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The United Nations has been held hostage by 5 countries since 1945. Can they still be allowed to dictate terms to rest of the world? On GravitasPlus WION's Palki tells you why it's time to decolonise the global body.
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Read more: United Nations: A redundant body?
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There are two new cases of Covid-19 in New Zealand, both in managed isolation.
The new cases are both imported cases in a managed isolation facility, with one person arriving from Germany via the United Arab Emirates and Malaysia on September 21, the Ministry of Health said.
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Read more: Two new Covid-19 cases, both in managed isolation
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/122903251/coronavirus-two-new-covid19-cases-both-in-managed-isolation
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ACT candidate and prominent gun advocate Nicole McKee says the party's rise is due to Kiwis recognising "what's occurring out there in New Zealand" - and is not just on the back of former NZ First voters turning to them.
Recent poll results show ACT would win nine seats at the election, with leader David Seymour currently the only party member occupying Parliament.
NZ First, meanwhile, was on 2 percent - well below the 5 percent threshold to get back into Parliament.
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The death of trainee diver Zachary Yarwood revealed a poorly governed navy dive school with a culture that pushed students beyond their limits. TONY WALL reports on systemic failings that led to a tragedy.
A week before he died, able diver Zachary Yarwood had become exhausted during a mud run and pulled out of a dive planned for immediately after the event.
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Read more: Damning report reveals navy's dive culture after death of sailor Zach Yarwood
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Last month, we told you about the highs and lows of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. Today, we're zooming out to profile the entire Chinese global infrastructure development plan known as the Belt and Road Initiative.
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Read more: China's Great Belt and Road Economic Initiative
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Advance NZ party leader Billy Te Kahika has been met by police in Dunedin after he refused to wear a face mask properly on a flight from Wellington.
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- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/travel/2020/09/advance-nz-leader-billy-te-kahika-met-by-police-after-refusing-to-wear-face-mask-properly-on-flight.html
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Technically the flight has the right to make you wear a mask whether there is CoVid-19 or not... you are on their plane and it is their safety rules that you agreed to follow when you bought the ticket.
The Royal Australian Navy and Indian Navy warships have conducted a two-day passage exercise (PASSEX) in the northeast Indian Ocean.
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WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s upcoming recommendation for a future Navy is expected to call for a significant increase in the number of ships, with officials discussing a fleet as large as 530 hulls, according to documents obtained by Defense News.
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Read more: The Pentagon is eyeing a 500-ship Navy, documents reveal
- Article: https://www.defensenews.com/naval/2020/09/24/the-pentagon-is-eyeing-a-500-ship-navy-documents-reveal/
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