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Author: Matthew Lee

The United States and China are stepping up their war of words over Taiwan in a long-simmering dispute that has significant implications for the power dynamic in the Indo-Pacific and beyond.

Amid a surge in Chinese military activity near the island that China regards as a renegade province and has vowed to reclaim by force if necessary, Washington and Beijing have launched new campaigns for global support for their respective positions, each using the stern and lofty language of sovereignty and international precedent. And neither is backing down.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/300439847/us-china-sparring-over-taiwan-heats-up-anew
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ACC “has work to do” to regain Kiwis’ trust that their private information is safe with the agency, the Government says. 

It comes after revelations that a group of more than a dozen Hamilton-based ACC call centre staff shared details of people's injuries on Snapchat . 

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/10/27/acc-has-work-to-do-to-regain-trust-after-privacy-breach-govt/
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Author: Anusha Bradley

ACC call centre workers shared details of people's injuries and mocked them on Snapchat, RNZ can reveal.

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Article: https://www.1news.co.nz/2021/10/26/acc-staff-posted-clients-details-to-snapchat-group/
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What did I just watch and the smug ill-informed interviewer.

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Former prime minister Helen Clark is calling on rich nations, like New Zealand, to address the “disgraceful” Covid-19 immunisation rates of poorer countries, such as Papua New Guinea, by supplying them with more vaccine doses.

Clark, who was the administrator of the United Nations Development Programme from 2009 to 2017 after serving three terms in Aotearoa's top job, said on Tuesday that the vaccine “needs to be a gift to the world”.

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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/126793220/covid19-helen-clark-takes-aim-at-aukus-urges-rich-nations-to-act-over-disgraceful-vaccine-inequity
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Clark said it used to be a “behind-the-scenes intelligence exchange” but had become a tool for power houses like the US to influence other countries.

“This is a huge threat to New Zealand’s foreign policy. [Five Eyes] shouldn’t be used like that,” Clark said.

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Author: Amelia Wade

About 40 percent of New Zealand's workforce will need to be fully vaccinated after the Government announced a sweeping vaccine mandate on Tuesday afternoon.

The compulsory vaccinations apply to businesses like hospitality, retail, hairdressers and gyms.

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Author: The Conversation

A week out from the COP26 climate negotiations in Glasgow, all eyes are on two nations: China and the United States. Together, the superpowers are responsible for more than 40 percent of global carbon emissions. US-China relations have been fractious in recent years, and whether they can cooperate on climate action is crucial to success at COP26 and beyond.

US progress on climate change went backwards under the Trump administration, but President Joe Biden has brought the nation back to the table. Biden wants to cooperate with China in this critical policy sphere, raising hopes of a less adversarial bilateral relationship.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/10/the-us-and-china-must-find-a-way-to-cooperate-at-cop26-and-beyond-otherwise-global-climate-action-is-impossible.html
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Author: Reuters & Madison Reidy

Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan said on Saturday that he had told his foreign ministry to expel the ambassadors of the United States and nine other Western countries for demanding the release of philanthropist Osman Kavala.

Seven of the ambassadors represent Turkey's NATO allies and the expulsions, if carried out, would open the deepest rift with the West in Erdogan's 19 years in power.

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