New Zealand
New Zealand Designates Proud Boys a Terrorist Group
New Zealand has declared the Proud Boys, the far-right American group that played a key role in the deadly storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, to be a terrorist organization, making it illegal for New Zealanders to participate in or support its activities. There was no evidence that the group was operating […]
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NASA to Launch Capstone, a 55-Pound CubeSat to the Moon
June 26, 2022: On Sunday, NASA announced a delay of at least one day for the launch of CAPSTONE to allow more time to perform final systems checks. The article has been updated. In the coming years, NASA will be busy at the moon. A giant rocket will loft a capsule with no astronauts aboard […]
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New Zealand’s Biodiversity Crisis Prompts Extreme Measures
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — The volunteer clambered down the cliffs, progressing along a series of knots on a thin rope as he made his perilous way about 100 feet down a steep rock face to the small box that he needed to refill with poison. It is one of thousands of such boxes, many in […]
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Is This the World’s Largest Potato?
In August last year, while weeding a patch of garden behind their home in New Zealand, Colin and Donna Craig-Brown struck gold, or what seemed like the world’s largest potato. “I had a big hoe in my hand, and it went, ‘clonk,’” said Mr. Craig-Brown, speaking by phone on Thursday from his farm near Hamilton, […]
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New Zealand Police Move to End Protest, and Violence Erupts
For more than three weeks, hundreds of protesters have disabled the center of New Zealand’s capital city, occupying the area in front of Parliament and issuing increasingly violent threats to politicians and other public figures in an ostensible battle against the country’s vaccine mandates. On Wednesday, the 23rd day of the protest, the police began […]
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Ash From Tonga Volcanic Eruption Still Poses a Threat
Many people in Tonga evaded the powerful waves set off by an undersea volcanic eruption, in some cases by sprinting inland or clambering up trees. But another problem settled over the island nation in a monochromatic blanket: an ash cloud unleashed by the blast. The challenges are both immediate and long-term. First, in the four […]
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Tonga’s Volcano Aftereffects Could Include Covid
SYDNEY, Australia — A local cleanup operation has begun in Tonga after an epic volcanic eruption set off a tsunami that struck the island nation, as some of the first aerial photos to emerge showed the normally green and verdant isles blanketed with gray dust and ash. But international efforts to deliver aid were being […]
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Tonga Shrouded by Ash and Mystery After Powerful Volcano Erupts
The authorities closed several beaches in Peru on Sunday and warned about abnormal wave activity. The deaths in Peru were reminiscent of the aftermath of the powerful tsunami set off by an undersea earthquake off Indonesia in December 2004 which killed more than 250,000 people. A dozen of the dead then were hit by waves […]
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Underwater Volcano Erupts, Setting Off Tsunami Warnings Across Pacific
An underwater volcano erupted on Saturday near the remote Pacific nation of Tonga, triggering tsunami warnings across the Pacific and for the West Coast of the United States, and causing strong waves and currents in many coastal areas. The volcano’s eruption was dramatic, sending plumes of gas and ash thousands of feet into the atmosphere, […]
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