Category : News
Author: Reuters

Russia is pounding the besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol into the "ashes of a dead land", its local council said on Tuesday, describing two more huge bombs that fell on the city that has been sealed off for weeks.

The plight of Mariupol, a city of 400,000 before the war, has been the most urgent humanitarian emergency since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly a month ago. Hundreds of thousands of residents are believed to be trapped inside under near constant shelling, with no access to food, water, power or heat.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-pleads-for-help-as-more-russian-bombs-hit-besieged-mariupol.html
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Category : Defence
Author: Sam Sachdeva

Despite concerns about the state of our naval fleet and plans to better patrol nearby waters, the Government has had to mothball plans for a new ship due to the cost crunch of the Covid response

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Category : News
Author: Rachel Sadler

A hybrid Delta and Omicron strain of COVID-19 has been discovered in several European countries and the United States - and it's even caught the attention of the World Health Organization (WHO).

'Deltacron', as it's been informally dubbed, is a recombinant virus that has melded-together genetic information from both variants.

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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Hours after Russian missiles first struck Ukrainian cities on Feb. 24, German naval commander Terje Schmitt-Eliassen received notice to sail five warships under his command to the former Soviet Republic of Latvia to help protect the most vulnerable part of NATO's eastern flank.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-invasion-russia-may-not-stop-with-ukraine-nato-looks-to-protect-weakest-link.html
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The math of military conquests and occupation may be against Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.

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Category : News
Author: Associated Press

China has fully militarised at least three of several islands it built in the disputed South China Sea, arming them with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems, laser and jamming equipment, and fighter jets in an increasingly aggressive move that threatens all nations operating nearby, a top US military commander says.

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