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China's new maritime law – in which foreign vessels will have to submit details to Chinese authorities when transiting through its 'territorial waters' – has now come into force.
In a classic manoeuvre of what is called “lawfare”, China announced a new set of maritime regulations last week that require ships carrying certain types of cargo to provide detailed information to the Chinese authorities when transiting through Chinese “territorial waters”.
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Read more: How Beijing’s New Maritime Rules in the South China Sea Will Affect India and Others
- Article: https://www.orfonline.org/research/how-beijings-new-maritime-rules-in-the-south-china-sea-will-affect-india-and-others/
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There are calls for tougher measures to limit the transmission of Covid-19 between the North and South Islands, after Te Waipounamu recorded its first community case of 2021 on Saturday.
The Ministry of Health said the individual flew from Rotorua and arrived in Blenheim on October 21.
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Read more: Calls for tougher measures to limit inter-island transmission after Blenheim case
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300437252/covid19-calls-for-tougher-measures-to-limit-interisland-transmission-after-blenheim-case
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The new AUKUS defense pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States will go down as one of this year’s biggest foreign policy surprises.
By contrast, the announcement of a free trade agreement (FTA) between New Zealand and the United Kingdom was expected – only the exact timing was uncertain. The U.K. signed a particularly generous agreement with Australia in June, and New Zealand’s diplomats were clearly expecting to secure a very similar deal.
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- Article: https://thediplomat.com/2021/10/the-geopolitics-behind-the-new-zealand-uk-free-trade-agreement/
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A person has tested positive for Covid-19 in Blenheim.
Little is known about the community case – the first in the South Island in nearly a year – but they're thought to have come to the attention of Nelson Marlborough District Health Board officials late on Friday.
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Read more: Covid-19 case in Blenheim is South Island's first community case since 2020
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126726176/covid19-case-in-blenheim-is-south-islands-first-community-case-since-2020
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Beijing is feeling the heat once again on as forty-three countries called on China at the UN to "ensure full respect for the rule of law" with regard to the Muslim Uyghur community in Xinjiang, where respect for human rights remains "particularly" worrying.
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Read more: 43 countries criticize China over Uyghur Muslims' rights
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Scientists have labelled the Government’s plan to swap the Covid-19 alert levels for a “traffic light” system once all regions have achieved 90 per cent full vaccination for their eligible populations as “unethical”, with some fearing it may leave Māori and Pacific people vulnerable to the virus.
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Read more: New Covid-19 plan 'unethical' and could cause 'irreparable harm', experts say
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126763887/new-covid19-plan-unethical-and-could-cause-irreparable-harm-experts-say
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A former commander of an elite Afghan police unit that was trained by the New Zealand SAS is asking the Government to do more to help his comrades flee Afghanistan.
Major General Ghulam Daoud Tarakhil, who led Afghanistan’s Crisis Response Unit said CRU officers had spent years hunting “terrorists who used every means – including suicide attacks – to carry out their missions,” and were now being hunted by the Taliban.
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Read more: Former Afghan commander asks Government to do more for abandoned comrades
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/300436907/former-afghan-commander-asks-government-to-do-more-for-abandoned-comrades
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Facebook Inc's independent oversight board demanded more transparency from the social media giant on Thursday, saying the company was not "fully forthcoming" on how it deals with certain high-profile user accounts.
The comments follow a Wall Street Journal report last month that said millions of Facebook accounts belonging to celebrities, politicians and other high-profile users were exempted from some internal checks.
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Read more: Facebook's oversight board seeks more transparency on high-profile users
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