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A new variant of COVID-19 spreading rapidly in New York City carries a mutation that may weaken the effectiveness of vaccines, according to researchers.
The new strain, B.1.526, was first detected in samples collected in New York City in November. The variant now accounts for roughly one in four viral sequences stored in a scientific database, according to a report by the New York Times.
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Read more: New COVID-19 variant spreading rapidly in New York contains vaccine-dodging mutation
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/02/coronavirus-new-covid-19-variant-spreading-rapidly-in-new-york-contains-vaccine-dodging-mutation.html
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China's unrelenting air assault on Taiwan has claimed its first victims – that nation's defence and home affairs ministers.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) air force shows no sign of releasing the pressure on Taiwan.
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Read more: Taiwan scrambles fighter jets in response to China's ongoing air incursions
- Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/taiwan-scrambles-fighter-jets-in-response-to-chinas-ongoing-air-incursions/AHLQ4RUTW43DZIVN5KGT54A63Y/
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Foreign Affairs Secretary Chris Seed says evidence around alleged mistreatment of Uighurs is of "great concern" and discussions with China are "ongoing" about a visit by New Zealand diplomats.
It's estimated more than a million Uighurs - a mostly Muslim Turkic minority group that number about 11 million in China's Xinjiang region - have been detained in camps, which have been widely condemned as akin to prisons.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/02/new-zealand-foreign-secretary-s-great-concern-for-uighurs-ongoing-discussion-with-china-about-diplomat-visit.html
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Airplanes have been a lot less common in the skies above New Zealand lately and even less common is seeing three of them flying at the same time.
On Wednesday Newshub was contacted by numerous people in Auckland wondering why three mysterious 'military looking' aircraft were circling the city.
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Read more: Mysterious military flights above Auckland explained
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2021/02/mysterious-military-flights-above-auckland-explained.html
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Every night for more than a week, unregistered planes have been carrying unknown goods and people between China and its conflict-ravaged neighbour Myanmar – and experts believe they might know why.
The southeast Asian nation – which shares a sprawling border with China to its northeast – is currently effectively cut off from the world as a new military regime cracks down hard on those who opposed its takeover from a democratically elected government in a brutal coup three weeks ago.
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Read more: Truth about mystery flights between China and Myanmar during coup d'etat
- Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/truth-about-mystery-flights-between-china-and-myanmar-during-coup-detat/CMC3A6JGRKJHVTA6DFKRLKNL7I/
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Buying a home is increasingly out of reach for many New Zealanders as housing affordability plummets to historically low levels.
A report by CoreLogic found average property values surged 6.1 percent in the final three months of last year, while they went up more than 11 percent for the whole of 2020.
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Read more: New Zealand housing affordability plummets to historically low levels
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/money/2021/02/new-zealand-housing-affordability-plummets-to-historically-low-levels.html
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China hit back on Wednesday at growing criticism by western powers of its treatment of ethnic minorities in the regions of Xinjiang and Tibet and of citizens in the former UK colony of Hong Kong.
Hours earlier, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in a wide-ranging speech to the UN Human Rights Council, said that the Joe Biden administration would denounce atrocities in Xinjiang.
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Read more: China hits back at western powers over Uighur atrocities after Canada declares 'genocide'
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/02/china-hits-back-at-western-powers-over-uighur-atrocities-after-canada-declares-genocide.html
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A distress call that led to a wild goose chase in search of a missing yacht later found safe 150km away, is a reminder to all boaties to have two forms of communication on them while out at sea.
The mishap occurred when Rescue Co-ordination Centre NZ received a mayday call from a yacht believed to be sinking on the Coromandel coast on February 17.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/waikato-times/news/300237599/radio-silence-led-to-unnecessary-search-for-sinking-yacht-later-found-safe-150km-away-from-call
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