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Peter Mitchell's world map through Melbourne. Photo: Supplied/ Peter Mitchell A Kiwi runner has been creating art with digital GPS maps and creative running routes - his designs have caught on, with others joining in to trace his designs across Melbourne. Peter Mitchell uses GPS to map the outlines of designs onto a digital map of Melbourne. He then traces the perimeter of the lines with his running path which the app tracks as he goes - think of his footprints as a paintbrush, drawing digital lines as he runs. The outline of the routes are then saved to the app he uses to record runs - and others can see them, and also do the same run too. His latest creation, to mark his 50th birthday - a giant world map. "It took me the best part of a couple of nights ... the previous ones were noth...

A man walks with a flag as a ship passes by behind him on Pingtan island, the closest point to Taiwan, in China’s southeast Fujian province on 8 April, 2023. Photo: Greg Baker / AFP Taiwan says it has dispatched "appropriate forces" in response to China's announcement that it had launched military drills around the island, which Beijing claims as part of its territory. In a statement, Taiwan's defence ministry condemned the "irrational and provocative behaviour" and said it had "dispatched appropriate forces to respond accordingly to protect freedom and democracy, and defend the sovereignty" of Taiwan. "In the face of enemy threats, all officers and soldiers of the country are in full readiness," the ministry said in a statement. "We are determined and confident to ensure national defen...

By Jackie Wattles and Ashley Strickland, CNN Photo: Twitter/SpaceX SpaceX has successfully launched the latest test flight of Starship on Sunday morning (Monday NZ time), the most powerful rocket system ever constructed, which could one day be used to carry humans to the moon and Mars. Liftoff of the Super Heavy rocket booster, topped with the uncrewed Starship spacecraft, occurred at 8.25am ET during a 30-minute launch window that opened at 8am ET from SpaceX's Starbase facility in Boca Chica, Texas. For the first time, this demonstration mission included an ambitious attempt to manoeuvre the 232-foot-tall (71-metre) rocket booster to a gargantuan landing structure after it burned through most of its fuel and broke away from the upper Starship spacecraft. The Super Heavy was succes...