Category : Defence
Author: Reuters

New Zealand's Ministry of Defence said it has suspended plans to build an Antarctic and Southern Ocean patrol vessel because planned spending is being reassessed due to the impact on the government's budget of costs related to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2022/03/ministry-of-defence-suspends-antarctic-patrol-ship-plans-due-to-covid-budget-costs.html
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Author: TVNZ: 1News

The Government has confirmed its transport subsidies package it says will help Kiwis navigate through the current global energy crisis.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/03/22/government-confirms-transport-subsidies-package/
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The owners of two fuel stations in the US are suing a rival company, claiming it's not slapping a high enough price tag on its petrol.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/bp-and-shell-stations-sue-rival-for-selling-petrol-too-cheaply.html
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Author: Reuters

Russia is pounding the besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol into the "ashes of a dead land", its local council said on Tuesday, describing two more huge bombs that fell on the city that has been sealed off for weeks.

The plight of Mariupol, a city of 400,000 before the war, has been the most urgent humanitarian emergency since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly a month ago. Hundreds of thousands of residents are believed to be trapped inside under near constant shelling, with no access to food, water, power or heat.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-pleads-for-help-as-more-russian-bombs-hit-besieged-mariupol.html
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Category : Defence
Author: Sam Sachdeva

Despite concerns about the state of our naval fleet and plans to better patrol nearby waters, the Government has had to mothball plans for a new ship due to the cost crunch of the Covid response

Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/covid-costs-force-deferral-of-navy-ship-project
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Author: Rachel Sadler

A hybrid Delta and Omicron strain of COVID-19 has been discovered in several European countries and the United States - and it's even caught the attention of the World Health Organization (WHO).

'Deltacron', as it's been informally dubbed, is a recombinant virus that has melded-together genetic information from both variants.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/explained-what-is-deltacron-the-new-hybrid-covid-19-variant-that-blends-delta-and-omicron.html
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Author: Reuters

Hours after Russian missiles first struck Ukrainian cities on Feb. 24, German naval commander Terje Schmitt-Eliassen received notice to sail five warships under his command to the former Soviet Republic of Latvia to help protect the most vulnerable part of NATO's eastern flank.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-invasion-russia-may-not-stop-with-ukraine-nato-looks-to-protect-weakest-link.html
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