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The latest arrivals in 2025 add to growing concerns about the uptick in irregular migration to the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago close to the African coast that has increasingly been used as a stepping stone to continental Europe. ADVERTISEMENTAround 183 migrants aboard three different vessels reached the coast of the Canary Islands on Saturday, among them 24 women and at least seven minors, all sub-Saharan, local officials say. Spanish authorities said about 110 of the migrants were on two boats that were intercepted on their way to the port of Naos in Lanzarote. Their arrival followed that of a…

Indie filmmaker Jeff Baena, who was married to his frequent creative collaborator Aubrey Plaza, has died. He was 47.Baena was found dead Saturday around at a Los Angeles home, according to medical examiner’s records. The circumstances were unclear Sunday. The records indicated that the medical examiner’s office was investigating and did not include any information on where specifically his body was discovered or the cause of death.The medical examiner’s office said in an email to The Associated Press on Sunday that Baena was pronounced dead at 10.39am (local time) at a residence in the 2100 block of Fern Dell Place…

It is by no means a “bummer summer” despite the cool temperatures and wet weather seen by much of the country since Christmas, a forecaster says.Warmer temperatures and drier weather were set to return in the second half January, National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) meteorologist Chris Brandolino said.This year’s La Nina and El Nino weather patterns had not behaved as expected, with south and southwest air flows bringing temperatures down abruptly in the last two weeks, he said.But earlier, most of December had been “exceptionally warm”, with everywhere – bar two locations on Rakiura Stewart Island -…

Lotto’s Powerball jackpot has rolled over to $6 million after no tickets won the prize this evening.The winning numbers were: 02, 16, 20, 28, 31, 36, Bonus Ball 11, and Powerball 06.However, one ticket has won $1 million with Lotto First Division.The winning ticket was sold on MyLotto to a player from Auckland.Strike Four has also rolled over tonight and will be $500,000 on Wednesday night.

Disability advocates are calling for businesses to take a closer look at how they can employ Kiwis who live with disabilities to help fill holes in critical industries. By 2028, it’s predicted the country’s engineering workforce will need 16,930 more workers, and manufacturing will require a further 23,323. Logistics will need 17,897 more workers. Meanwhile, the country’s disabled workforce continues to be underutilised, with 11% unemployed – more than double the unemployment rate for non-disabled Kiwis.One company tapping into the workforce is a scaffolding yard in Hamilton. For two days a week, a group of friends clock in together at…

A comprehensive health plan in Taranaki is aiming to support patients to better manage their health from the comfort of home. 1News reporter Nicole Bremner went along for a ride to see how it works.A health service provider in New Plymouth is easing the load on high needs patients and local hospitals by offering a hands-on, home-based approach for patients to better manage their health.Tui Ora provides a range of Hauora and social services, and staff are seen as key to engaging with Taranaki’s vulnerable Māori and Pasifika populations.”They have that real ground connection, particularly with those who may not…

State television broadcaster RTCG reported that Montenegro is sixth in the world when it comes to the number of illegal weapons per capita. ADVERTISEMENTA top-level meeting in Montenegro has begun to look for ways to curb illegal weapons after a gunman shot and killed 12 people in the second such tragedy in less than three years in the small Balkan country.An emergency session of Montenegro’s National Security Council is expected to call for a new gun law and urgent actions to confiscate what are believed to be abundant illegal weapons in possession of Montenegro’s 620,000 citizens.The Adriatic Sea nation has a…

The Boxing Day sales boomed after a flat first half of December, retailers say. Every retailer who Retail NZ chief executive Carolyn Young had spoken to believed they had done really well in the Boxing Day sales, she said. It seemed that Christmas may have snuck up on consumers, she said. “The conversations I’ve had really have been fairly similar … perhaps being on a Wednesday it was only the last four or five days that things got really busy. Normally you’d expect it to be really frantic two weeks out, and for the whole month for December, you’d be busy. “Obviously…

A group of swimmers say they disrupted suspected illegal fishing inside the protected Goat Island Marine Reserve north of Auckland, prompting the Department of Conservation to call for the public’s help.The group from Leigh Swimming were in the water at the Reserve last Sunday.”We came around the corner and at the back of Goat Island saw fishermen with lines in the water fishing in our precious marine reserve,” said swimmer Kaye Mueller.A smaller group of swimmers swam up to the boat and called out those on board.”I think they were quite surprised to see swimmers around the back of the…

Trump, who takes office on 20 January, hasn’t publicly fleshed out his policy on Ukraine, but his previous comments have put a question mark over whether the United States will continue to be Ukraine’s biggest military backer. ADVERTISEMENTUS President-elect Donald Trump is “strong and unpredictable” and those qualities can be a decisive factor in his policy approach to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.However, Zelenskyy said it won’t be possible to end the almost three years of war in one day, as Trump claimed during his election campaign that he could do.”The ‘hot’ stage of the war…