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The COVID-19 pandemic is the most severe global emergency the World Health Organization has ever declared, the agency's chief said late on Monday night.
Six months on since the WHO declared COVID-19 a "public health emergency of international concern", Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has warned the world the pandemic "continues to accelerate" with the total number of cases doubling in the past six weeks.
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All three branches of the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) have started trials of new electric utility bikes that will be used for tasks such as reconnaissance and surveillance, airfield security and other transport roles.
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Despite some scepticism from government ministers, talks about New Zealand's role in China's Belt and Road Initiative are forging ahead. But Covid-19 has put Xi Jinping's broader goals at risk, Sam Sachdeva reports.
New Zealand and China are still hashing out plans to work together on the controversial Belt and Road Initiative, even as Chinese President Xi Jinping’s flagship foreign policy initiative has come under threat due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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An international security expert has criticised Canterbury University (UC) over its partnership with a Chinese Institute which is closely linked to the military.
In April 2018, the University of Canterbury signed an agreement with Harbin Institute of Technology to collaborate on teaching and research.
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The University of Canterbury (UC) decided to collaborate with a top Chinese university that has strong links with the Chinese military without asking about the organisation’s defence connections.
In April 2018, UC signed an agreement with Harbin Institute of Technology (HIT), based in Harbin, Weihai and Shenzhen, to collaborate on teaching and research.
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I don't like hearing and reading this... The CCP are corrupt... and there is more to this than meets the eye.
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A traveller who tested positive for COVID-19 in South Korea a day after leaving New Zealand was probably infected during transit, the Ministry of Health understands.
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An astrophysicist who used to work for the Pentagon's secret UFO division has claimed the US military is in possession of "off-world vehicles not made on this Earth".
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Hundreds more New Zealanders are rushing to sign up to the Army amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
An extra 1000 or more recruits join the Army, Air Force and Navy each year to add extra muscle to the military, or plug gaps as people leave.
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