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I usually write a piece thanking the New Zealand Defence Force personnel who are deployed overseas and away from their families at Christmas. That sentiment stands but this year I’m going to focus on those deployed on duty at managed isolation and quarantine facilities around the country.
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Read more: A Xmas Shout-Out to MIQ Staff
- Article: https://unclas.wordpress.com/2021/12/25/a-xmas-shout-out-to-miq-staff/
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The story of our universe begins nearly 14 billion years ago with the Big Bang.
We can still see the afterglow of this violent and sudden expansion of the cosmos.
Clumps of lurid blues and purples, known as cosmic microwave background radiation, reveal minute variations in temperature and density.
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Read more: Five mysteries of the universe the James Webb Space Telescope may help us solve
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/world/458602/five-mysteries-of-the-universe-the-james-webb-space-telescope-may-help-us-solve
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NASA's James Webb Space Telescope, built to give the world its first glimpse of the universe as it existed when the earliest galaxies formed, was launched by rocket early Saturday from the northeastern coast of South America, opening a new era of astronomy.
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Read more: Voyage back to the birth of the universe': NASA launches revolutionary space telescope
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/nasa-s-revolutionary-james-webb-space-telescope-launched.html
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New Zealand's condemnation of Hong Kong's Legislative Council elections reflects a "hardening stance" towards China, says a leading defence analyst.
Foreign Affairs Minister Nanaia Mahuta on Tuesday joined her Five Eyes counterparts to express "grave concern" over the erosion of democratic elements of the new electoral system.
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Read more: 'Something has shifted' in NZ's security, foreign policy for China - analyst
- Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/political/458594/something-has-shifted-in-nz-s-security-and-foreign-policy-for-china-says-analyst
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Japan will not send a government delegation to February's Winter Olympics in Beijing, a move likely to deepen tension with China.
The decision follows a US-led diplomatic boycott of the Games over concerns about human rights in China, although Japan has avoided explicitly labelling its move as such.
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Read more: China Winter Olympics boycott: Japan not sending government delegation
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/china-winter-olympics-boycott-japan-not-sending-government-delegation.html
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Officials in the northwestern Chinese city of Xian are facing punishment after a COVID-19 outbreak led to the lockdown of its 13 million residents, authorities said on Friday, as the number of new cases declined.
All domestic flights out of Xian and most trains originating from the city scheduled for Friday were cancelled. Officials in Xian, which is famed for its terracotta warriors buried with China's first emperor, say the outbreak has been traced to the arrival of a plane from Pakistan.
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Read more: Chinese officials punished over outbreak that led to Xian lockdown
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/12/covid-19-chinese-officials-punished-over-outbreak-that-led-to-xian-lockdown.html
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China is sending anti-riot police to the Solomon Islands, a move that could reignite political protest and fuel regional tension.
When anger over the Government's shift to China sparked deadly violence last month, the Prime Minister requested help.
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Read more: NZ not convinced Chinese security unit is needed in Solomons
- Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/12/24/nz-not-convinced-chinese-security-unit-is-needed-in-solomons/
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China will scrutinise online platforms such as social media networks and video-sharing sites to clamp down on fake accounts and information as part of its drive to "clean up" the internet, the country's cyber regulator said on Thursday.
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Read more: China reveals plan to 'clean up' the internet
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/technology/2021/12/china-reveals-plan-to-clean-up-the-internet.html
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Not sure what the last paragraph has to do with the rest of the article.... but okay...
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