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The best new Greek hotels to visit for autumn sun
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The best new Greek hotels to visit for autumn sun

Regardless, this is a hotel you don’t want to miss. It is also an island you don’t want to miss. First inhabited in 3000BC and later settled by Phoenicians and Cretans, it is popular with the moneyed Athenians due to its proximity to the capital, but its mountainous terrain, mixed with fertile valleys remains largely unspoilt. Known for its wine, honey and almonds, its particular dry-stone walls with regularly spaced vertical standing stones, which cover the landscape differentiate it from the other islands. Its capital is charming, red terracotta-tiled roofs and colourful facades switch up the white-washed Greek norm. Source link
‘Millions and millions’: Donald Trump’s word explosion on the debate stage
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‘Millions and millions’: Donald Trump’s word explosion on the debate stage

Photo: Composite image: Kamala Harris AFP/Roberto Schmidt. Donald Trump AFP/Mark Peterson. Immediately after the US presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump on Wednesday, the Republican candidate and his supporters complained he'd been unfairly treated by the moderators. "You have two moderators there who acted as agents of the Harris campaign," said David Bossie, a longtime Trump adviser and Republican National Committee member. Trump's chief complaint was that the ABC's David Muir and Linsey Davis fact-checked him on various claims but failed to do the same with Harris. If he had a grounds for complaint on that, he could not reasonably gripe about the moderators giving him space to speak. An RNZ analysis found he took more turns and spoke many more words than Democrat...
ACC levy rises: ‘You cannot continue to keep deferring revenue’ – AA
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ACC levy rises: ‘You cannot continue to keep deferring revenue’ – AA

ACC is looking to increase its levies by more than 7 percent for motorists. File photo. Photo: The Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC) levies should have been increased in the last review three years ago, says the Automobile Association (AA). ACC is consulting on its proposal to increase its levies by more than 7 percent for motorists, and more than 4 percent for employers and earners. It says the number of injuries has been rising, along with the cost of treating them, and higher levies are needed to pay for that. AA principal policy advisor Terry Collins said ACC needed to be financially sustainable to continue to support people involved in motor vehicle crashes. "The government of the day decided not to increase the levies because of the economic conditions of the time. You cann...
Haitian immigrants fueled Springfield’s growth – and now a US presidential debate
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Haitian immigrants fueled Springfield’s growth – and now a US presidential debate

By Howard Schneider, Reuters Donald Trump aired falsehoods including the baseless claim that immigrants are eating pets in his debate with his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris. Photo: Win McNamee / Getty Images via AFP Rose Joseph and Banal Oreus followed different paths from Haiti to this struggling Midwestern industrial city that suddenly finds itself at the centre of the US presidential race. Joseph arrived in 2022 after landing in Florida two years earlier to escape violence in Haiti, journeying north on word of good job prospects. Oreus, after stops in Brazil, Portugal and Mexico over an eight-year stretch, was drawn to Springfield in 2023 by family and friends who had already found their way here. "The first motivation was job and work opportunities," Joseph, n...
Corelogic data shows the New Zealand suburbs where property prices are still rising
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Corelogic data shows the New Zealand suburbs where property prices are still rising

Photo: RNZ House prices have softened in most suburbs around the country in the past quarter - with some notable exceptions. Corelogic's latest Mapping the Market data showed 50 percent of the suburbs it tracked had "meaningful" value increases over the past year. Out of 951 suburbs, 480 had at least a 1 percent increase in their median value compared to September 2023. But since June, 674 - or 71 percent - saw their values drop, and 175 by at least 2 percent. Among those that did not drop in the most recent month or three months were Kew, Invercargill, with a median price of $371,450. Its price was up 6.9 percent over three months and 1.8 percent over one month. Otautau had the next biggest increase, up 6.3 percent over three months. Clifton, Invercargill was third, up 5.1 percent. Doub...
Chronic cough and throat clearing post-Covid? It may signal heart attack, stroke
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Chronic cough and throat clearing post-Covid? It may signal heart attack, stroke

People suffering from common laryngopharyngeal dysfunction like chronic cough, hoarseness, recurrent throat clearing, especially after Covid, may be at significant risk of developing a heart attack or stroke, warns a study on Wednesday.  Researchers from the University of Southampton observed a reduction in baroreflex sensitivity -- a measure of how much a person`s heart rate changes in response to changes in blood pressure -- in patients with throat symptoms. The team noted that the findings could be explained by the Vagas nerve -- which controls the autonomic nervous system -- prioritising protection of the airways over less urgent functions, such as blood pressure regulation. “Our immediate survival depends on the throat being able to separate air and food passages each time we swall...
Kamala Harris, Donald Trump sharpen attacks ahead of first US debate
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Kamala Harris, Donald Trump sharpen attacks ahead of first US debate

By Joseph Ax, Reuters Republican Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris prepared to debate for the first time. Photo: AFP Former Republican president Donald Trump and current Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris will take part in the only scheduled debate of the US election at 1pm. Everything you need to know about watching the debate from New Zealand. The US election will be held on 5 November. Republican Donald Trump and Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris prepared to meet for the first time in their only scheduled debate of the US presidential campaign, a key moment in a close-fought contest. The nationally televised debate beginning at 9pm local time (Wednesday 1pm NZT) takes place just eight weeks before the 5 November election, and days before early v...
Alleged killer of Ugandan Olympian dies from burns, hospital says
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Alleged killer of Ugandan Olympian dies from burns, hospital says

By Ammu Kannampilly, Reuters Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei. Photo: FERENC ISZA / AFP The man accused of dousing in petrol and setting alight Olympic runner Rebecca Cheptegei has died from burns sustained during the fatal attack on the Ugandan athlete, a hospital official said on Tuesday. Cheptegei, 33, who competed in the marathon at the Paris Olympics, suffered burns to more than 75 percent of her body in the 1 September attack and died four days later. Her former boyfriend, Dickson Ndiema Marangach, died at 1830 (1530 GMT) on Monday, said Philip Kirwa, chief executive officer of the Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital in Eldoret in western Kenya where Marangach was being treated and where Cheptegei also died. "He developed respiratory failure as a result of the severe airway burn...
Four hopefuls left in race to lead UK Conservatives
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Four hopefuls left in race to lead UK Conservatives

Former minister Robert Jenrick is considered the frontrunner to lead the party. Photo: HENRY NICHOLLS / AFP Four hopefuls were left in the race to become leader of the Conservatives on Tuesday after centrist former work and pensions minister Mel Stride was knocked out of a race set to shape the future direction of Britain's once dominant party. The contest to replace former prime minister Rishi Sunak as leader will run until 2 November, after Conservative members cast the final ballots for a new head charged with turning around the fortunes of a party that suffered the worst result in its history in a July election defeat at the hands of Labour. Tuesday's second round of voting again handed pole position to Robert Jenrick, a right-winger who quit as immigration minister as he believed t...
Details released for King Charles’ visit to Australia and Samoa
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Details released for King Charles’ visit to Australia and Samoa

King Charles and Queen Camilla will travel to Australia and Samoa in October. Photo: AFP / JANE BARLOW By Matthew Doran and Maani Truu, ABC political reporters King Charles and Queen Camilla will make their first visit to Australia and Samoa since taking the throne. The royal pair will not be visiting New Zealand. They will visit Canberra and Sydney from 18-23 October. Buckingham Palace has released new details of King Charles and Queen Camilla's first visit to Australia since taking the throne. The visit, scheduled for next month, will be a slimmed-down, five-day affair, taking into account the king's ongoing health concerns. It will be the first time in more than a decade that a reigning monarch has touched down on Australian shores, after Queen Elizabeth II's last tour in 2011. The...