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Author: Mark Quinlivan

There are no new community cases of COVID-19 to report on Sunday - Auckland's first day out of alert level 3 restrictions.

A Ministry of Health spokesman said on Sunday that just one new coronavirus case has been detected at the border in the past 24 hours.

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Author: Ben Graham

The European Union has been blasted as a "total disgrace" for allowing Italy to block a quarter of a million doses of the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine from reaching Australia — and some Brits are even offering to forego their jab so more can be sent here.

Amid a botched rollout across the EU, the Italian government notified Brussels of its decision to prevent 250,000 doses from being exported to Australia at the end of last week.

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Article: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/total-disgrace-eu-blasted-for-allowing-italy-to-block-astrazeneca-shipment-to-australia/V2ELPT7V2N2TW4LDBOASMAQJKU/
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Author: Anna Whyte

New Zealand has gone into bat for its trans-Tasman neighbour over a shipment of Covid-19 vaccines destined for Australia that was blocked from leaving the European Union. 

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Article: https://www.tvnz.co.nz/one-news/new-zealand/ardern-rails-against-protectionism-eu-blocks-250k-vaccines-headed-australia
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Author: RNZ

There have been no new community cases of Covid-19 reported in New Zealand today, with the country's alert levels set to shift tomorrow morning.

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Article: https://www.rnz.co.nz/news/national/437788/covid-19-update-no-new-community-cases-in-new-zealand-ahead-of-alert-level-changes
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Author: Jack Tame

The estate for Doctor Seuss
Has made a public call 
It’ll keep publishing his books
But it won’t publish them all.  

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Author: Robert Farley

Here's What You Need To Remember: In East Asia, all of Japan, China, South Korea, and India either have blue water forces, or are moving quickly in that direction. Australia might join them, although this would require a workable replacement strategy for the Collins-class submarines.

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Article: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/how-brazil-and-australia-can-join-blue-water-navy-club-179120
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Author: Defense Brief Editorial

The US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) wants to see what the jetpack technology is capable of doing and how it can be applied by the military, particularly special forces units.

In a solicitation posted on the government contracting site, the agency said it was interested in seeing how soldiers can benefit from what it referred to as “portable personal air mobility systems.”

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Author: Reuters

Google will not build or use alternative tools to track web browsing traffic once it begins phasing out existing technology from its Chrome browser next year, the company says, in a move that will reshape how online advertising works.

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