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Currently, New Zealand's regulations - among the most stringent in the world - mean that GMOs cannot be released out of containment without going through a rigorous process.

The government says the purpose of the new bill, set to be in place by the end of the year, is to enable the safe use of gene technology and regulated organisms in New Zealand, while the intention is to establish a new regulatory regime for gene technology and GMOs .

Among the changes, low-risk gene editing techniques that produce changes indistinguishable from traditional breeding will be exempted from regulation and a new regulator of the industry will be appointed.

In his state of the nation speech this month, Prime Minister Christopher Luxon said "enabling gene technology is about backing farmers. It is about embracing growth. It is about saying 'yes', instead of 'no'."

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon and Labour leader Chris Hipkins said they were open to deploying a peacekeeping mission to Ukraine, if there was a peace agreement that needed protecting.

Their consensus came on Tuesday morning, around the same time that Foreign Minister Winston Peters held an online meeting with Ukraine Foreign Minister Andrii Sybih.

Peters said their call focused on “efforts to achieve a just, comprehensive and lasting peace”.

Part of its structure collapsed after one of its pulleys became loose, Spanish public broadcaster RTVE reported. As it fell, the chairs on the ski lift were destabilised, turning some of them upside down, RTVE said.

Talks are continuing with New Zealand's Five Eyes partners about if and when they will share details of their citizens' criminal offending.

The Migration 5 countries - New Zealand, Australia, Canada, the US and Britain - already work together on border policies, migrant data-sharing and technology.

The Criminal Database Checking group is due to meet online again at the end of this month.

Labour must reverse years of ­political failure on extremism to stop it ­fuelling more disorder, violence and terrorism in Britain, leading figures have said.

Neil Basu, the former head of counter-terrorism policing, and Dame Sara Khan, previously the government’s counter-extremism tsar, warned that proposals unveiled last month would not be enough to address a toxic pool of hatred, conspiracy theories and “dangerous rhetoric” from high-­profile figures including Elon Musk.

In the coming weeks, Ukraine will receive $50 billion from frozen Russian assets held in the United States and the European Union, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced on December 4.

Public health officials in Africa urged caution Thursday as Congo's health minister said the government was on alert over a mystery flu-like disease that in recent weeks killed dozens of people.

As of today, New Zealand women are effectively working for free until the end of the year because of the 8.2% gender pay gap.

Based on that gap, the average Kiwi woman is paid 336 days for the equivalent of 366 days for men, according to the Ministry for Women.

The resolution demanded “an immediate, unconditional and permanent ceasefire” in the war between Israel and the Palestinian group, along with “the immediate and unconditional release of all hostages”.

Mr Williamson claimed he was "engulfed in flames and sustained burns to 30 per cent of his body" when he tried to light a barbecue while stationed at Defence Establishment Berrimah as part of Marine Rotational Force — Darwin.

He claimed "other military and civilian personnel of the United States Marine Corps were aware of the fault [with the barbecue]" and "at least two of those persons informed a member of the Australian Defence Force".

But on Wednesday, the Northern Territory Court of Appeal overturned an earlier Supreme Court ruling that knocked back the US government's claim to immunity from civil action in Australian courts.