Category : News
Author: Stuff

Shanghai reaffirmed Wednesday (local time) it would maintain the “zero-Covid” approach to eliminate a waning outbreak in China's largest city after the head of the World Health Organisation said it was not sustainable and urged China to change strategies.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/300586198/shanghai-reaffirms-zerocovid-strategy-as-who-warns-it-is-not-sustainable
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Category : News
Author: Reuters

Russian diplomat Sergiy Andreev was feeling unwelcome on the streets of Warsaw even before protesters doused him with red liquid thrown in his face at short range this week.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/05/ukraine-invasion-russian-diplomats-feel-isolated-after-ambassador-to-poland-sergiy-andreev-pelted-with-red-paint.html
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Author: Reuters

Ukrainian forces reported battlefield gains on Wednesday (local time) in a counterattack that could signal a shift in the momentum of the war, while Kyiv shut gas flows on a route through Russian-held territory, raising the spectre of an energy crisis in Europe.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/05/ukraine-invasion-ukraine-pushes-russian-forces-back-in-counterattack-restricts-gas-flow-to-europe.html
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Category : News
Author: Sunday Morning,

Chinese politics and policy expert Elizabeth C. Economy has been described as one of the most important scholars of China in a generation.

In her new book, The World According to China, Dr Economy details China's role in the world and explains Beijing's ambition to reclaim the country's past glory and sit atop a new international system as the global superpower.

Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/2018841048/elizabeth-economy-you-never-see-china-step-up
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Author: Reuters

Ukraine said on Tuesday (local time) its forces had recaptured villages from Russian troops north and northeast of Kharkiv, pressing a counter-offensive that could signal a shift in the war's momentum and jeopardise Russia's main advance.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/05/ukraine-invasion-ukraine-pushes-russian-troops-back-in-counter-offensive-recapturing-villages-near-kharkiv.html
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Category : Opinion
Author: Reuters

Vladimir Putin exhorted Russians to battle in a defiant Victory Day speech on Monday (local time), but was silent about plans for any escalation in Ukraine, despite Western warnings he might use the event in Red Square to order a national mobilisation.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/05/ukraine-invasion-russian-president-vladimir-putin-announces-no-new-escalation-on-long-awaited-victory-day.html
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Author: Chris Pleasance and Will Stewart

Oleksiy Goncharenko, head of the council of Odesa which houses Ukraine's largest naval base, identified the vessel on his Telegram channel this morning as the Admiral Makarov - a $500million frigate that was only commissioned five years ago.

Article: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10789563/Ukraine-war-Russian-battleship-hit-Black-Sea.html
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Please note that this is unconfirmed. But if true, it hasn't been destroyed it just turned into a diving exhibit.

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Author: Stephen Dziedzic, Evan Wasuka and Iris Zhao

One of China's largest defence and aerospace companies promised to upgrade almost three dozen airstrips in Solomon Islands as part of an ambitious plan to transform the Pacific Islands country into an "aeronautical hub" for the region.

Article: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-04-29/avic-solomon-islands-aviation-plan/101022480
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