Category : Opinion
Author: Reuters

Vladimir Putin exhorted Russians to battle in a defiant Victory Day speech on Monday (local time), but was silent about plans for any escalation in Ukraine, despite Western warnings he might use the event in Red Square to order a national mobilisation.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/05/ukraine-invasion-russian-president-vladimir-putin-announces-no-new-escalation-on-long-awaited-victory-day.html
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Category : News
Author: Chris Pleasance and Will Stewart

Oleksiy Goncharenko, head of the council of Odesa which houses Ukraine's largest naval base, identified the vessel on his Telegram channel this morning as the Admiral Makarov - a $500million frigate that was only commissioned five years ago.

Article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10789563/Ukraine-war-Russian-battleship-hit-Black-Sea.html
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Please note that this is unconfirmed. But if true, it hasn't been destroyed it just turned into a diving exhibit.

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Author: Stephen Dziedzic, Evan Wasuka and Iris Zhao

One of China's largest defence and aerospace companies promised to upgrade almost three dozen airstrips in Solomon Islands as part of an ambitious plan to transform the Pacific Islands country into an "aeronautical hub" for the region.

Article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-29/avic-solomon-islands-aviation-plan/101022480
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Author: Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin evoked the memory of Soviet heroism in World War Two on Monday to urge his army towards victory in Ukraine but acknowledged the cost in Russian lives as he pledged to help the families of fallen soldiers.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/05/ukraine-invasion-russian-president-vladimir-putin-tells-his-soldiers-they-are-fighting-for-the-motherland.html
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Author: Reuters

Afghanistan's Taliban government ordered women on Saturday to cover their faces in public, a return to a signature policy of their past hardline rule and an escalation of restrictions causing anger at home and abroad.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/05/taliban-orders-women-to-cover-faces-in-public-threatens-punishment-for-closest-male-relative.html
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Category : News
Author: Sarah Berry

ANALYSIS: Until a week ago, when my family and I dropped like flies, I thought I might just be one of “those” people: the unicorns referred to as “never Covid people”, who test negative despite having been exposed to the virus.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300582005/are-covidresistant-people-healthier-or-is-it-in-their-genes
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Author: APDR

Australian-owned NIOA has acquired Sportways Distributors to expand its presence in New Zealand. Sportways is a firearms and ammunition wholesale distributor and will be renamed as NIOA in New Zealand, building on NIOA’s relationships that already include the New Zealand Defence Force and New Zealand Police.

Article: https://asiapacificdefencereporter.com/nioa-acquires-new-zealand-firearms-wholesaler/
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