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Russia is pounding the besieged Ukrainian port of Mariupol into the "ashes of a dead land", its local council said on Tuesday, describing two more huge bombs that fell on the city that has been sealed off for weeks.
The plight of Mariupol, a city of 400,000 before the war, has been the most urgent humanitarian emergency since Russia invaded Ukraine nearly a month ago. Hundreds of thousands of residents are believed to be trapped inside under near constant shelling, with no access to food, water, power or heat.
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Read more: Ukraine pleads for help as more Russian bombs hit besieged Mariupol
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-pleads-for-help-as-more-russian-bombs-hit-besieged-mariupol.html
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Despite concerns about the state of our naval fleet and plans to better patrol nearby waters, the Government has had to mothball plans for a new ship due to the cost crunch of the Covid response
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Read more: Covid costs force ‘deferral’ of Navy ship project
- Article: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/covid-costs-force-deferral-of-navy-ship-project
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A hybrid Delta and Omicron strain of COVID-19 has been discovered in several European countries and the United States - and it's even caught the attention of the World Health Organization (WHO).
'Deltacron', as it's been informally dubbed, is a recombinant virus that has melded-together genetic information from both variants.
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Read more: What is Deltacron, the new hybrid COVID-19 variant that blends Delta and Omicron
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/explained-what-is-deltacron-the-new-hybrid-covid-19-variant-that-blends-delta-and-omicron.html
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The Green Party says New Zealand has put its relationship with the NATO security alliance ahead of saving lives in Ukraine.
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Read more: Ukraine war: Green Party says $5m NZ funding could be diverted to 'saving lives'
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/463764/ukraine-war-green-party-says-5m-nz-funding-could-be-diverted-to-saving-lives
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Hours after Russian missiles first struck Ukrainian cities on Feb. 24, German naval commander Terje Schmitt-Eliassen received notice to sail five warships under his command to the former Soviet Republic of Latvia to help protect the most vulnerable part of NATO's eastern flank.
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Read more: Ukraine invasion: Russia may not stop with Ukraine, NATO looks to protect weakest link
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2022/03/ukraine-invasion-russia-may-not-stop-with-ukraine-nato-looks-to-protect-weakest-link.html
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The math of military conquests and occupation may be against Russian President Vladimir Putin in Ukraine.
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Read more: Military math threatens Putin's Ukraine plan - experts
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/03/20/military-math-threatens-putins-ukraine-plan-experts/
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China has fully militarised at least three of several islands it built in the disputed South China Sea, arming them with anti-ship and anti-aircraft missile systems, laser and jamming equipment, and fighter jets in an increasingly aggressive move that threatens all nations operating nearby, a top US military commander says.
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Read more: Beijing military build-up 'destabilising' South China Sea
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2022/03/21/beijing-military-build-up-destabilising-south-china-sea/
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The Government is donating body armour and helmets to Ukrainian forces, and will give $5 million to NATO, breaking from New Zealand's traditional aid funding.
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