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Author: BBC

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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Author: Crystal Wu & Ella Prendergast

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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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2021/01/covid-19-sharing-bunk-beds-in-quarantine-could-have-leaked-the-virus-disease-modeller.html
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Author: China in Focus - NTD

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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Author: Jamie Ensor & Matt Burrows

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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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/world/2021/01/us-inauguration-live-updates-joe-biden-to-become-president-donald-trump-to-exit-white-house-washington-on-high-alert.html
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Author: George Block

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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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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Author: Michael Daly

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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Article: https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/travel-troubles/124009736/passenger-who-had-issues-about-wearing-a-mask-met-by-police-when-flight-landed-in-dunedin
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Author: Robert G. Patman

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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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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Author: Jamie Ensor

Two Kiwi MPs say the United States' determination that China is committing "genocide" with its repression of Uighurs in the Xinjiang region is a "significant" move by the global superpower.

There are also now calls for New Zealand to make a similar statement and ban the import of products from the region.

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Article: https://www.newshub.co.nz/home/politics/2021/01/xinjiang-nz-urged-to-follow-trump-administration-s-lead-declaring-genocide-in-china-against-uighurs.html
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