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Author: Associated Press

Myanmar's leader vowed Sunday to intensify action against homegrown militia groups fighting the military-run government, saying the armed forces would “annihilate” them.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/03/27/myanmar-leader-vows-to-annihilate-opponents-of-army-rule/
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Author: Wilson Longhurst

Police in the Solomon Islands say they’ll be taking a “zero-tolerance” policy to any violence as the country’s parliament sits for the first time since last year’s deadly riots.

The November unrest in Honiara was partly seen as a response to China’s growing influence in the country, following the Government’s move in 2019 to sever ties with Taiwan and align with China.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/03/27/riot-police-guard-solomon-islands-parliament-after-china-security-deal/
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Author: John Anthony

Economic fallout from the war in Ukraine is already being felt in New Zealand, with soaring fuel and food prices, a rising New Zealand dollar and widespread supply chain disruption, with worse expected in the coming months.

Chris Edwards​, who is managing director of international air and sea freight logistics business Go Logistics, says supply chain disruption is even worse than when Covid-19 first hit.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/the-monitor/128027235/war-in-ukraine-having-immediate-impact-on-nz-businesses-with-ongoing-fall-out-expected
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Author: William Hewett

A Russian general has been killed in a strike near the southern city of Kherson in Ukraine after gloating the war would be over within hours.

Lt Gen Yakov Rezantsev - who was the commander of Russia's 49th combined army - was reportedly killed during a Ukrainian strike on the Chornobaivka airbase near Kherson.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-invasion-russian-general-killed-during-ukrainian-strike-near-kherson-after-gloating-war-would-be-over-within-hours.html
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Author: Associated Press

Russian forces in Ukraine appear to have shifted their focus from a ground offensive aimed at Kyiv, the capital, to instead prioritising what Moscow calls liberation of the contested Donbas region in the country's industrial east, officials said Friday, suggesting a new phase of the war.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/03/26/russian-forces-appear-to-shift-focus-from-kyiv-offensive/
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Author: TVNZ: 1News

The New Zealand Government has gone to Beijing with concerns that China's about to make a military move in the Pacific.

Leaked documents suggest the Solomon Islands has signed a policing and security deal with China that could extend to military and naval involvement.

Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/03/25/leaked-agreement-points-to-growing-chinese-influence-in-solomons/
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Author: Reuters

Western leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday agreed to strengthen their forces in Eastern Europe, increase military aid to Ukraine and tighten sanctions on Russia whose invasion and bombardment of its neighbour entered a second month.

At an unprecedented summit of transatlantic alliance NATO, G7 rich nations and European leaders to address the continent's biggest military crisis since the 1990s Balkans wars, new battle groups were announced for four Eastern European nations.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-invasion-western-nations-to-bolster-aid.html
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Author: RNZ

The Taliban have backtracked on their announcement that high schools would open for girls, saying they would remain closed until a plan was drawn up in accordance with Islamic law for them to reopen.

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