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Published: 23 February 2020

Author: Reuters

International concern about the spread of coronavirus outside China has grown with sharp rises in infections in South Korea, Italy and Iran.

South Korea went on high alert on Sunday (local time) after the number of infections surged over 600, with six deaths.

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Read more: Coronavirus: South Korea on high alert, cases jump in Italy and Iran

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2020/02/coronavirus-south-korea-on-high-alert-cases-jump-in-italy-and-iran.html

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Published: 23 February 2020

Author: Dan Satherley & Heather McCarron

A US daredevil pilot has been killed during an attempted launch of a homemade rocket in the Californian desert.

'Mad' Mike Hughes crash-landed his steam-powered projectile shortly after take-off.

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Read more: Amateur 'astronaut' trying to prove the Earth is flat killed in rocket crash

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Published: 23 February 2020

Author: Reuters and Dan Satherley

The World Health Organization (WHO) is concerned about the number of coronavirus cases with no clear epidemiological link, although the total number of cases outside China remains relatively small, its director general has said.

Cases with no clear link include those with no travel history to China or contact with a confirmed case, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said in a briefing.

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Read more: Concern over growing number of cases unconnected to Wuhan

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Published: 23 February 2020

Author: RNZ

A Māori law expert says halving the benefit of a parent with an outstanding warrant is unfairly punishing children, and "morally outrageous".

New figures released to RNZ show 437 sanctions were applied against people with children in 2018, with over 80 percent of those sanctions applied against Māori.

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Read more: Most benefit sanctions applied to Māori, figures show

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2020/02/most-benefit-sanctions-applied-to-m-ori-figures-show.html

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