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A suicide bomber attacked a mosque in Afghanistan's northeastern Kunduz province on Friday, killing scores of worshippers in the country's third attack this week on a religious institution.
Islamic State claimed responsibility for an attack that state-run Bakhtar news agency said had killed 46 people and wounded 143. Two health officials told Reuters the death toll could be between 70 and 80.
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Read more: Dozens killed in suicide bombing on Afghan mosque
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/10/dozens-killed-in-suicide-bombing-on-afghan-mosque.html
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The Government is preparing a massive carrot stick approach for the hospitality and events sector.
It's planning a revamped alert level system for life after lockdown. Bars and restaurants will be given a choice: either be a vaccine-only venue or you'll have a customer limit.
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Read more: Government set to revamp COVID-19 alert levels with new 'traffic light' system
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/10/government-set-to-revamp-covid-19-alert-levels-with-new-traffic-light-system.html
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Northland will be moving back to a strict alert level 3 lockdown from 11:59pm on Friday night after a positive case travelled extensively around the region.
COVID-19 Response Minister Chris Hipkins confirmed the woman, who is now in an Auckland MIQ facility, travelled to the region on October 2 from Auckland reportedly under false pretenses and was there until the evening of October 6.
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Read more: Coronavirus: Latest on COVID-19 community outbreak
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/10/coronavirus-latest-on-covid-19-community-outbreak-friday-october-8.html
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Air Marshal Kevin Short, New Zealand’s Chief of Defence, visited Dublin over the weekend where he met Chief of Staff of the Irish Defence Forces Lieutenant General Seán Clancy. During the meeting, they discussed ongoing negotiations between the two governments about the purchase of two former Royal New Zealand Navy (RNZN) Lake-class Inshore Patrol Vessels (IPV) for the Irish Naval Service.
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Read more: New Zealand’s CDF Visits Ireland as Discussion Around Ship Sale Heats Up
- Article: https://www.overtdefense.com/2021/10/05/new-zealands-cdf-visits-ireland-as-discussion-around-ship-sale-heats-up/
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The career diplomat U.S. President Joe Biden named to lead the Central Intelligence Agency is creating a high-level unit aimed at sharpening the agency's focus on China, at a time of tense relations between the world's two largest economies.
CIA Director William Burns said on Thursday that the China Mission Center would cut across "all of the agency's mission areas," noting the CIA's concern was "the threat ...from the Chinese government, not its people."
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China seems set to change the way it relates to Pacific nations.
This much is evident from a study showing a dramatic fall in aid spending, in terms of grants and low cost loans, over the past several years.
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Read more: China seemingly set on new approach to Pacific influence
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Small numbers of US special operations forces have been rotating into Taiwan on a temporary basis to carry out training of Taiwanese forces, two sources familiar with the matter said on Thursday, speaking on condition of anonymity
The Pentagon, which historically has not disclosed details about U.S. training or advising of Taiwanese forces, did not specifically comment on or confirm the deployment.
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Read more: US troops rotating into Taiwan for training as tensions with China mount
- Article: https://www.reuters.com/world/china/us-troops-rotating-into-taiwan-training-sources-2021-10-07/
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It's too early to say if amalgamation is on the cards for the country's 78 councils, but the way New Zealand's towns and cities are run is poised for overhaul, to replace an under-pressure local government system.
An independent review has found a swathe of issues in the sector including not enough funding and capacity, poor cohesion and collaboration, low diversity, mistrust between local and central government, and high demands on iwi and Māori without wellbeing outcomes.
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Read more: Local government review: Interim report sets out problems facing sector
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