Category : News
Author: Reuters

The European Parliament is set to approve on Wednesday a report urging the EU to ban golden passport schemes by 2025 and immediately stop the issuance of visas and passports to rich Russians in exchange for investments.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-invasion-eu-lawmakers-push-for-ban-on-golden-passport-visas-for-russians.html
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Category : News
Author: Siobhán O'Grady and Karoun Demirjian

Makeshift roadblocks have been installed throughout Kyiv in Ukraine capital to impede the movements of Russian troops snaking toward the city in a convoy about 25 kilometres away.

On some strategic stretches of road, Ukrainians have parked trams and buses to restrict driving access.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/europe/300535768/mysteries-hide-within-the-seemingly-stuck-russian-convoy
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Author: TVNZ

New Zealand joined Russia’s “unfriendly countries” list on Tuesday, after imposing sanctions on the country for its invasion of Ukraine.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/03/07/new-zealand-joins-russias-unfriendly-countries-list/
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Author: Molly Swift

Just in time for International Woman's Day, women from the Ukrainian Army have sent a strong message to the Russian invaders.

"We are women of Ukraine," an English translation of their video message reads.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/russia-ukraine-war-ukrainian-women-s-message-to-russian-invaders.html
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Author: Philip Williams

Analysis: For a couple of hours last Friday the world seemed plunged into an existential danger not felt since the meltdown of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant back in the 1980s.

Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba sent out an alarming tweet saying the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant was under Russian attack and on fire.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/462891/nuclear-weapons-offer-protection-against-opposition-and-putin-knows-it
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A new $10bn submarine base will be built on Australia’s east coast to support future nuclear-powered submarines.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison will unveil the plans in his speech to the Lowy Institute on Monday, focusing on national security.

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/mike-hosking-breakfast/audio/steve-price-australia-to-get-new-10-billion-submarine-base/
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Author: Ken Moritsugu

China's foreign minister on Monday called Russia his country's “most important strategic partner” as Beijing continues to refuse to condemn the invasion of Ukraine despite growing pressure from the US and European Union to use its influence to rein Moscow in.

Wang Yi said Chinese ties with Moscow constitute “one of the most crucial bilateral relationships in the world."

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/300534916/china-calls-russia-its-chief-strategic-partner-despite-war
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Author: Reuters

Moscow said on Monday (local time) it would provide corridors for residents of Ukraine's two main cities to flee to Russia and Belarus, a move Ukraine called an immoral stunt to exploit the suffering of civilians under Russian bombardment.

Russian and Ukrainian delegations assembled for a third round of talks in Belarus, both sides said. Two previous rounds yielded little beyond pledges to open routes for humanitarian access that have yet to be successfully implemented.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-slams-immoral-stunt-after-moscow-says-it-will-let-civilians-flee-to-russia.html
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