Category : Defence
Author: Reuters

China, in the midst of a rapid nuclear weapons buildup, will soon surpass Russia as the United States' top nuclear threat, a senior US military official said on Friday, warning that the two countries have no mechanisms to avert miscommunication.

US Air Force Lieutenant General Thomas Bussiere, the deputy commander of the US Strategic Command, which oversees the country's nuclear arsenal, said China's development of nuclear capabilities "can no longer be aligned" with its public claim that it wants to maintain a minimum nuclear deterrent.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/08/china-to-overtake-russia-as-biggest-nuclear-threat-soon-us-commander-warns.html
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Category : News
Author: Lucy Xia

Chinese migrants are struggling to access information about the community outbreak of Covid-19 because it’s not translated into a language they can understand.

Age Concern is calling for more Government communication and support for older migrants, especially those who don't speak English and are unfamiliar with the New Zealand system.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126189758/chinese-elders-missing-out-on-key-information-about-covid19-community-outbreak
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Here is the thing; and it is not just "Chinese elders" it is all groups... if you come to a country to live learn the language. New Zealand has 3 official languages, "English", "Te Reo Maori", and "NZ Sign Language"... learn any one of those. Learn and comprehend it. Don't just learn the spoken word but also the written word. I don't care where you are from. If you are a Kiwi going to live in Japan you learn how to read and speak Japanese. It is that simple.

We can not be expected to translate to every known language on the planet.

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Author: Thomas Manch

A New Zealander who fled a terror attack at Kabul’s airport says she fears persecution by the Taliban, now that the Government has abandoned planned evacuations from Afghanistan.

The woman, who Stuff has agreed not to name for her security, was outside Kabul’s Hamid Karzai Airport with her husband and one-year-old daughter on Thursday afternoon (early Friday, New Zealand time), hoping to reach New Zealand soldiers.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/126206743/trapped-in-afghanistan-new-zealander-narrowly-misses-evacuation-flees-from-terror-attack
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Author: Juliet Speedy

Some South Island leaders are fuming to be fenced in at alert level 4, saying it's the wrong decision by the Government.

The South Island will also move to level 3 on midnight Tuesday, despite zero community cases in the mainland.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/08/coronavirus-south-island-leaders-condemn-covid-19-alert-level-decision.html
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Author: Reuters

President Joe Biden, his voice breaking with emotion, vowed on Thursday the United States would hunt down those responsible for twin explosions at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan and said he asked the Pentagon to develop plans to strike back at them.

Biden spoke hours after the blasts killed at least a dozen American troops and scores of civilians, the worst day of casualties for U.S. forces there in a decade.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/08/afghanistan-joe-biden-promises-to-hunt-down-kabul-airport-bombers.html
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Author: Ireland Hendry-Tennent

All of New Zealand from the south of Auckland will be moving to alert level three on Tuesday - also known as lockdown but with takeaways. Meanwhile, Auckland and above will remain in level four for at least two weeks. 

On Friday Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern said due to the Delta outbreak in Auckland it's too soon for New Zealand's biggest city to reduce restrictions. 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/08/coronavirus-what-you-can-and-can-t-do-at-alert-level-3.html
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Author: Andrew McRae

Afghan people living in this country are calling for extensive support for people being evacuated out of Kabul once they arrive in New Zealand.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/450009/nz-afghans-say-it-s-vital-evacuees-from-kabul-get-extensive-support-in-aotearoa
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Author: RNZ

There have been 70 new cases of Covid-19 in the community reported in New Zealand today, as the government considers whether to the extend the national lockdown.

In a statement, the Ministry of Health said there were 19 community cases in hospital, including one in ICU. All were in a stable condition.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/450177/covid-19-update-70-new-community-cases-as-lockdown-decision-looms
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