Category : News
Author: Dan Lake

Almost 500 Afghan nationals and their families who served with New Zealand soldiers are hiding from the Taliban unable to get out of the country.

They've been granted New Zealand visas but can't escape. Now, an interpreter is pleading for the Government to do more before "they're found and killed" by the Taliban.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2021/11/everything-you-need-to-know-about-new-zealand-s-borders-reopening-in-2022.html
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Category : News
Author: Lana Andelane

A bomb disposal squad was deployed to a British hospital after receiving reports that a man had an anti-tank shell lodged in his rectum, officials confirmed to local media.

A team from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Regiment attended the Gloucestershire Royal Hospital in Gloucester, a county town in South West England, after being notified by police "that a patient had presented with a munition in his rectum".

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/uk-bomb-squad-called-to-gloucester-hospital-after-man-gets-wwii-anti-tank-shell-stuck-up-in-his-rectum.html
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Category : News
Author: James Gallagher,

The first real world data showing the coronavirus variant Omicron may evade some of our immunity has been reported by scientists in South Africa.

Scientists have detected a surge in the number of people catching Covid-19 multiple times.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/457166/covid-19-first-data-points-to-omicron-re-infection-risk
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Category : News
Author: Dr Simon Ewing-Jarvie

The United States Marine Corps Memorial stands proudly on the waterfront of New Zealand’s capital city, Wellington, close to where the first troops came ashore in 1942. A plaque laid by the Second Marine Division Association in 1951 says “To the People of New Zealand. If you ever need a friend, you have one.”

Article: https://unclas.wordpress.com/2021/12/03/duty-call-or-booty-call/
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Category : Defence
Author: TVNZ

New Zealand Defence Force personnel and police departed for the Solomon Islands on Saturday following recent unrest and rioting in the capital of Honiara.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/12/04/photos-nzdf-police-depart-for-solomon-islands/
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Category : News
Author: China Unsensored

Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has warned that Japan and the US must defend Taiwan if China tries to invade it as Japan moves to more formally recognize Taiwan as a country.

NBA player Enes Kanter is making headlines again, this time for his name change and his beef with LeBron James over China.

Hong Kong students are going to see a change to their curriculum that's more in line with China's worldview after China essentially took back Hong Kong in 2020.

Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3z-oANZ604
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Author: Dan Satherley

Efforts to put together a global treaty on pandemic preparedness and response are taking too long, a group co-led by former New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has concluded.

The Independent Panel for Pandemic Preparedness and Response was set up by the World Health Organization (WHO) last year to assess the response to COVID-19, and find ways to prevent it from happening again. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/coronavirus-global-pandemic-treaty-taking-too-long-helen-clark-led-panel-says.html
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Category : News
Author: Mitchell Alexander

The United States' brand new Ambassador to New Zealand is making encouraging noises that a free trade agreement (FTA) with the US could finally happen.

Tom Udall is spending his first days in the job after being appointed by US President Joe Biden.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/new-us-ambassador-to-nz-tom-udall-has-free-trade-agreement-on-his-radar.html
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