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Canada police threaten crackdown as protests spread to other countries
Feb 10, 2022 12:44Canadian police have threatened to start arresting truckers and other demonstrators who have shut down central Ottawa and disrupted cross-border trade for two weeks in protest against the government's COVID-19 measures, as similar protests have spread to other countries to demand an end to pandemic restrictions.
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New Zealand police gun down 'extremist' who stabbed six in Auckland
Sep 03, 2021 12:04New Zealand police officers have shot and killed a knife-wielding "extremist" who stabbed and wounded at least six people in a supermarket, the country’s Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced.
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Tokyo 2020 rowing: Malaei advances to semifinals A/B
Jul 26, 2021 05:11In Women’s Rowing, Iran’s Nazanin Malaei has booked a spot in the semi-finals A/B of single sculls of the Tokyo Olympics.
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New Zealand farmers take to streets on tractors protesting government regulations
Jul 16, 2021 13:08Farmers in New Zealand drove their tractors into major cities on Friday in protests demanding the government loosen its environmental policies and climate change regulations which they say are hurting their businesses.
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7.7-magnitude earthquake strikes in South Pacific
Feb 10, 2021 16:30A 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck in the South Pacific on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, sparking a tsunami warning for New Zealand, Vanuatu, New Caledonia and other nations in the region.
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New Zealand mosque shooter will not speak at sentencing court session
Aug 26, 2020 08:47The Australian man who killed 51 Muslim worshipers at two mosques in New Zealand last year has opted not to speak at his sentencing.
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New Zealand trial: Christchurch mosque shooter wanted to ‘kill as many as possible, create fear among Muslims’
Aug 24, 2020 14:02As a court in New Zealand hears the case of last year’s horrific mosque shooting in Christchurch, a prosecutor says the supremacist involved in the bloodshed attempted to maximize the fatalities of his attack and stoke fear in the country’s Muslim community.
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Global COVID-19 cases surpass 19.6 million, over 727K dead
Aug 09, 2020 12:41The new coronavirus has so far infected more than 19.6 million people and claimed the lives of over 727,000 others around the world, according to Johns Hopkins University data.
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New Zealand military misled public over civilian deaths in Afghanistan: Report
Jul 31, 2020 15:01A new report into a deadly incursion by New Zealand’s forces in Afghanistan says the military misled senior leaders, government ministers and the public over the civilian casualties ten years ago.
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World updates: Coronavirus cases top 11.8mn, deaths surge past 544K
Jul 08, 2020 11:31Global coronavirus cases have topped 11.8 million, and the death toll has surpassed 544,000, according to Johns Hopkins University.