Section: The New Zealand Herald (New Zealand)
The Latest: Eurovision winner arrives home to Portugal
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The Latest on the Eurovision song contest (all times local):4:45 p.m.Eurovision winner Salvador Sobral has arrived in his native Lisbon after winning the Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine.The 27-year-old… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ballad beats glitz as Portugal’s Sobral wins Eurovision
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” A gentle romantic ballad challenged the Eurovision Song Contest’s decades-long reputation for cheesy, glittery, unbridled excess ” and won easily.Portugal’s Salvador Sobral sang his Amar Pelos Dois (Love For… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Portugal’s Salvador Sobral has won the Eurovision song contest
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” Portugal’s Salvador Sobral has won the Eurovision song contest . …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Bring on the ‘gorilla:’ Eurovision final brings glittery fun
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” A man in a tacky suit and his “gorilla” are one of the favorites to win this year’s Eurovision song contest. By the event’s standards, that’s kind of understated.Millions of Europeans are likely to be glued… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
What are cell site simulators? And how do they work?
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The formidable surveillance power of cell site simulators has put them at the forefront of privacy debates in the U.S. and Europe. Now The Associated Press has found evidence that the devices are at work sending… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
‘You’re just meat’ – Ukrainian soldiers get chilling texts
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) ” The Associated Press has found that Ukrainian soldiers are being bombarded by text messages likely dispatched by cell site simulators. Some are crude threats, while others play on allegations that Ukraine’s billionaire… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
The Latest: Pence offers ‘unwavering support’ to Ukraine
WASHINGTON (AP) ” The Latest on the Washington visit of Russian’s top diplomat for meetings with President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Rex Tillerson (all times local):8:50 p.m.Vice President Mike Pence has expressed the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Eurovision contestants practice; big week for song contest
MOSCOW (AP) ” Contestants for this year’s Eurovision contest are holding practices in the Ukrainian capital.Rehearsals have been underway in Kiev since April 30 for the annual song competition that pits performers from across the… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Ukraine bans American actor Steven Seagal for 5 years
MINSK, Belarus (AP) ” Ukraine has banned action film actor Steven Seagal from entering the country for five years.Seagal, an American, was given Russian citizenship by President Vladimir Putin last year in a ceremony shown on state… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
Could the Chernobyl disaster pave the way for life on Mars?
The 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine saw high doses of radiation blasted into the surrounding area.The long-term effects on living organisms are of high interest to scientists in a range of applications,… …read more Source: The New Zealand...
