Category : Defence
Author: George Block

New Zealand has deployed a navy ship to the Solomon Islands to help peacekeeping efforts after political unrest in the capital, Honiara.

The decision to deploy the HMNZS Wellington to the mission was not formally announced by the Government or the Defence Force.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300472473/new-zealand-quietly-deploys-navy-ship-to-solomon-islands
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

The United States says it will not send government officials to the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, after China pledged unspecified "countermeasures" against any such diplomatic boycott.

Last month, US President Joe Biden said he was considering such a diplomatic boycott amid criticism of China's human rights record, including what Washington says is genocide against minority Muslims in its western region of Xinjiang.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/winter-olympics-us-government-officials-to-boycott-next-year-s-beijing-games.html
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Category : News
Author: NZ Herald

Microsoft is warning those who use Windows computers to stop using the Google Chrome browser as soon as possible. 

The company says users should be now switching to Edge instead. 

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/lifestyle/sneaky-prompts-microsoft-warns-billions-of-google-chrome-users-to-stop-using-it-now
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"with the added trust of Microsoft" ... And then you try and stop freedom of choice and try to push users away with prompts... which is the reason more and more people are leaving the Windows and MS platform... they don't trust you.

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Category : Defence
Author: George Block

A sailor has escaped disciplinary action after accidentally letting off a blank round in Singapore, the Defence Force says.

The incident happened several weeks ago while the frigate HMNZS Te Kaha was abroad for exercises in the South China Sea.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/300471530/nz-navy-accidentally-fired-blank-round-while-docked-in-singapore
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Myanmar's deposed leader Aung San Suu Kyi was jailed for four years on Monday on charges of incitement and breaching coronavirus restrictions, a source familiar with the proceedings said, in a case critics dismissed as a farce.

President Win Myint was also sentenced to four years in prison, the source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, as the court delivered its first verdicts against civilian leaders detained in a February 1 military coup.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/myanmar-court-sentences-deposed-leader-aung-san-suu-kyi-to-four-years-in-jail.html
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Author: Reuters

China will take "countermeasures" in protest against a planned U.S. diplomatic boycott of the Olympics if necessary, Beijing's foreign ministry said on Monday.

The Biden administration is expected to announce on Monday that U.S. government officials will not attend the 2022 Olympics in Beijing, a source familiar with the situation said Monday, confirming earlier reports by CNN and NBC.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/china-threatens-retaliation-to-planned-us-boycott-of-beijing-olympics.html
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Just threatening to take "countermeasures" to any country that boycott's is enough for me to just boycott the Bejing Olympics.  If you start threatening like it doesn't help people then start to dig their heels in and stick to their word...

Personally while the CCP are in power they should have never got the rights to host either the summer or winter Olympics after the way the treat other countries, and especially the way they treating the Uyghurs and slowly performing genocide on them. CCP can get fucked.

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Category : News
Author: Reuters

The United States and a group of Western countries including Germany, France, Britain and New Zealand have expressed concern over reported killings and disappearances of former members of the Afghan security forces after the Taliban took power in Afghanistan in August.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/new-zealand-among-countries-raising-concern-over-possible-severe-human-rights-abuses-in-afghanistan-taliban-says-it-s-slander.html
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 So NZ will say this openly against the Taliban but not the CCP for the Uyghurs... Interesting... very interesting.

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Author: Reuters

The coronavirus pandemic has weakened China's power in the Indo-Pacific, and the region's deepening security uncertainties present a "significant" risk of war, the Lowy Institute said in a report on Sunday.

U.S. allies in the region and key balancing powers such as India have never been more dependent on American capacity and willingness to sustain a military and strategic counterweight in response to China's rise, said the Sydney-based foreign policy think tank.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/concerning-report-released-into-indo-pacific-conflict-says-risk-of-war-is-significant.html
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