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France’s ambassador to Australia says Australian officials lied to his face and raised the risk of confrontation in Asia by crafting a secret submarine deal with the United States and Britain that undermined trust in democratic alliances.
France is determined to protect its interests in the Indo-Pacific region, and to put “muscle” into Europe’s geopolitical strategy towards an increasingly assertive China, Ambassador Jean-Pierre Thebault said Friday. He spoke in an interview with The Associated Press before heading back to his post in Canberra.
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Taiwan should be called a country, a senior French senator said on Friday (local time) during a visit to Taipei, doubling down on earlier comments that have angered Beijing, which views the island as one of its provinces, not a country.
Taiwan's name is a tricky issue.
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Read more: 'Flagrant violation': China angry after French Senator urges people call Taiwan a country
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“CANZUK” is a proposed supranational union of the most outspoken members of the Commonwealth: Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom. Now that Britain has left the European Union, is CANZUK a suitable alternative? In this video, I explain what CANZUK is as well as the potential benefits and negatives of such a union.
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Read more: CANZUK: An EU Alternative for Brexit Britain?
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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
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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
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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
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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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