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Russia has told the US that it has no intention of invading Ukraine, after officials from both countries met for high-stakes talks in Geneva.

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North Korea appeared to test fire a ballistic missile on Tuesday that may be more capable than the "hypersonic missile" it launched less than a week earlier, South Korea's military said, as Pyongyang pursues increasingly advanced weapons.

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A US anti-vaxx leader is falsely claiming urine is the antidote to COVID-19.

Self-proclaimed 'vaccine police' Christopher Key took to his Telegram account to urge followers to drink their own urine to cure COVID-19.

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The Medical Council has confirmed Jonie Girouard, the Canterbury GP Newshub filmed issuing COVID-19 vaccine medical certificate exemptions to anti-vaxxers, can no longer practise in New Zealand.

"Dr Girouard is no longer registered, therefore is unable to practise medicine in New Zealand," Medical Council chair Curtis Walker says.

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A proposed landfill near Dunedin Airport could be dumped because of the serious risk of bird strikes to passenger jets.

Two thousand residents have signed a petition to stop the landfill because they don't want it in their community.

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Former senior figures have accused the Greens of jettisoning core principles as party discontent surfaces over its co-operation agreement in government.

Ex-MPs Sue Bradford and Catherine Delahunty say the agreement makes no sense and that the party's position in government amounts to a failure of leadership.

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A new strain of COVID-19 that combines the Delta and Omicron variants has been found in 25 cases in Cyprus, scientists say.

Leondios Kostrikis, professor of biological sciences at the University of Cyprus, says the strain is called "Deltacron" because of its Omicron-like genetic signatures in the Delta genomes, Bloomberg reports. 

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Rising Covid-19 cases at the border are increasing the risk of the Omicron variant spreading in Aotearoa but a leading epidemiologist says the country still has time to prepare for an outbreak.

Today there were 43 Covid-19 cases identified at the border, a jump from 23 cases yesterday, and the Ministry of Health believes the majority are Omicron.

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  1. NZ businesses prepare to welcome workers back after Christmas break with new COVID protocols in place
  2. All New Zealanders will soon be able to buy rapid antigen tests as Omicron looms
  3. Japan, US sound alarm over China, want to counter 'hypersonic missiles'
  4. NIWA predicts record-breaking summer heat to continue, temperatures likely to be above average across the country

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