Category : News
Author: Niamh Cavanagh

Kiwis are poking fun at a world map that shows New Zealand on the wrong side of Australia, in the Indian Ocean. 

The map, from Amazing Maps, is meant to illustrate which countries are on Russia's 'unfriendly' list, but the placement of New Zealand has raised questions among Kiwis. 

Article: https://news.yahoo.com/moscow-accuses-ukraine-of-conducting-airstrike-inside-russia-132343782.html
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Category : Defence
Author: RNZ

Prime Minister Scott Morrison says Australia will fly a number of Australian-made Bushmaster vehicles over to Ukraine, after a public plea from the nation's wartime President.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/464464/scott-morrison-says-australia-will-send-bushmasters-to-ukraine-and-fill-volodymyr-zelensky-s-request
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Category : News
Author: Thomas Manch

Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta says Pacific leaders want “greater clarity” from the Solomon Islands about their contentious China security deal, and may need to bring forward a crucial regional meeting.

Mahuta this week travelled to Fiji to sign a high-level partnership agreement, “uniting like never before” according to Fiji’s prime minister, to partner on economic, security, climate change and humanitarian aid issues.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/128238766/foreign-minister-nanaia-mahuta-says-pacific-leaders-may-need-to-meet-as-solomon-islands-prepares-to-ink-china-security-deal
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Author: Nebi Qena Yuras Karmanau

Talks to stop the fighting in Ukraine resumed on Friday, as another attempt to rescue civilians from the besieged port city of Mariupol broke down and Russia accused the Ukrainians of launching a cross-border helicopter attack on an oil depot.

The governor of Russia’s Belgorod region said the alleged air strike by a pair of helicopter gunships caused multiple fires and injured two people. A Kremlin spokesman said the incident on Russia’s territory could undermine the negotiations between Russian and Ukrainian representatives.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/300556574/ukraine-strike-on-russian-territory-reported-as-talks-resume
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Author: Reuters

Russian President Vladimir Putin is demanding foreign buyers pay for Russian gas in roubles from Friday or else have their supplies cut, a move European capitals rejected and which Berlin said amounted to "blackmail".

Putin's move, via a decree signed on Thursday, leaves Europe facing the prospect of losing more than a third of its gas supply. Germany, the most heavily reliant on Russia, has already activated an emergency plan that could lead to rationing in Europe's biggest economy.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/russia-ukraine-war-emergency-plan-activated-in-germany-as-vladimir-putin-threatens-to-cut-off-gas-supply.html
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Author: Reuters

Russia has managed to avoid defaulting on its international debt so far despite unprecedented Western sanctions. But the task is getting harder and Moscow's threats to cut Europe's gas supply seems to be upping the ante further.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/04/explainer-what-impact-would-a-russian-debt-default-have.html
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Category : News
Author: Jamie Ensor

New modelling highlights the significant role booster vaccines have in dampening the transmission of the Omicron variant.

The modelling from Leighton Watson at the University of Canterbury, published as part of a report in the New Zealand Medical Journal, considered the probability of Omicron infection based on the different vaccination statuses of the infecting and infected individuals.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2022/04/covid-19-new-modelling-reveals-effectiveness-of-boosters-in-preventing-omicron-transmission.html
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