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First Responders – Driver rescued from floodwaters
Source: Fire and Emergency New Zealand Fire and Emergency New Zealand’s Specialist Water Rescue Teams have rescued a person from a vehicle trapped in floodwaters near Mt Lyford this morning,...
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Health Sector – GenPro says patient fees still likely to rise despite Government funding package
Source: General Practice Owners Association (GenPro) The General Practice Owners Association (GenPro) is warning that some general practices are still likely to increase patient fees this year, despite Government claims...
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New plan to boost resilience and prosperity of livestock farming
Livestock farming employs around seven million people across the EU, often in areas with few other economic opportunities. It generates €400 billion in annual turnover. But it is a sector...
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First baby born by C-section at new Save the Children hospital in world’s largest refugee camp
Source: Save the Children The first baby born by caesarean section (C-section) was safely delivered at a new Save the Children hospital in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, at a time when...
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The hidden biodiversity battle to save Europe’s forests
In the village of Suonenjoki, the Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) stands surrounded by a forest of pine trees. The local soils are not fertile and pine is pretty much...
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Health and Taxes – Cutting tobacco excise tax wrongfooted, say researchers
Source: Health Coalition Aotearoa Tinkering with excise tax is foolhardy and would jeopardise public health, say leading tobacco researchers, concerned at Associate Health Minister Casey Costello’s move to review the...
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Fighting fire with innovation: a pan-European push to tackle extreme wildfires
Asier Larrañaga Ochoa de Eguileor, a wildfire analyst at the Catalan Fire and Rescue Service, experienced the Solsonès wildfire in Spain in 1998 and still remembers it as a revelation....
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China Tests Missile in South Pacific – Peace Action Wellington says No missile launches wanted in the Pacific
Source: Peace Action Wellington The Chinese government test launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) from a submarine that landed in the South Pacific Ocean Nuclear-Free Zone. "Peace Action Wellington universally...
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New EU plan to address the risks and opportunities of advanced AI for cybersecurity
The European Commission has presented a plan to address the risks and harness the opportunities of advanced artificial intelligence (AI) in cybersecurity. While the AI can improve security, it can...
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ChildFund NZ – Fatal floods hit Rohingya refugee camps just weeks after fires
Source: ChildFund New Zealand Disaster has become a cycle that children living in the world’s largest refugee camps cannot escape," says ChildFund CEO Josie Pagani. Just weeks after a devastating...