Category : News
Author: Reuters

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin spoke on Wednesday with the defense ministers of South Korea and Japan about the threats posed by North Korea after missile launches by Pyongyang, the Pentagon said.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/02/us-pentagon-chief-discusses-north-korean-threat-with-japan-and-south-korea.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor

New Zealand has condemned authorities in Hong Kong and mainland China for their "attacks on freedom of the press" resulting in the "near-complete disappearance of local independent media outlets" in the semi-autonomous city.

Members of the Media Freedom Coalition, including New Zealand, have released a statement on the recent closure of a number of well-known independent media outlets in Hong Kong following the introduction of the national security law in 2020.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/02/new-zealand-condemns-attacks-on-freedom-of-press-in-hong-kong-china-hits-back.html
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Author: Reuters

North Korea boasted on Tuesday that it is one of only a handful of countries in the world to field nuclear weapons and advanced missiles and the only one standing up to the US by "shaking the world" with missile tests.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/02/remarkable-achievements-north-korea-claims-it-s-shaking-the-world-with-missile-tests.html
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Author: Christchurch reporters

Primary school students are being targeted by anti-vaccine protests and a “provocative” mobile billboard aiming “extreme” messages at them.

Principals in North Canterbury are so concerned about the prevalence of the scaremongering they have raised it with the Ministry of Education.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/127695199/antivaxxers-target-primary-schools-with-extreme-messages
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Author: Reuters

Russia has in place about 70 percent of the combat power it believes it would need for a full-scale invasion of Ukraine and is sending more battalion tactical groups to the border with its neighbour, two US officials say.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/460992/ukraine-tensions-russian-forces-at-70-percent-of-level-needed-for-full-invasion-us-officials
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Author: BBC

US President Joe Biden has vowed to shut down a key Russian gas pipeline to Germany if Moscow invades Ukraine.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/461100/ukraine-crisis-nord-stream-2-will-end-if-russia-invades-biden
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Author: Nita Blake-Persen

The government's got a shake-up of the ambulance sector in its sights as staffing and funding issues continue to plague St John.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/461122/govt-eyes-shake-up-of-ambulance-sector-as-shortages-continue
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