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In recent months, several highly regarded defence and security commentators have drawn attention to the geostrategic realities that New Zealand now faces in the Asia-Pacific region. This commentary has included speculation about the level of naval capability needed to meet our commitments to collective security while at the same time performing the wide spectrum of other defence and security missions required of our navy. There have been some interesting social media exchanges, most of which have been constructive.
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Read more: Modularity and the Shape of New Zealand’s Next Naval Fleet
- Article: https://defsec.net.nz/2021/09/26/modularity-based-future-navy/
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Comment: From a distance, the big news about Germany's election tonight is the end of Angela Merkel's reign after 16 years of leadership in Germany and Europe.
Closer up, with no clear front-runner to take Merkel's place, the picture is far more complex.
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Read more: German election: The race to replace Angela Merkel and why it matters to New Zealand
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/on-the-inside/452298/german-election-the-race-to-replace-angela-merkel-and-why-it-matters-to-new-zealand
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OPINION: On April 11, 1970, when Apollo 13 lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, its mission was to land on the moon, but on just the second day, an explosion on board changed everything.
Suddenly, with diminished oxygen supplies, a frantic process began to try to return the three astronauts to Earth.
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The Taliban hanged a dead body from a crane in the main square of Herat city in western Afghanistan, a witness said Saturday (local time), in a gruesome display that signalled a return to some of the Taliban's methods of the past.
Wazir Ahmad Seddiqi, who runs a pharmacy on the side of the square, told The Associated Press that four bodies were brought to the main square and three bodies were moved to other parts of the city for public display.
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Read more: Taliban hang dead body in Afghan city's main square
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Young people around the world took to the streets on Friday to demand urgent action to avert disastrous climate change, in their largest protest since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The strike takes place five weeks before the UN COP26 summit, which aims to secure more ambitious climate action from world leaders to drastically cut the greenhouse gas emissions heating the planet.
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The origin of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, which has caused the COVID-19 pandemic, has been hotly debated.
This debate has caused substantial difficulties in the Australia-China relationship, with a call by Foreign Minister Marise Payne for another inquiry into its origin being considered by China as a hostile act.
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Two Canadian citizens who were detained by Beijing for more than 1,000 days have left Chinese airspace and will arrive back in Canada early on Saturday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau told reporters on Friday.
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Read more: Canadians released by China after being detained for more than 1000 days
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Oh funny how just as the CCP China apply to join the CPTPP they get released... funny that
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says vaccination passports could become part of a toolbox of restrictions should enough of the population get the COVID-19 vaccination.
In an interview with the Weekend Herald, Ardern said the Government would release details of levels of restriction should the country hit a 90 percent vaccination rate and it would likely include vaccination passports.
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