Category : Defence
Author: Bevan Shields

French President Emmanuel Macron says Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison lied to him over the cancellation of a mammoth submarine contract, in a dramatic escalation of tensions between the two leaders.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/300443108/i-dont-think-i-know-french-president-macron-says-scott-morrison-lied-to-him
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Category : Defence
Author: Thomas Manch

A senior Chinese diplomat has warned a New Zealand audience that Australia will not only acquire nuclear-powered submarines in the coming decades, but nuclear weapons.

And it was claimed Australia’s purchase of nuclear-powered submarines would mean “more nuclear arms race ... more nuclear tests, and nuclear pollution” in the Pacific.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126854210/us-and-uk-must-stop-chinese-diplomat-warns-new-zealand-audience-of-australias-nuclear-ambitions
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Typical China/CCP lies and scare mongering. Nuclear power vessels is totally different to nuclear weapons, and Australia are not after nuclear weapons. And they are trying put a wedge between Australia and New Zealand using our Anti Nuclear stance as a starting point.

Scott Morrison's visit Months ago where he says the typical fluffy dogs BS that "there are some far from here who would seek to divide us, but they will not succeed"

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Category : News
Author: Reuters

The Philippines said on Monday it has asked Netflix Inc to remove episodes of spy drama Pine Gap because of a map showing Chinese claims to the South China Sea, the second country to do so after Vietnam.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/entertainment/2021/11/philippines-asks-netflix-to-remove-spy-drama-episodes-over-chinese-map.html
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Category : News
Author: Peter Martin

It was late afternoon when Rimbink Pato, Papua New Guinea’s foreign minister, heard a loud commotion outside his door. Seconds later, four young Chinese diplomats burst uninvited into his office, demanding last-minute changes to the communiqué of the APEC summit, the Pacific’s most important economic and political forum.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/china-and-nz/300405981/how-wolf-warrior-diplomats-have-become-symbols-of-the-threat-posed-by-a-rising-china
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Category : News
Author: Brittney Deguara

An immunologist is warning of potentially “catastrophic” consequences for Tonga, if a case that flew into the island nation isn’t contained.

The person with Covid-19 travelled from Christchurch. It is the first-ever case of the virus for the island nation.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126834693/covid19-christchurch-case-in-tonga-shows-more-community-spread-likely
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Category : Opinion
Author: Manoj Joshi

China's new maritime law – in which foreign vessels will have to submit details to Chinese authorities when transiting through its 'territorial waters' – has now come into force.

In a classic manoeuvre of what is called “lawfare”, China announced a new set of maritime regulations last week that require ships carrying certain types of cargo to provide detailed information to the Chinese authorities when transiting through Chinese “territorial waters”.

Article: https://www.orfonline.org/research/how-beijings-new-maritime-rules-in-the-south-china-sea-will-affect-india-and-others/
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Category : News
Author: Jon Stephenson

A former commander of an elite Afghan police unit that was trained by the New Zealand SAS is asking the Government to do more to help his comrades flee Afghanistan.

Major General Ghulam Daoud Tarakhil, who led Afghanistan’s Crisis Response Unit said CRU officers had spent years hunting “terrorists who used every means – including suicide attacks – to carry out their missions,” and were now being hunted by the Taliban.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/300436907/former-afghan-commander-asks-government-to-do-more-for-abandoned-comrades
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Facebook Inc's independent oversight board demanded more transparency from the social media giant on Thursday, saying the company was not "fully forthcoming" on how it deals with certain high-profile user accounts.

The comments follow a Wall Street Journal report last month that said millions of Facebook accounts belonging to celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users were exempted from some internal checks.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2021/10/facebook-s-oversight-board-seeks-more-transparency-on-high-profile-users.html
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