Sydney (dpa) – Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Thursday defended greeting Queen Elizabeth II with a handshake rather than a curtsy. Monarchists criticised Australia’s first female prime minister for not bending the knee to […]
Tirana/Belgrade (dpa) – At least three people died and five have gone missing after a cargo ship collided with a ferry and sank off the Albanian Adriatic coast, port authorities in Durres said Thursday. Two […]
Utah cat survives two euthanasia attempts WEST VALLEY, Utah, Oct. 17 (UPI) — A cat that survived two euthanasia attempts in West Valley, Utah, is now in need of a permanent home, animal shelter officials […]
Wellington (dpa) – A woman who headed the first Chinese bid to buy into the New Zealand dairy industry, the country’s biggest export earner, has been charged in Hong Kong with corruption and money laundering, […]
Chinese businessman Jack Chen – wanted on multimillion dollar corruption charges in Hong Kong, cultivated strong links to New Zealand politicians, including Labour leader Phil Goff, Prime Minister John Key, and former Prime Minister Jenny […]
Investigate magazine’s exclusive on the illegality behind the Natural Dairy bid for the Crafar farms last year has been followed this morning by criminal charges being laid against Chinese businessman Jack Chen and his offsider […]
Hanoi (dpa) – A circus elephant killed an 11-year-old girl in northern Vietnam as a group of children teased the animal, a police official said Monday. The incident occurred Sunday when the girl and other […]
Taipei (dpa) – A hospital administrator in Taiwan has accepted responsibility for a mix-up that led to five transplant patients receiving HIV-infected organs, a news report said Thursday. Ko Wen-che, head of transplants at National […]
New Delhi (dpa) – Protests against a nuclear power plant in southern India intensified Thursday with villagers stopping more than 700 scientists from reaching the facility, news reports said. Villagers located near the Kudankulum nuclear […]
Photographs of Labour leader Phil Goff shovelling oil off Tauranga beaches represent nothing more than a staged 30 second photo opportunity, according to an eyewitness who has phoned Newstalk ZB. The call can be heard […]
BLACKBURN, England, Oct. 11 (UPI) — A British couple has been sentenced to five years in prison for swapping out their twin babies during medical visits to hide abuse. Authorities said Mohammed Karolia, 29, and […]
Santiago del Chile (dpa) – A year ago, Chilean miner Jose Ojeda, one of 33 men trapped 700 meters underground, sent the world an optimistic sign of life: “We are well in the refuge – […]
As speculated earlier at InvestigateDaily, it now appears certain that the 47,000 tonne container vessel Rena is in the process of cracking up, and will sink. TVNZ has obtained a video still from a fly […]
There’s a claim today that Justice Minister Simon Power’s rresignation to joint Westpac would be illegal across the Tasman. Power has quit politics to run Westpac’s “private bank” operation in New Zealand. Westpac is […]
UPDATED 11.40pm: The stricken container ship Rena is becoming dangerously unstable on Astrolabe Reef in five metre swells and high winds, but New Zealand naval personnel remain on board the vessel in the treacherous conditions. […]
PEKA PEKA, New Zealand, Sept. 13 (UPI) — Workers at a New Zealand nature preserve where a confused emperor penguin washed ashore in June say they want to erect a sign at the beach to […]
bc-us-kendrick UPI NewsTrack Houston, TX, United States Father to stand trial in son’s death HOUSTON, Oct. 10 (UPI) — A Texas father will face trial this week for the death of his toddler son even […]
There’s confusion over the status of the Rena this morning, after a Mayday call from the ship requested immediate evacuation of all crew. Reports to Newstalk ZB from marine radio listeners suggest the ship is […]
Rio de Janeiro (dpa) – Rio de Janeiro is about to throw a bigparty to celebrate the 80th birthday of its Christ the Redeemerstatue, an icon of the city and of all of Brazil. Wednesday’s […]
Jakarta (dpa) – One person was killed and several injured Monday when police opened fire on striking workers at a metals mine in Indonesia’s Papua province, a union official and the company said. Thousands of […]
Investigate magazine has this afternoon forwarded detailed information to Maritime New Zealand that stricken container ship RENA almost collided with an oil tanker the day before it ran aground on a reef near the New […]
ZARAGOZA, Spain, Oct. 8 (UPI) — A Spanish matador was recovering from 5 hours of surgery after being maimed by a 1,120-pound bull during a fight in Zaragoza, a hospital spokesman said. The bull’s left […]
LONDON, Oct. 8 (UPI) — One of two Tibetan teens who set themselves on fire Friday near a monastery in China to protest Chinese rule has died, activists said. Free Tibet, based in the United […]
First there was the Climategate scandal, and then the UN IPCC errors over disappearing glaciers that weren’t disappearing, now it turns out a well-known lobby group supporting the UN’s call for swift action on climate […]
Florida wildlife authorities said they were on the hunt for a black bear accused of breaking into a home and stealing a birthday cake. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said the bear broke […]
Deerfield Beach beating victim Josie Lou Ratley was being a bully and should apologize to the teenage boy who nearly beat her to death, the boy’s mother and stepfather said to a national TV audience […]
The giant container ship that’s run aground on a reef near Tauranga was allegedly involved in a near miss with an oil tanker the day before it struck rocks. Investigate magazine has tonight been advised […]
Three women involved in an illegal baby-selling scheme issued illegal fertility drugs and defrauded California of healthcare benefits, federal prosecutors said. Fertility lawyer Theresa M. Erickson, Carla Chambers and Hilary Neiman pleaded guilty to conspiracy […]
Wellington (dpa) – New Zealand officials were desperately preparing Friday for a massive environmental disaster amid fears that a stricken container ship stuck fast on an east coast reef could break up as it continued […]
Apple co-founder and Silicon Valley pioneer Steve Jobs dies at 56 By Bruce Newman San Jose Mercury News (MCT) Steve Jobs, who sparked a revolution in the technology industry and then presided over it as […]
Wellington (dpa) – A joint New Zealand-US operation will ship emergency water to the 1,500 people of Tokelau, an isolated New Zealand territory in the Pacific, officials said Wednesday. The chain of coral atolls about […]
Wellington (dpa) – A New Zealand duck survived being hit by a car going at nearly 100 kilometres an hour and then being stuck in the vehicle’s grille for 24 hours, news reports said on […]
Athens (dpa) – Greece’s largest unions launched a 24-hour strike on Wednesday, crippling transport and public services to protest the government’s austerity measures. In the first nationwide strike since the summer, government offices and public […]
“The media storm over the alleged treatment of a few Australian spectators at Rugby World Cup matches is not backed up at all by a scientific survey of New Zealanders attitudes toward Australians” says Stephen […]
The roll out of ultra fast broadband-enabling fibre to schools is progressing well and will see nearly 100,000 students at 221 schools around the country connected by July of next year, says Education Minister Anne […]
London, 4 October – The Global Warming Policy Foundation has welcomed the promise by Chancellor George Osborne that the government will no longer be bound by unilateral targets that cut CO2 emissions in Britain faster […]
EYES RIGHT, INVESTIGATE HIS BY RICHARD PROSSER Another year has passed, as they do, faster and faster it seems, the older I get. Another year older and deeper in debt, the song says; not so […]
Tokyo (dpa) – Hormonal and other irregularities were detected in the thyroid glands of 10 out of 130 children evacuated from areas near the damaged nuclear power plant in north-eastern Japan, news reports said Tuesday. […]
Manila (dpa) – The largest recorded saltwater crocodile in the Philippines has eaten its first meal in captivity, nearly one month after he was captured, a local official said Tuesday. The 6.4-metre reptile ate seven […]
Analysis and Commentary from UN Watch in Geneva Oct. 3, 2011 Issue 315 In September 2010 the United Nations Human Rights Council lashed out at UN Watch for exposing the failure of its flotilla inquiry […]
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