Tag: New Zealand
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Facebook bans white nationalism after New Zealand shooting
Facebook has announced a ban on praise, support and representation of white nationalism and white separatism on Facebook and Instagram. TheNewsGuru (TNG) reports the social media giants on Wednesday said the ban will start enforcing next week. This is coming after a gunman killed 50 people and left dozens injured in mass shootings at two…
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New Zealand begins funerals for mosque shooting victims
The bodies of victims from New Zealand’s mosques mass shooting were carried in open caskets on the shoulders of mourners into a large tent at Christchurch’s Memorial Park Cemetery on Wednesday. The bodies, wrapped in white cloth, were laid to face Mecca, and, after jenazah (funeral) prayers, were carried towards their freshly dug graves. “Seeing…
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Sports cancelled as traumatised New Zealand mourns shooting victims
A raft of top-class sports events were cancelled in New Zealand on Saturday as a traumatised nation started burying the dead from the worst peacetime mass killing in its history. A lone gunman killed 49 people and wounded more than 20 at two Christchurch mosques on Friday in a shooting which Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern…
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FG condemns terrorist attacks in New Zealand
The Federal Government of Nigeria has condemned the terrorist attack on two places of worship in the city of Christchurch in New Zealand. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, said this in a statement by the Ministry’s Spokesperson, George Edokpa, on Friday in Abuja. Mr Onyeama condemned the attacks which took place during Jumaat…
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Happy New Year: Sydney rings in 2019 with spectacular display of fireworks
Sydney in Australia is the world’s first major city to ring in New Year 2019 marked with spectacular display of fireworks at Sydney Harbour Bridge. Thunderstorms lashed Sydney and drenched New Year’s Eve crowds earlier on in the day, but the weather cleared for spectacular fireworks to light up the Harbour, according to local media…
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Self-piloted air taxi takes to sky in New Zealand
A California-based company unveiled an autonomous air taxi on Tuesday in Christchurch, with an eye on revolutionising personal air travel within the next decade. The company Kitty Hawk, which operates as Zephyr Airworks in New Zealand, showed off the self-piloted electric aircraft, which looks like a cross between an aeroplane and a drone. “This aircraft…
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New Zealand Prime Minister, Jacinda Ardern pregnant with first child
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said on Friday that she was pregnant with her first child, prompting an outpouring of support from women rights groups and labour activists. She declared “I’ll be a prime minister and a mum”. Ardern said she planned to work until the end of her pregnancy in June and then…