#Creepy brothers at center of twisty thriller ‘The Bad Seed’

#Creepy brothers at center of twisty thriller ‘The Bad Seed’

“#Creepy brothers at center of twisty thriller ‘The Bad Seed’” “The Bad Seed” does family dysfunction like nobody’s business. This five-episode New Zealand crime thriller, based on Charlotte Grimshaw’s novels “The Night Book” and “Soon,” arrives Thursday (April 29) on Sundance Now. It’s a binge-worthy murder mystery packed with twists and turns that will keep…

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#New Zealand marks second anniversary of Mosque shootings

#New Zealand marks second anniversary of Mosque shootings

“#New Zealand marks second anniversary of Mosque shootings” WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealand on Saturday marked the second anniversary of one of its most traumatic days, when 51 worshippers were killed at two Christchurch mosques by a white supremacist gunman. Several hundred people gathered at the Christchurch Arena for the remembrance service, which was…

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# New Zealand firm launches stablecoin backed by NZD

# New Zealand firm launches stablecoin backed by NZD

“# New Zealand firm launches stablecoin backed by NZD ” Auckland-based financial service provider Techemynt announced the launch of a stablecoin reportedly backed by the New Zealand dollar. In a statement from Techemynt today, the firm announced it had launched a cryptocurrency backed 1:1 by the New Zealand dollar and deployed on the Ethereum blockchain…

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#COVID-19 cases rising across Asia and Europe

#COVID-19 cases rising across Asia and Europe

“#COVID-19 cases rising across Asia and Europe” Disturbing numbers show coronavirus cases increasing across Asia and Europe as the winter wave takes hold just as vaccines are rolling out. South Korea reported 950 new cases Saturday, marking the country’s biggest one-day increase since the start of the pandemic. Concerns about hospitals becoming overwhelmed in the…

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#New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern set to declare climate emergency

#New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern set to declare climate emergency

“#New Zealand PM Jacinda Ardern set to declare climate emergency” WELLINGTON – New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern’s government is to declare a climate emergency in a symbolic step to increase pressure for action to combat global warming. The government will put forward a motion to declare the emergency next Wednesday, the government said as…

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#New Zealand votes to legalize euthanasia but not marijuana

#New Zealand votes to legalize euthanasia but not marijuana

“#New Zealand votes to legalize euthanasia but not marijuana” WELLINGTON, New Zealand — New Zealanders voted to legalize euthanasia in a binding referendum, but preliminary results released Friday showed they likely would not legalize recreational marijuana use. With about 83% of votes counted, New Zealanders emphatically endorsed the euthanasia measure with 65% voting in favor…

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#India joins the idiotic global alliance calling for encyption backdoors

#India joins the idiotic global alliance calling for encyption backdoors

“#India joins the idiotic global alliance calling for encyption backdoors” Late last week, India signed a letter with Japan and Five Eyes Alliance (USA, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and Canada) asking tech companies to build backdoors in their end-to-end encrypted systems to enable law enforcement and other authorities to snoop on communications. The letter says companies should provide…

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