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Hikers in New Zealand risk polluting the “clearest lake in the world” with a microscopic alga carried on their boots.

Rotorua's Michael Voss won the Tarawera Ultramarathon 50km race. Runners from 76 countries are descending on Rotorua for the ...

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Elon Musk's all-new Department of Government Efficiency is currently hell-bent on shrinking the federal work force, and is ...