Category : News
Author: 1News

Ron Mark says he decided to take matters into his own hands and head to Ukraine after getting "tired of feeling useless" after Russia invaded the country.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/05/17/i-got-tired-of-feeling-useless-over-ukraine-ron-mark/
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Category : News
Author: Wellington higher courts reporter

Some Afghans who took court action to force the processing of their applications for New Zealand visas are still waiting for an answer six months on.

After a judge at the High Court in Wellington said their applications for residence visas must be promptly considered and decided, 26 people from the group of about 70 have arrived in New Zealand.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/128654342/afghan-visa-seekers-still-without-answers-six-months-on-from-court-win
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Category : Defence
Author: Associated Press

Sweden overnight decided to join neighbouring Finland in seeking NATO membership, ending more than two centuries of military nonalignment in a historic shift prompted by Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/05/17/once-neutral-sweden-seeks-nato-membership-in-historic-shift/
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Category : Defence
Author: Associated Press

Finland's government declared a “new era” is underway as it inches closer to seeking NATO membership, hours before Sweden's governing party overnight backed a plan to join the trans-Atlantic alliance amid Russia's war in Ukraine.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/05/16/finland-sweden-inch-closer-to-seeking-nato-membership/
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Category : News
Author: Lisette Reymer

Ukrainian officials claim to be pushing the Russians back towards their own border, liberating more villages on the outskirts of Kharkiv, the country's second-largest city.

It comes on the back of the Russian retreat from the wider Kyiv area where the scale of damage gives context to President Zelensky's appeal for $7 billion a month in aid.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/05/russia-s-retreat-out-of-ukraine-leaves-behind-horror-of-shelling-destruction-and-torture.html
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

A Chinese intelligence ship was tracked off Australia's west coast within 50 nautical miles of a sensitive defence facility, Australia said on Friday, raising concern amid an election campaign about China's assertive behaviour in the region.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/05/australia-says-chinese-spy-ship-s-presence-off-west-coast-concerning.html
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Category : News
Author: Sylvia Hui

Britain's foreign secretary warned the European Union on Thursday (local time) that the UK will have “no choice but to act" to revoke parts of a Brexit agreement on Northern Ireland if the EU does not show flexibility.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/uk/300587363/uk-warns-no-choice-but-to-act-to-change-brexit-deal
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Author: Reuters

Finland said on Thursday it would apply to join NATO "without delay", with Sweden expected to follow, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine looked set to bring about the very expansion of the Western military alliance that Vladimir Putin aimed to prevent.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/05/russia-threatens-to-retaliate-as-finland-seeks-nato-membership-without-delay.html
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 Lets tell it like it is... Vladimir Putin has small dick syndrome...

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