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More than 100 former Afghan national security forces and others have been killed since the Taliban takeover in August, most at the hands of the hardline Islamist group which is recruiting boy soldiers and quashing women's rights, the UN said on Tuesday.
Nada al-Nashif, UN deputy high commissioner for human rights, said that in addition, at least 50 suspected members of a local affiliate of Islamic State known as ISIS-Khorasan - an ideological foe of the Taliban - died by hanging and beheading.
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Read more: Taliban recruiting boy soldiers, quashing women's rights, carrying out public killings
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/taliban-recruiting-boy-soldiers-quashing-women-s-rights-carrying-out-public-killings-un.html
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Discontent is growing among 'freedom' groups just days before a COVID-19 protest in the capital, with Billy Te Kahika Jr lashing out at Brian Tamaki and others who oppose anti-vaccine mandates in an impassioned livestream.
The failed politician and conspiracy theorist took to social media this week after attending a 'unity meeting' alongside representatives of a range of groups that oppose the Government's COVID-19 restrictions.
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Volcanic activity has increased at both Mt Ruapehu and Whakaari/White Island, with both moving to the unrest stage of the volcanic alert levels.
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Rocket Lab’s centre of gravity has shifted further away from New Zealand and towards North America after it announced it would buy United States space solar tech company SolAero for US$80 million (NZ$118 million).
Rocket Lab will take on 425 staff as a result of the acquisition, which is expected to be complete by the end of March.
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Read more: Most Rocket Lab staff set to be based outside NZ by early next year
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/127276549/most-rocket-lab-staff-set-to-be-based-outside-nz-by-early-next-year
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Same number of staff that it always has been will be in NZ... it is just that Rocketlab has acquired various assests and tech companies in the the US. The latest is a solar tech company "SolAero" ... No one is moving off shore... while not lying the title of the article is misguiding you in to thinking they are moving off shore... but no one is moving...
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At least one person has died in the UK after contracting the Omicron coronavirus variant, Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday, the first publicly confirmed death globally from the swiftly spreading strain.
Since the first Omicron cases were detected on November 27 in the United Kingdom, Johnson has imposed tougher restrictions and on Sunday cautioned the variant could overcome the immune defences of those inoculated with two shots of vaccines.
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Read more: First Omicron variant death confirmed in UK
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/covid-19-first-omicron-variant-death-confirmed-in-uk.html
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“Judge me in a year,” said Swedish public health boss, Dr Anders Tegnell, in July 2020.
The Covid-19 crisis was still in its infancy, but the Nordic nation normally lauded for its social safety net had already emerged as a global pandemic pariah.
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Read more: Whatever happened to pandemic pariah Sweden?
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/explained/127230714/covid19-whatever-happened-to-pandemic-pariah-sweden
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As hundreds of people started to gather at an anti-lockdown protest in Auckland, authorities sent text messages to Destiny Church's Brian Tamaki telling him to tell the crowd to social distance.
Deputy Police Commissioner Wally Haumaha sent a series of texts to Tamaki on the morning of Saturday, October 2, as crowds started arriving at the Auckland Domain and nearby Auckland War Memorial Museum.
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Read more: Top cop's texts to Brian Tamaki - 'Tell the people to social distance'
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Thousands of people are still without vaccine passes, waiting for their overseas vaccination records to be added to the New Zealand register.
When the Ministry of Health was swamped in the weeks leading up to the traffic light system, it gave out last-minute temporary exemptions, but they expire tomorrow and many businesses are not accepting them.
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Read more: Thousands of returnees vaccinated abroad still stuck without vaccine pass
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/12/covid-19-thousands-of-returnees-vaccinated-abroad-still-stuck-without-vaccine-pass.html
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