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As Myanmar’s military celebrated the annual Armed Forces Day holiday with a parade Saturday (local time) in the country's capital, soldiers and police elsewhere reportedly killed dozens of people as they suppressed protests in the deadliest bloodletting since last month's coup.
A count issued by an independent researcher in Yangon who has been compiling near-real time death tolls put the total as darkness fell at 93, spread over more than two dozen cities and towns. The online news site Myanmar Now reported the death toll had reached 91.
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Read more: Myanmar forces kill dozens in deadliest day since coup
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The administration of US President Joe Biden has taken a wrong first step, North Korea said on Saturday (local time), revealing "deep-seated hostility" by criticising its self-defensive missile test.
On Friday (local time), North Korea said it had launched a new type of tactical short-range ballistic missile. Biden said the test violated UN Security Council resolutions, but he remained open to diplomacy with Pyongyang.
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New Zealand's long-standing alliance with Australia is considered one of the closest in the world, but recent events have resulted in a war of words - and an apparent hindering of the relationship.
National leader Judith Collins last week said she feared the relationship between the two countries was at its lowest point in decades.
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Dunedin Hospital has hit capacity and the Southern District Health Board has declared a "code black" as it calls on the public to avoid the emergency department if possible.
SDHB chief executive Chris Fleming said this afternoon that the hospital was doing its best to deal with heavy demand at a time of high occupancy, but patients could experience delays and some operations had been postponed.
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Read more: Code black at Dunedin Hospital: 'Avoid ED if possible'
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Labour and the Greens are under fire for voting down a law that would make it mandatory to notify schools when there's a sex offender nearby.
Informing schools when a sex offender is being placed in the community is not a new practice for Corrections. National MP Matt Doocey's Member's Bill sought to make it mandatory but it was voted down on Wednesday night.
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Read more: RNZAF patrol our Pacific partners.
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An asteroid named after the Egyptian god of evil that was tipped to smash into the Earth in 2068 has been demoted.
New measurements by astronomers show the 350m-wide Apophis won't hit us anytime in the next century, so it's being taken off the European Space Agency's notorious Risk List of potential civilisation-destroying asteroids.
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Read more: Asteroid Apophis, named after the Egyptian god of evil, won't hit Earth after all
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The West is teaming up against the Chinese Communist Party! The US, Canada, UK, and EU have put sanctions on the CCP for the persecution of Uyghur Muslims in Xinjiang China. It follows the US China meeting in Anchorage Alaska that was a little less than smooth.
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Read more: The West Fights Back Against China | Uyghur Sanctions
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