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The latest weapon of the New Zealand police against serious crime? Sheep!

Thousands of children from across the world will soon be able to look around in their own classroom in Buckingham Palace, thanks to Google's project with virtual reality (VR).

The 57 passengers and crew from a burning ferry off the coast of New Zealand are all rescued, police said Monday. Two people were taken to hospital. An inhaled smoke, another is injured by jumping into the water.

In the Netherlands it is not so far, but on the other side of the world, the new year has begun. The first places in 2016 has been kicked his Kiribati, Samoa, Tonga and Tokelau in the Pacific.

New Zealand allowed the German Internet entrepreneur Kim Dotcom and three others, including a Dutchman, to extradite to the United States. A judge in New Zealand has it Wednesday determined. The quartet may appeal against the decision.

New Zealand has chosen a new flag in a referendum, but it is far from certain that this will also actually flutter above government buildings.

The United States and eight other members of the UN Security Council on Thursday local time called for new talks on the situation of human rights in North Korea. Let the country according to research by the United Nations to abuses similar to those from the Second World War.

A tough job for the emergency services on the North Island of New Zealand Friday. Who received a report of a serious accident near Kawerau, but could not immediately go to work as they always do. In the accident involved a truck carrying beehives. A swarm of bees escaped from the collision, ensured that aid workers are not around.

A helicopter with seven people on board crashed Saturday in New Zealand. None of the occupants survived the crash, the newspaper The New Zealand Herald. It involves six passengers and the pilot.

The American film industry, represented by the MPAA, said to be responsible for the downfall of the controversial streaming service Popcorn Time. There are various versions of the illegal Netflix competitor in circulation, but one of the most important (popcorntime.io) joined last month from the air.

To get rid of a group of boat people, Australia has paid people smugglers to take away the refugees again. Amnesty International reported on the basis of its own research.

The United Nations existed seventy years. Which is celebrated worldwide on October 24 by exposing 180 sites in more than fifty countries in the official blue of the UN. The Peace Palace in The Hague in the Netherlands the blue object. Which announced the UN.