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None of those on board survived
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A military helicopter crashed in Cuba killing five people. The crash occurred against a hill , says the Ministry of the Armed Forces, between the province of Holguin and Guantanamo, in the eastern part of the island. A special commission is investigating the incident. The last similar serious episode in Cuba occurred in May 2018: shortly after taking off from Havana airport, an aircraft crashed to the ground, killing 112 people. Only one woman had survived. The investigation had made it clear that at the basis of what happened there were errors in the calculations of the weight and balance of the device. Eight Cuban soldiers were killed in April 2017 by the crash of a Russian-made plane in the mountainous region of Artemisa.
Bay of Plenty e-bike demand soars - along with injuries
28 Jan, 2021 11:00 PM
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Dan Wallace from e-bike shop Electrify NZ Tauranga in Mount Maunganui says demand is through the roof . Photo / File
Dan Wallace from e-bike shop Electrify NZ Tauranga in Mount Maunganui says demand is through the roof . Photo / File
The number of people riding e-bikes in Tauranga, and losing control of them, has soared in the past five years. ACC data obtained by the Bay of Plenty Times shows the number of people injured in e-bike incidents has ballooned since 2016 when there were fewer than four e-bike related claims in Tauranga.
Creating great kids with HIPPY Taupō
27 Jan, 2021 12:00 PM
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HIPPY participant Memory Thompson, 3, with a fish she made using fine motor skills, art skills and maths skills. Photo / Supplied
Laurilee McMichael is editor of the Taupo & Turangi Weekenderlaurilee.mcmichael@nzme.co.nzTaupoWeekender
Just 15 minutes a day, five times a week, is all it takes to make a significant difference to improve your 3-year-old preschooler s future, regardless of his or her background and circumstances.
That s the message HIPPY Taupō is spreading to encourage more parents to take up their free, in-home educational programme for 3- and 4-year-olds.
HIPPY (Home Interaction Programme for Parents & Youngsters) was originally developed in Israel but has spread around the world. Here, it has been adapted for the New Zealand Te Whāriki early childhood curriculum and incorporates a mixture of English and te reo Māori.
Opinion: Saint Prince Harry can t blow this chance to show his worth
27 Jan, 2021 01:13 AM
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In a recent interview, Harry said there s a need to remodel the digital world before it s too late . Photo / Getty Images
In a recent interview, Harry said there s a need to remodel the digital world before it s too late . Photo / Getty Images
Daily Telegraph UK
By: Celia Walden
I ve developed a fixation with Prince Harry s brow. Over the past five years, it has gone from boyish and unfurrowed to Yoda-like: scored with the wisdom lines of someone thrice his age and weighed down by an almost unbearable number of responsibilities.
MOSCOW and GENEVA, Jan. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ Five Russian startup companies, four of which are Skolkovo Foundation residents involved in Sk[ai]HUB, will pitch their AI-based sustainable