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Author: TVNZ

Astronomers have discovered the biggest explosion seen in the universe, originating from a super-massive black hole.

Scientists reported Friday, the blast came from a black hole in a cluster of galaxies 390 million light-years away.

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Author: Andrea Vance

A second volunteer interpreter says he's been abandoned and "left to face death" in Afghanistan.

Nowroz Ali says he and his family are targets of the Taliban for his work with the NZ Defence Force at Bamiyan's Kiwi Base. 

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Author: Kraut

As I described it when I put it up to be voted on, I believe Trump's single biggest failure as a president is his handling of China and the way his ineffective and lack-luster foreign policy allowed for a communist dictatorship to rise and build a superpower within a block of unfree states that can even rival the United States and has by now even found ways to influence the politics of democratic nations.

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Category: Defence
Author: Nighthawk

The Leander-class HMNZS Waikato joined the Royal New Zealand Navy in 1966. It was the first New Zealand warship designed to embark a helicopter. However, the flight deck was designed for the small to light utility helicopters; like the Westland Wasp Lynx, and SeaSprite. The Ship had a colourful service history.

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Christianity is on the rise in China, but the CCP demands the people "have no other gods before me." Is this the start of a new era of persecution against Christians and Catholics? At least the C o m m u n i s t Party and China president Xi Jinping might be giving us (and Pope Francis) a new and exciting Bible! Heresy: with Chinese Characteristics.

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The person being treated for coronavirus wasn't subject to any health checks on arrival to New Zealand despite being sick on the plane.

The infected traveller flew into New Zealand on Wednesday, February 26, from Tehran, Iran via Bali on Emirates flight EK450. 

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Author: CDN

Dr. John Robson comments on key items from the Feb. 12, 2020 Climate Discussion Nexus weekly "Wednesday Wakeup" newsletter (https://climatediscussionnexus.com/ne...) including two alarmist scientists blowing the whistle on their alarmist colleagues for misleading the public with scare stories they know are wrong.

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Category: Defence

US-based Center for Strategic and Budgetary Assessments (CSBA) has released an analysis of the US Navy’s planned surface force structure, providing invaluable insights into the future direction, acquisition and planning of the Royal Australian Navy’s own surface combatants.

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