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US forces launched a drone strike in Kabul on Sunday that killed a suicide car bomber suspected of preparing to attack the airport, United States officials said, as the country nears the end of its military presence in the city.
The strike, first reported by Reuters, is the second carried out by US forces in Afghanistan since an Islamic State suicide bomber struck the airport on Thursday, killing 13 United States troops and scores of Afghan civilians trying to flee the country.
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Read more: US hits Islamic State with another drone strike, kills suspected suicide bomber
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/08/afghanistan-us-hits-islamic-state-with-another-drone-strike-kills-suspected-suicide-bomber.html
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New Zealand is preparing to split into two different COVID-19 alert levels, with most of the country moving to level 3 at 11:59pm on Tuesday - except for Auckland and Northland, which will remain under a stringent lockdown.
Eighty-three new community cases of COVID-19 were reported on Sunday, the largest daily increase since the outbreak began almost two weeks ago.
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Read more: Latest on COVID-19 community outbreak - Monday, August 30
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/08/coronavirus-live-updates-latest-on-covid-19-community-outbreak-monday-august-30.html
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Warnings New Zealanders face the possibility of spending Christmas in lockdown are being described as "doom and gloom" and not helpful by a leading medical professor.
There are now 511 cases of COVID-19 in the community since an outbreak of the highly infectious Delta variant unfolded about a fortnight ago.
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Read more: Doom and gloom predictions' about being in lockdown until Christmas not helpful
- Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/08/covid-19-doom-and-gloom-predictions-about-being-in-lockdown-until-christmas-not-helpful-des-gorman.html
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The Ministry of Defence have confirmed that the Queen Elizabeth class carriers might be fitted with catapults ‘in the coming years’ in order to launch certain types of aircraft.
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Read more: MoD confirm aircraft carriers may be fitted with catapults
- Article: https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/mod-confirm-aircraft-carriers-may-be-fitted-with-catapults
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The Marin County, California elementary school in the US had been conscientious about following Covid-19 protocols.
Masks were required indoors, desks were spaced six feet apart, and the students kept socially distant. But the Delta variant found an opening anyway.
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- Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/300393908/a-us-elementary-school-teacher-took-off-her-mask-for-a-readaloud-within-days-half-her-class-was-positive-for-delta
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Simply put: Wearing your mask protects others from you...
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A group of almost 40 interpreters and others who worked with the NZDF are still trapped in Afghanistan
Afghan interpreters left behind after New Zealand ceased its mercy flights are shocked and terrified at being stranded, saying it is a “total betrayal” by the New Zealand government.
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Read more: ‘Total betrayal’: Afghan interpreters shocked as New Zealand ends Kabul evacuation
- Article: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/27/total-betrayal-afghan-interpreters-shocked-as-new-zealand-ends-kabul-evacuation
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Thales Australia has cut the first steel for New Zealand’s new fleet of Bushmaster Protected Mobility Vehicles (PMV) at its factory in the Australian State of Victoria. New Zealand ordered an additional 43 of the type in 2020, to replace its aging fleet of armoured Pinzgauer transports. Previously, in 2015, New Zealand’s special forces, the New Zealand Special Air Service (NZSAS), acquired five of the type from Australia which they have operated ever since.
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Read more: Thales Australia Cuts Steel for New Zealand’s new Bushmasters
- Article: https://www.overtdefense.com/2021/08/20/thales-australia-cuts-steel-for-new-zealands-new-bushmasters/
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Here's What You Need To Remember: With the federal deficit growing, the military is likely to see some lean years.
Is it worth sacrificing some F-35s and aircraft carriers to trim the federal budget deficit?
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Read more: The Biggest Threat to Aircraft Carriers is Not Russia or China
- Article: https://nationalinterest.org/blog/reboot/biggest-threat-aircraft-carriers-not-russia-or-china-192659
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