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Heavy rain forecast for parts of Northland and Auckland
4+ hour, 6+ min ago (527+ words) Dark clouds above Orewa Beach, Auckland. (Source: 1News) MetService has forecast heavy rain for parts of Northland, Auckland and Great Barrier Island today. A heavy rain watch is in place for the areas for 15 hours from 10am today to 1am Thursday, which include…...
Huge pygmy blue whale washes up dead on West Coast beach
4+ hour, 57+ min ago (704+ words) A huge pygmy blue whale, measuring over 20 metres, washed up dead on a West Coast beach yesterday. According to Project Jonah New Zealand, the marine mammal was found beachcast at Carters Beach near Westport. It said the whale measured 21.7 metres…...
Heavy rain watch issued as wet weather approaches upper North Island
19+ hour, 15+ min ago (736+ words) MetService said a front was expected to move south over the upper North Island tomorrow, bringing periods of heavy rain to northern and eastern areas. (Source: istock.com) A heavy rain watch has been issued for parts of the upper…...
Magnitude 7.4 quake hits western Colombia, killing at least 111
20+ hour, 20+ min ago (976+ words) Residents search through the rubble after an earthquake struck Pereira, Colombia. (Source: Associated Press) A powerful 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck western Colombia on Tuesday, killing at least 111 people, damaging hundreds of buildings and leaving many trapped under debris while their loved…...
Flights cancelled as Tropical Storm Dolphin causes flooding in China
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (829+ words) Shanghai airports cancelled hundreds of flights on Tuesday as Tropical Storm Dolphin dumped heavy rain in eastern China, causing flooding in places after making landfall as a typhoon the previous day. Shanghai’s Hongqiao and Pudong airports cancelled more than 900 flights,…...
Māori AI founder warns NZ is moving too slowly on data sovereignty
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (813+ words) Dan Te Whenua Walker. (Source: BNZ Business Breakfast) A former Microsoft leader says New Zealand needs to move faster to make sure Māori have a say in how artificial intelligence is developed and used. Dan Te Whenua Walker is the…...
Why overconfidence so often leads to success in life
1+ day, 9+ hour ago (1325+ words) People are overconfident, on the whole. Most of us believe we are more intelligent, more skilful or better drivers than the average person. But we can’t all be right. By Chris Dawson and Devid de Meza for The Conversation Such…...
Europe sets new temperature record as heatwaves pummel the region
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (608+ words) The heat waves roiling Western Europe this summer toppled an average temperature record for the June-July period set in 2022, according to the European climate agency Copernicus. The extreme heat began in May and has contributed to major wildfires, prolonged drought…...
Chinese users of AI companions bereft after government tightens regulations
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (1028+ words) Visitors gather at a display booth for Chinese technology firm Tencent at the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS) in Beijing on Sept. 5, 2020 (Source: Associated Press) Li Linlin cried for days after losing her AI boyfriend. She had…...
Conservationists want to bring this spider back from remote NZ islands
1+ day, 22+ hour ago (682+ words) A giant native spider confined to two remote islands for more than a century could one day return to parts of the Chatham Islands, as conservationists work to restore the habitat it needs to survive. The Rangatira spider was one…...