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Author: Reuters

Rockets struck the outskirts of the western Ukrainian city of Lviv on Saturday for what appeared to be the first time since Russia's invasion, and Russian forces took control of a town where workers at the defunct Chernobyl nuclear plant live.

Intense fighting raged in several parts of Ukraine, suggesting there will be no swift let-up in the month-old war, and US President Joe Biden called Russia's Vladimir Putin a "butcher" after meeting Ukrainian refugees in Poland.

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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.

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Author: Rob Stock

OPINION: Prime minister David Lange famously told a questioner at a debate at Oxford University on nuclear weapons: “I can smell the uranium on (your breath) as you lean towards me.”

Well, there’s still a whiff of uranium on the breath of some KiwiSaver funds, new research from ethical research charity Mindful Money suggests, but not for much longer.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/opinion-analysis/128145013/kiwisaver-crawls-towards-its-nuclearfree-moment
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Author: Reuters

Google, Amazon, Apple, Meta and Microsoft may have to change their core business practices in Europe as EU countries and EU lawmakers clinched a deal on landmark rules to curb their powers.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/464003/us-tech-giants-face-tough-new-rules-as-eu-countries-lawmakers-clinch-deal
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Author: news.com.au

Russia has issued a chilling threat, saying it will launch nuclear weapons against the West if Nato forces enter Ukraine.

The disturbing warnings were made by commentators on President Vladimir Putin's highly controlled state TV on Wednesday, ahead of Thursday's emergency summit in Brussels between Nato, G7 and European Union leaders.

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Author: Michael Shoebridge

Solomon Islands Prime Minister Manasseh Sogavare has a Chinese-government-proposed text for a security agreement between his country and China, which is apparently being considered by his government.

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Article: https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/decision-to-bring-chinas-military-into-the-south-pacific-in-the-hands-of-solomon-islands-pm/
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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.

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Author: Molly Swift

The Solomon Islands Government shows no sign of backing down in a statement addressing the security agreement it is negotiating with China.

The statement released on Friday said the country is expanding its security arrangement with more countries, including China.

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