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Author: Reuters

President Joe Biden and his Attorney General Merrick Garland announced limited measures to tackle gun violence in the United States on Thursday, in what the White House described as a first step to curb mass shootings, community bloodshed and suicides.

The new measures include plans for the Justice Department to crack down on self-assembled "ghost guns," and make "stabilising braces" - which effectively turn pistols into rifles - subject to registration under the National Firearms Act.

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Author: Katie Scotcher for RNZ

New Zealanders in India are devastated the government has taken the unprecedented step of suspending all travel from the COVID-19 hot spot leaving them stranded.

From Sunday, no one can arrive here from India for 14 days - giving officials a chance to investigate ways to reduce the risk from a country where the coronavirus is rampant.

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CANZUK’s total military expenditure makes it easily the 3rd largest spender in the world behind China

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Author: Rachel Sadler

The Ministry of Health has clarified that travellers from Australia won't actually be required to use the NZ COVID Tracer app when they arrive in Aotearoa once the travel bubble commences on April 19.

A tweet from the Government's Unite Against COVID-19 account said that, among a range of requirements, people travelling to New Zealand from Australia "must" download and use the NZ COVID Tracer app while they are in the country.

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Author: Dan Satherley

Scientists in the UK have figured out the exact ingredient in the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine behind a few rare cases of anaphylaxis.

They're stressing the risk of the taking the vaccine is far outweighed by the dangers of contracting the virus, which has killed more than 3 million people worldwide in the past 14 months. 

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Author: Rachel Sadler

Medsafe, New Zealand's medical regulatory body, says there have been 147 adverse reactions to COVID-19 vaccines since the rollout commenced on February 20 - but one doctor believes these cases "are not unexpected".

A report shows the most common reaction is dizziness (27 cases), headaches (21), nausea (18), and fainting (18).

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Author: Jamie Ensor

 Kiwis now have access to a dashboard of data detailing how New Zealand's COVID-19 vaccination rollout is progressing.

The statistics, which will be updated weekly, include the number of vaccinations individual District Health Boards (DHBs) have administered as well as the age and sex of those who have received the jab. 

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Author: Ruth Hill

Weeding out fake news and misinformation is becoming increasingly difficult in the new media environment where social media rules, an academic says.

Massey University academic Catherine Strong occasionally spends a few hours tracking down the original source of some social media post setting the internet ablaze.

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