Category : News
Author: Mike Kilpatrick

A Kiwi CEO has backed calls for social media platform TikTok to be removed from Google and Apple's app stores amid concerns over users' data.

Alex Ford, founder and CEO of Socialike, told Newshub he agreed with US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chief Brendan Carr that the app, which is majority owned by the Chinese Government, was a wolf in sheep's clothing.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2022/06/new-zealand-call-for-tiktok-to-be-removed-from-apple-and-google-app-stores.html
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Category : News

A Fox News host has blasted Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern's comments on China in her NATO speech, saying China is not important to the US establishment.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/06/fox-news-host-laura-ingraham-blasts-prime-minister-jacinda-ardern-s-nato-speech-on-china-leaving-many-confused.html
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin still wants to take most of Ukraine and the picture for the war there remains "pretty grim," the top US intelligence official said on Tuesday (local time).

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/06/ukraine-invasion-russian-president-vladimir-putin-still-wants-most-of-ukraine-war-outlook-pretty-grim-says-us-intelligence-chief.html
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Category : Analysis
Author: Zen Soo

When the British handed its colony Hong Kong to Beijing in 1997, it was promised 50 years of self-government and freedoms of assembly, speech and press that are not allowed by Chinese on the Communist-ruled mainland.

As the city of 7.4 million people marks 25 years under Beijing's rule, those promises are wearing thin. Hong Kong's honeymoon period, when it carried on much as it always had, has passed, and its future remains uncertain, determined by forces beyond its control.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/300625409/hong-kong-in-limbo-25-years-after-british-handover-to-china
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Category : News
Author: Glenn McConnell

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern highlighted China’s human rights abuses and called for nuclear disarmament during her speech at the Nato Leaders’ Summit overnight.

Ardern said her speech displayed the country’s “fiercely held independent foreign policy” and commitment to standing for peace and human rights.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/300625460/ardern-calls-for-nuclear-disarmament-criticises-china-over-human-rights-during-nato-speech
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Category : Analysis
Author: RNZ

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has used her speech to NATO leaders to push this country's "fiercely held" independent foreign policy while also condemning Russia's actions in Ukraine as an affront to the world.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/470046/ardern-tells-nato-leaders-ukraine-war-must-not-fuel-arms-race
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

US President Joe Biden pledged more American troops, warplanes and warships for Europe on Wednesday (local time) as NATO agreed the biggest strengthening of its deterrents since the Cold War in response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/06/ukraine-invasion-us-to-boost-military-presence-in-europe-as-nato-bolsters-its-eastern-flank.html
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Category : Defence
Author: Thomas Manch

The air force's Boeing 757 aircraft, which fly the prime minister on overseas trips, have had thousands of mechanical faults and six safety incidents in recent years.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/129119089/air-force-boeing-planes-record-six-safety-incidents-thousands-of-mechanical-failures
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