQR994 — has been found in the Whanganui River, police confirmed today.The car had last been seen in the Whanganui/Rangitikei areas between Friday, June 27 and Tuesday, July 1.Gill has not yet been found, police said, and sightings were being sought of the missing man…
By Alessio Dell’Anna & Mert Can Yilmaz Published on 07/07/2025 – 14:35 GMT+2ADVERTISEMENTCoal production and consumption in the EU have fallen to historic lows.Production levels in 2024 dipped to 242 million tonnes, according to Eurostat figures. This marks a 12% dive compared to 2023, and a continuation of the downward trajectory seen in 2023.Consumption too fell to a record low last year to just over 306 million tonnes, a historical decline reflected in the fading role of fuel in electricity generation, now down to 12% in the EU.While most member states phased out all coal production, Bulgaria, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Romania and Slovenia continue…
Police investigating how a three-month-old baby in the Hutt Valley came to be seriously injured have revealed she sustained nine fractures — including to her ribcage, ankle and upper arm.On June 14, police were notified that a three-month-old baby had been taken to hospital by her family.Detective Senior Sergeant Steve Wescott today revealed the baby girl had sustained nine fractures, including throughout her ribcage and a fracture to her ankle and upper arm.”Some of these injuries occurred at different times, and police are working tirelessly to find the truth about how the injuries were sustained.”We do not believe that these…
The Government is looking at whether banks in New Zealand are taxed appropriately.Finance Minister Nicola Willis said she is continuing to receive advice from IRD on how income tax laws applied to the major banks in New Zealand, particularly compared with Australia.Willis asked for the advice last year, but said no announcements would be made until Budget next year.The key issues were around how the “parent banks” and branch banks in New Zealand interacted for tax purposes.She said there was some “very arcane and complex tax law” in that area where the OECD had guidance, but New Zealand operated slightly…
ADVERTISEMENTPoland has reinstated border controls with neighbouring Germany and Lithuania in response to similar measures imposed by Berlin.The changes, which Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk announced last week, came into effect on Monday. “We remain advocates for freedom of movement in Europe, but the condition is the shared will of all neighbours, symmetrical and united action, to minimise the uncontrolled flow of migrants across our borders,” Tusk said. In a social media post from his ministry, Poland’s Interior Minister Tomasz Siemoniak explained that the controls were aimed at “those involved in the illegal smuggling of migrants across the border”. “Ordinary…