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Warning - this article discusses sexual abuse.
A sexual violence victim advocate has issued a stark warning to New Zealanders after a man was jailed for trying to buy a child to sexually abuse online.
Ruth Money told Newshub the case is "extreme" - but things like this do happen.
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Google has threatened to remove its search engine from Australia over the nation's attempt to make the tech giant share royalties with news publishers.
Australia is introducing a world-first law to make Google, Facebook and potentially other tech companies pay media outlets for their news content.
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Read more: Google threatens to withdraw search engine from Australia
- Article: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-55760673
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Double-bunking at a managed isolation facility could have led to COVID-19 leaking out to the community, according to a disease modeller.
Michael Plank, professor at the University of Canterbury told Newshub that transmitting the virus during quarantine could mean that by day 14 the virus could still be infectious.
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Read more: COVID-19: Sharing bunk beds in quarantine could have leaked the virus - disease modeller
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The Biden administration denounces China’s apparent retaliation on the Trump administration. Calling Beijing’s recent sanctions on former White House officials "unproductive and cynical."
China’s foreign ministry spokesperson says “the past few years weren’t easy.” The comment follows President Trump’s departure from the White House.
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Joe Biden has been inaugurated as the 46th President of the United States, succeeding Donald Trump as the most powerful man in the world.
Kamala Harris, the former California Senator, has made history by becoming the first female US vice-President.
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A Kiwi microbiologist who went through managed isolation in Auckland is worried a virulent new strain of coronavirus will leak into the community unless procedures tighten up.
But the Covid minister says things are much improved since the scientist's stint in November.
Duncan McMillan is an assistant professor of enzymology at Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands.
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Read more: Managed isolation 'leaky as a sieve', warns Kiwi microbiologist returnee
- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/health/coronavirus/300210114/covid19-managed-isolation-leaky-as-a-sieve-warns-kiwi-microbiologist-returnee
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A passenger who objected to wearing a mask on an Air New Zealand flight from Christchurch to Dunedin on Wednesday was met by police when the plane landed.
Another passenger on the flight, Josiah Tualamali’i, tweeted about the incident, praising the Air New Zealand staff for how they handled the matter.
He said he got on the plane just before noon, and soon after there was an announcement about the requirement to wear a mask.
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Read more: Passenger who had issues about wearing a mask met by police when flight landed in Dunedin
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America is currently experiencing its worst political and constitutional crisis since the civil war when the very survival of Abraham Lincoln's government "of, by and for the people" was at stake.
On January 6, an armed mob of thousands carrying Confederate flags, symbols of the QAnon online conspiracy cult, Trump flags and pro-Nazi insignia stormed the US Capitol building where America's elected representatives had gathered to formally certify Joe Biden's election victory.
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Read more: NZ needs to take a firmer stand against global threat to democracy
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/01/opinion-nz-needs-to-take-a-firmer-stand-against-global-threat-to-democracy.html
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