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Botswana unearths world's third largest diamond
A 1098 carat diamond believed to be the third-largest gem-quality stone ever to be mined has been discovered in Botswana.
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Cook Islands businesses see uptick, but labour shortages remain
18 Jun 2021Many Cook Islands businesses are experiencing a boom since the travel bubble with New Zealand began, but major labour shortages present a challenge to…
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Kim Jong-un prepares for 'dialogue and confrontation' with the US
18 Jun 2021North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has said his country needs to prepare for both "dialogue and confrontation" with the US, and "especially to get fully prepared…
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Vanuatu Supreme Court confirms 19 govt MPs lose seats
Vanuatu Supreme Court judge, Justice Oliver Saksak, has upheld a decision by the former Speaker of Parliament to expel 19 government MPs from parliament.
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Global Covid-19 death toll exceeds 4 million - Reuters tally
18 Jun 2021It took more than a year for the Covid-19 death toll to hit two million; the next two million were recorded in 166 days, according to a Reuters analysis.
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Iranians vote in presidential election marred by disqualification row
18 Jun 2021Iranians are voting to elect a new president, with all but one of the four candidates to succeed Hassan Rouhani regarded as hardliners.
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Biden's moves to safeguard US data will force apps security ungrade
18 Jun 2021US President Joe Biden's executive order aimed at safeguarding sensitive data will force some Chinese apps to take tougher measures to protect private information if they want to remain in the US…
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Sydney 'in trouble' over Delta strain Covid-19 outbreak - epidemiologist
Restrictions need to be brought in "quickly" after it was revealed a limousine driver was found to have the Delta strain of Covid-19, a leading epidemiologist says.
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PNG receives 146,000 vaccine doses from NZ
18 Jun 2021Papua New Guinea has received an additional 146,000 doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine from New Zealand, facilitated through the Covax facility.
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Samoa's former ruling party loses seat through electoral petition
The loss means the Human Rights Protection Party (HRPP) has 24 seats, with the FAST party on 26, and a by-election is to come.
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'Strong-Willed Pig' that survived Sichuan earthquake dies
18 Jun 2021A pig that became famous in China after surviving 36 days under rubble from a powerful earthquake in 2008, has died.
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Fiji Covid-19: One death, 91 infections in 14 hours
A 76-year-old man died at the country's main hospital, the sixth fatality from Covid-19 since March last year, and the fourth since the April outbreak.
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Obamacare: US Supreme Court upholds affordable healthcare law
18 Jun 2021The court upheld the law which gave millions of low-income Americans access to medical insurance and bans insurers from denying coverage due to pre-existing conditions.
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Warnings to anti-vaxxers slowing campaigns in Solomon Islands and PNG
18 Jun 2021Anti-vax misinformation is throwing a spanner in the works for Covid-19 vaccination programmes in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, with the prime ministers of both countries firing warnings…
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Internet outage hits banks, airline, postal service in Australia
17 Jun 2021Online services are being restored after a widespread outage that affected major banks, Virgin Australia and Australia Post.
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First crew blasts off to new China space station
17 Jun 2021Three astronauts successfully take off for China's longest ever spaceflight mission.
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Hong Kong sends 500 officers to raid pro-democracy paper
17 Jun 2021Some 500 police officers raided the offices of pro-democracy paper Apple Daily, alleging its reports breached a national security law.
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Australia to limit AstraZeneca vaccine to over-60s
Health authorities in Australia have changed their advice on the AstraZeneca vaccine, with Pfizer now preferred for anyone under 60 years of age.
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NSW confirms one new Covid-19 community case in Sydney
17 Jun 2021NSW confirms one new Covid-19 community case in Sydney, with three total cases now detected in the past 24 hours.
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Biden calls for 'basic rules of the road' at summit with Putin
17 Jun 2021US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to hold arms control and cybersecurity talks and return their respective ambassadors, while agreeing to differ on other issues.
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The problem of racism towards Pasifika within climate change
17 Jun 2021While School Strike 4 Climate Auckland has declared itself as racist and disbanded, young activists say going silent isn't the answer.
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Covid-19 community case confirmed in Sydney
A locally acquired case of Covid-19 has been detected in Sydney, the first since a couple returned positive swabs in early May.
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Fiji records 121 new Covid-19 cases
There have been 121 new Covid-19 cases confirmed in Fiji as health officials identify two new clusters.
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Melbourne to allow residents to leave city despite outbreak
Melbourne will allow its five millions residents to travel more than 25km from home and end mandatory masks wearing outdoors from Friday, despite the city fighting a stubborn Covid-19 outbreak.
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China to launch first crewed space mission in five years
16 Jun 2021China will send three men into orbit on Thursday in its first crewed mission in nearly five years, part of an ambitious plan to complete a space station by the end of next year.
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Leftist newcomer Castillo claims Peru election win, official result may take weeks
16 Jun 2021Socialist Pedro Castillo has claimed victory in the Peruvian presidential election, clinging on to a narrow lead after lengthy vote count, but his right-wing rival pledged to fight the result.
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Victoria records three new local Covid-19 cases ahead of restrictions review
Victoria has reported three new locally acquired Covid-19 cases, as the state anticipates an announcement on the possible easing of restrictions from Friday.
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NZ retirement home workers helping send supplies home to Fiji
A group of New Zealand retirement village workers are helping Fijian families affected by Covid-19 by sending money and food parcels.
