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The Marin County, California elementary school in the US had been conscientious about following Covid-19 protocols.
Masks were required indoors, desks were spaced six feet apart, and the students kept socially distant. But the Delta variant found an opening anyway.
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A group of almost 40 interpreters and others who worked with the NZDF are still trapped in Afghanistan
Afghan interpreters left behind after New Zealand ceased its mercy flights are shocked and terrified at being stranded, saying it is a “total betrayal” by the New Zealand government.
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Read more: ‘Total betrayal’: Afghan interpreters shocked as New Zealand ends Kabul evacuation
- Article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/27/total-betrayal-afghan-interpreters-shocked-as-new-zealand-ends-kabul-evacuation
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Thales Australia has cut the first steel for New Zealand’s new fleet of Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles (PMV) at its factory in the Australian State of Victoria. New Zealand ordered an additional 43 of the type in 2020, to replace its aging fleet of armoured Pinzgauer transports. Previously, in 2015, New Zealand’s special forces, the New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS), acquired five of the type from Australia which they have operated ever since.
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Read more: Thales Australia Cuts Steel for New Zealand’s new Bushmasters
- Article: https://www.overtdefense.com/2021/08/20/thales-australia-cuts-steel-for-new-zealands-new-bushmasters/
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Here's What You Need To Remember: With the federal deficit growing, the military is likely to see some lean years.
Is it worth sacrificing some F-35s and aircraft carriers to trim the federal budget deficit?
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Read more: The Biggest Threat to Aircraft Carriers is Not Russia or China
- Article: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/biggest-threat-aircraft-carriers-not-russia-or-china-192659
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A U.S. warship and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Friday, the latest in what Washington calls routine operations through the sensitive waterway that separates Taiwan from China, which claims the self-ruled island.
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Read more: US warship sails Taiwan strait, China says move 'provocative'
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/08/us-warship-sails-taiwan-strait-china-says-move-provactive.html
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The Government is being urged to push for the safe passage of anyone who is eligible to get out of Afghanistan but is stranded there, now the Taliban have taken control.
On Thursday, New Zealand made its last evacuation flight out of Kabul following the bomb attack at the airport which killed scores of people.
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Read more: NZ 'has a moral obligation' to stay involved in Afghanistan crisis - defence expert
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/450263/government-urged-to-lobby-for-safe-passage-of-those-wanting-to-flee-afghanistan
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Employers continue to be “shocked” they can not unilaterally reduce workers’ pay during the level 4 lockdown, says an employment law expert.
An Auckland electrical contractor sent an email on Thursday saying that staff not working on construction sites would receive 80 per cent of their normal wage for this week’s pay, consisting of $600 from the Government’s wage subsidy and a top-up from the company.
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Read more: Employers can't just decide to pay staff 80% in lockdown, lawyers say
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/126209523/covid19-employers-cant-just-decide-to-pay-staff-80-in-lockdown-lawyers-say
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A total of 370 people are on their way to New Zealand after being evacuated from Afghanistan.
It was still not know how many were New Zealand passport holders, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) spokesperson said.
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Read more: 370 people on way to New Zealand after Afghanistan evacuation - MFAT
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/08/370-people-on-way-to-new-zealand-after-afghanistan-evacuation-mfat.html
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