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Author: Reuters

An air strike killed at least 50 people at a concert in Myanmar held by an ethnic minority group in conflict with the ruling military, opposition groups and media said on Monday (local time), an attack condemned by the United Nations and western embassies.

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Author: RNZ

The agency charged with enforcing vaccine pass rules says it has no idea how many businesses have paid fines for not complying.

From December to about Easter, many businesses had to ask to see Covid-19 vaccine passes, and staff had to have them to work.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2022/10/coronavirus-373k-in-vaccine-pass-fines-going-uncollected.html
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Author: Sinead Gill

Students in Dunedin are losing the war on parasitic mites, with a substantial number of young people caught up in a “revolving door” of scabies.

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Author: Reuters

Liz Truss said on Thursday she would resign as UK Prime Minister, brought down just six weeks into the job by an economic programme that roiled financial markets, pushed up living costs for voters and enraged much of her own party.

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Author: Ben Felton

In preparation for the impending delivery of Thales Bushmaster NZ5.5 vehicles, the New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has begun to explore how it will integrate Command, Control, Communication, Computing and Intelligence systems (C4I) into the new vehicles.

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Author: Ben Felton

ADM understands Supacat is eying the New Zealand Army’s Protected Mobility Capability Project (PMCP) utility requirement as an opportunity for its new High Mobility Transporter-Utility (HMT-U) vehicle. Supacat was showing the concept vehicle, alongside promotional material aimed at the New Zealand market, during Land Forces 2022.

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Author: Yvette Tan

China is pursuing unification with Taiwan "on a much faster timeline" than previously expected, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says.

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Former British military pilots are being lured to China with large sums of money to pass on their expertise to the Chinese military, it is claimed.

Up to 30 former UK military pilots are thought to have gone to train members of China's People's Liberation Army.

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  1. US fears China speeding up re-unification plans with Taiwan
  2. President Vladimir Putin declares martial law in occupied Ukrainian regions
  3. Former New Zealand Defence Force personnel working for company allegedly recruiting people to train Chinese armed forces
  4. Kiwi conducting foreign interference warned by New Zealand NZSIS to stop

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