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Author: Anthony Galloway

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has suggested Manasseh Sogavare is parroting China’s talking points after the Solomon Islands leader accused Australia of blindsiding him over the announcement of the AUKUS security pact and refusing to protect the Chinese-built infrastructure during last year’s riots in the country.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/south-pacific/300576951/solomon-islands-prime-minister-lashes-australia-over-aukus-security-pact
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Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta says it is important the Pacific region looks to itself in terms of support for security agreements and not to countries outside the region. 

The Minister was referring to a security pact between China and the Solomon Islands that was reportedly signed earlier this month. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2022/04/foreign-affairs-minister-says-pacific-should-look-after-itself-not-look-to-china-for-security.html
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Author: Anna Burns-Francis

Russia has fired two missiles on the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv - in flagrant disregard of its neighbour, and of the United Nations, of which it is a member.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/04/29/un-passes-resolution-countering-russias-veto-power/
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Author: Reuters

Russia on Thursday warned the West that there would be a tough military response to any further attack on Russian territory, accusing the United States and its key allies of undermining European security by openly inciting Ukraine to assault Russia.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/ukraine-invasion-russia-warns-west-not-to-test-our-patience.html
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Author: Caitlin Rawling

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An Australian man has been caught waiting in a hotel room for an eight-year-old girl with the intention of having sex with her.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/paedophile-caught-red-handed-waiting-for-eight-year-old-girl-in-australian-hotel.html
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Author: Reuters

The EU's chief executive on Wednesday (local time) branded as "blackmail" Russian giant Gazprom's move to halt supplies to some European customers, but said the bloc was working on a coordinated response to Moscow's escalation.

Gazprom said it had cut supplies to Poland and Bulgaria for failing to pay for gas in roubles, Moscow's toughest response yet to sanctions imposed by the West over the conflict in Ukraine.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/ukraine-invasion-eu-accuses-russia-of-blackmail-as-moscow-holts-gas-supplies-to-poland-bulgaria.html
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Author: Frances Mao

A court in military-ruled Myanmar has found former leader Aung San Suu Kyi guilty of corruption, the latest verdict in a series of secret trials.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/466013/aung-san-suu-kyi-myanmar-sentences-ex-leader-to-jail-for-corruption
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