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Author: Jamie Ensor

New Zealand has taken a significant plunge in the latest soft power rankings, down five spots and out of the top 25.

Soft power refers to a country's ability to influence others and produce outcomes through reputation and standing rather than through coercion. 

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Author: Reuters

China President Xi Jinping and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko called for the "soonest possible" peace deal for Ukraine at talks in Beijing on Wednesday (local time), the Belarusian state news agency Belta reported.

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Author: Seni Iasona

Destiny Church leader Brian Tamaki claims God sent Cyclone Gabrielle to Aotearoa because of our "extreme" abortion laws, "queerest parliament" and Gisborne and Hastings' porn habits. 

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Author: Reuters

The FBI has assessed that a leak from a laboratory in the central Chinese city of Wuhan likely caused the COVID pandemic, director Christopher Wray said on Tuesday, a claim China said had "no credibility whatsoever".

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Author: Reuters

The US House Foreign Affairs Committee voted on Wednesday (local time) along party lines to give President Joe Biden the power to ban Chinese-owned social media app TikTok, in the latest setback for the popular video sharing site.

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Author: Molly Swift

As China calls for a cease-fire to the devastating war in Ukraine, rumours have spiralled that the Chinese government is considering sending lethal aid to help Russia in its invasion of Ukraine.

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Author: Reuters

The cartoon Dilbert has been dropped from numerous US newspapers in response to a racist rant by its creator on YouTube.

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Author: CNN

Tensions are mounting in Moldova, a small country on Ukraine's southwestern border, where Russia has been accused of laying the groundwork for a coup that could drag the nation into the Kremlin's war.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2023/02/russia-ukraine-war-why-moldova-fears-it-could-be-next-for-vladimir-putin.html
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  1. China's President Xi Jinping poised for third term, urges 'intensive' state and party revamp
  2. Russians tighten noose on Bakhmut, Putin warns of Western espionage
  3. China urges peace in Ukraine after US warns against aiding Russia
  4. US says China will face 'real costs' if it provides lethal aid to Russia for war in Ukraine

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