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Author: Ariana Eunjung Cha

The Marin County, California elementary school in the US had been conscientious about following Covid-19 protocols.

Masks were required indoors, desks were spaced six feet apart, and the students kept socially distant. But the Delta variant found an opening anyway.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/300393908/a-us-elementary-school-teacher-took-off-her-mask-for-a-readaloud-within-days-half-her-class-was-positive-for-delta
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 Simply put: Wearing your mask protects others from you...

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Author: Tess McClure

A group of almost 40 interpreters and others who worked with the NZDF are still trapped in Afghanistan

Afghan interpreters left behind after New Zealand ceased its mercy flights are shocked and terrified at being stranded, saying it is a “total betrayal” by the New Zealand government.

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Article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/27/total-betrayal-afghan-interpreters-shocked-as-new-zealand-ends-kabul-evacuation
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Author: BENJAMIN FELTON

Thales Australia has cut the first steel for New Zealand’s new fleet of Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles (PMV) at its factory in the Australian State of Victoria. New Zealand ordered an additional 43 of the type in 2020, to replace its aging fleet of armoured Pinzgauer transports. Previously, in 2015, New Zealand’s special forces, the New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS), acquired five of the type from Australia which they have operated ever since. 

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Article: https://www.overtdefense.com/2021/08/20/thales-australia-cuts-steel-for-new-zealands-new-bushmasters/
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Author: Michael Peck

Here's What You Need To Remember:  With the federal deficit growing, the military is likely to see some lean years. 

Is it worth sacrificing some F-35s and aircraft carriers to trim the federal budget deficit?

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Article: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/biggest-threat-aircraft-carriers-not-russia-or-china-192659
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Author: Reuters

A U.S. warship and a U.S. Coast Guard cutter sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Friday, the latest in what Washington calls routine operations through the sensitive waterway that separates Taiwan from China, which claims the self-ruled island.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/08/us-warship-sails-taiwan-strait-china-says-move-provactive.html
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Author: Andrew McRae

The Government is being urged to push for the safe passage of anyone who is eligible to get out of Afghanistan but is stranded there, now the Taliban have taken control.

On Thursday, New Zealand made its last evacuation flight out of Kabul following the bomb attack at the airport which killed scores of people.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/450263/government-urged-to-lobby-for-safe-passage-of-those-wanting-to-flee-afghanistan
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Author: Melanie Carroll

Employers continue to be “shocked” they can not unilaterally reduce workers’ pay during the level 4 lockdown, says an employment law expert.

An Auckland electrical contractor sent an email on Thursday saying that staff not working on construction sites would receive 80 per cent of their normal wage for this week’s pay, consisting of $600 from the Government’s wage subsidy and a top-up from the company.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/industries/126209523/covid19-employers-cant-just-decide-to-pay-staff-80-in-lockdown-lawyers-say
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Author: RNZ

A total of 370 people are on their way to New Zealand after being evacuated from Afghanistan.

It was still not know how many were New Zealand passport holders, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT) spokesperson said.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/08/370-people-on-way-to-new-zealand-after-afghanistan-evacuation-mfat.html
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