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Author: RNZ

Further sanctions targeting 36 Russians - oligarchs and their family members - are coming into force at midnight tonight, Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta has announced.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/464629/more-russian-oligarchs-added-to-new-zealand-sanctions-register
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Author: Zane Small

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has a message for her Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin: "Russia will be held to account". 

Her comments came after Ukraine accused Russia of war crimes in the town of Bucha just outside the capital Kyiv, where a mass grave has been discovered a month after the area was taken over by Russian troops. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/04/prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-s-message-to-russian-president-vladimir-putin-amid-war-crime-accusations.html
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Author: Associated Press

The head of Russia's space program says that the future of the International Space Station hangs in the balance after the United States, the European Union, and Canadian space agencies missed a deadline to meet Russian demands for lifting sanctions on Russian enterprises and hardware.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/03/future-of-space-station-hanging-in-the-balance-russia-space-chief/
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Author: TVNZ: 1News

The World Health Organisation are monitoring a new Covid-19 variant which is believed to be 10% more transmissible than the BA.2 Omicron subvariant currently sweeping across New Zealand.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/03/covid-19-new-xe-variant-possibly-most-transmissible-yet-who/
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Author: Reuters

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said images of dead Ukrainian civilians found in the town of Bucha after Russian troops left were a "punch in the gut" and those responsible for any war crimes must be held accountable.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/ukraine-invasion-us-secretary-of-state-antony-blinken-says-images-of-dead-civilians-in-ukrainian-town-of-bucha-a-punch-in-gut.html
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Author: Isabelle Khurshudyan, Rachel Pannett, Bryan Pietsch, Miriam Berger, Annabelle Timsit, Jennifer Hassan and Brittany Shammas

The discovery of civilians' bodies on the streets of Bucha, a suburb of Kyiv, has sparked international condemnation, calls for an investigation into possible Russian war crimes and vows that new sanctions are coming.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/300557267/world-leaders-vow-to-hold-russia-accountable-for-bucha-atrocities
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Author: Reuters

TAIPEI, April 1 (Reuters) - Taiwan's foreign minister on Friday strongly rejected criticism of its relief efforts for Ukraine from China, saying the aid came "from our heart" and was not an exercise in political manipulation.

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Author: Rachel Sadler

A former United Nations prosecutor has called for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to issue an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Carla Del Ponte, who was the chief prosecutor of UN war crimes tribunals for Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, said the arrest warrant would restrict Putin from leaving Russia and "it would be a strong signal that he has many states against him".

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/ukraine-russia-war-former-united-nations-prosecutor-calls-for-international-arrest-warrant-for-vladimir-putin.html
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