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Samoa is throwing everything it has into the battle against measles, but the relentless spread of the disease and rising death toll prove the fight is far from over.

Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/the-detail/117913149/the-detail-why-samoa-is-being-devastated-by-measles
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Author: Reuters

The past decade is almost certain to be the hottest on record, weather experts warn, painting a bleak picture of vanishing sea ice, devastating heatwaves and encroaching seas in a report launched at a climate summit in Spain.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/12/past-decade-likely-to-be-hottest-on-record-experts-warn.html
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Author: Jamie Ensor

New Zealand's Race Relations Commissioner has labelled a cartoon about the Samoan measles crisis published in the Otago Daily Times (ODT) "extremely appalling and distasteful". 

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/12/embarrassed-race-relations-commissioner-meng-foon-blasts-appalling-and-distasteful-samoan-measles-cartoon.html
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Author: Sky News Australia

China wants Australia "to bend the knee to Beijing" through a concerted effort of "political warfare" according to Dr Malcolm Davis from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute

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A woman dumped the remains of her bushfire-charred family home outside the Australian parliament on Monday, accusing lawmakers of failing to act on the climate crisis.

Article: https://www.newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/heather-du-plessis-allan-drive/audio/murray-olds-woman-dumps-remains-of-bushfire-ravaged-home-outside-australian-parliament
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Author: Lana Andelane

Cars have been banned from roads and the public told to "stay home" as Samoa enforces extreme measures to contain the measles outbreak.

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2019/12/samoa-measles-crisis-public-told-stay-home-as-cars-banned-from-roads-amid-state-of-emergency.html
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Author: Sae Strang

The Otago Times (OTD) has apologised after an "insensitive" cartoon was released by the newspaper making light of the measles crisis in Samoa.  

Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2019/12/otago-daily-times-apologises-for-insensitive-cartoon-mocking-samoa-measles-crisis.html
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Author: LibertyWorks

Peter Ridd speaks on issues relating to Climate Change, his unfair dismissal and control of thought at universities.

Article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7j75L38PlI
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