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By Euronews with AP Published on 27/07/2025 – 21:48 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT A regional passenger train derailed in southern Germany, killing at least three people and seriously injuring others on Sunday, authorities said. Federal and local police said the cause of the crash near Riedlingen, 158 kilometers west of Munich, remains under investigation. Photos from the scene showed parts of the train on its side as rescuers climbed atop the carriages. It was not immediately clear how many people were injured. Roughly 100 people were onboard the train when at least two carriages derailed in a forested area around 18:10 CEST. Deutsche Bahn, Germany’s…
The mid-year economic slowdown appears to be weighing on the job market with job advertisements falling for a second month. Data from employment website Seek NZ showed job ads fell 3% in June from a month earlier, and 3% lower than a year ago. Applications per job ad – recorded with a one-month lag – were down 2% monthly. It comes as various economic datasets point to the country’s economic recovery stalling in the middle of the year. Seek country manager Rob Clark said job ad levels remained broadly flat for the past year. “While the volume remains below pre-Covid levels, there are…
Three helicopters are being brought in to fight a vegetation fire near the small Canterbury town of Sheffield.Fire and Emergency (FENZ) was called to the blaze at Waimakariri riverbank, near the Gorge Bridge, at 9pm on Saturday.Due to its location and it burning through gorse, it was too dangerous to fight the blaze on Saturday.FENZ could not say how big the fire was, but at 2am on Sunday it was 300 by 50 square metres. A spokesperson said three helicopters and more firefighters would go to the scene at sunrise on Sunday to fight the blaze.rnz.co.nz
By Nina Borowski Published on 27/07/2025 – 20:52 GMT+2 ADVERTISEMENT After three weeks of intense effort, Wout van Art won the final and 21st stage of the Tour de France solo in 3 hours, 7 minutes and 30 seconds. The Belgian was the first to cross the finish line on the Champs-Élysées, ahead of the Yellow Jersey winner Tadej Pogačar of the men’s 2025 edition of the cycling competition. For this final stage of the 132.2-kilometre Tour, the riders started in Mantes-la-Ville and made three passes over the Butte Montmartre, the emblematic site of the 2024 Olympics, for a 1.1-kilometre climb…
The top of the South Island is in the firing line yet again as an active trough moves onto New Zealand, bringing widespread heavy rain and strong winds to both islands.MetService has issued several warnings and watches across the country for late Monday into Tuesday. Orange heavy rain warnings were in place for Taranaki Maunga, Tasman —west and east of Motueka, Nelson, Gloden Bay, Marlborough, and the Westland Ranges. Rainfall totals in these areas could reach up to 180mm, with hourly rates as high as 25mm. MetService said the rain could cause rivers to rise quickly, along with surface flooding,…
A Dunedin business owner says his new cocktail bar will continue the legacy of its former owner. Pequeno co-owner Alex Stoddart said he and fellow co-owner Jaz Stoddart were expecting to launch their new business, Coupe Society, later this week. The Moray Pl cocktail bar would be housed in the former Indigo Room premises, down the alleyway across the road from Rialto Cinema. That bar had been closed since April after its co-owner Charlie Chieng, 36, died when the vehicle he was driving left the road and went down a bank on State Highway 1 near Waitati. The situation was…
A Lower Hutt mother is “traumatised” and struggling to understand why her home was targeted in a late-night shooting while she and her daughter were upstairs.Ashleigh Clarke had only recently moved into the Kāinga Ora property on Cambridge Terrace in Naenae when, around 9.30pm on Saturday, she heard “two loud bangs”.She told 1News it did not even cross her mind that the bangs could be gunshots. “I was looking for a person because it doesn’t happen here, you’re more inclined to hear people breaking in. I just didn’t even think it would be gunshots.”It was not until she went down…
Who would want to buy a set of earrings made out of an old wooden transport pallet? Initially, Abigail Gilfedder was not confident anyone would. But in the end, she decided to roll the dice and give it a go as part of her school’s Young Enterprise Scheme. The Bayfield High School 18-year-old said she wanted to find a way to make classy, but sustainable and affordable earrings. “I have a huge collection — like over 100 pairs of earrings — but a lot of them are from businesses that have very bad business practices that I didn’t realise at…
Self-proclaimed cash advocate and MP Jamie Arbuckle believes his proposed law protecting hard currency transactions is about more than accessibility — it’s also about privacy and preventing “Big Brother” surveillance.The New Zealand First MP’s members’ legislation, the Cash Transactions Protection Bill, would require vendors to accept cash up to the value of $500, with no limits on the amount of cash that must be accepted for essential items like fuel and food. “There’s a real concern across New Zealand that we’re becoming a cashless society, and we’ve got a lot of people who depend on cash,” the MP told Q+A.He…
The Government has opened the door for many building products from overseas to become available in New Zealand, including cladding systems, external doors, plasterboard, and windows.Building and Construction Minister Chris Penk said products had been given “the green light” for use in New Zealand to end what he called “costly monopolies” on select products.”These changes have the potential to reduce total building costs by thousands of dollars when building a home.”Penk said it was “frankly outrageous” how much it cost to build a house in New Zealand.”It is 50% more expensive to build a standalone home in New Zealand than…