Category : News
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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Category : News
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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Category : News
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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Category : News
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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