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WASHINGTON (AP) — The top U.S. military officer called the 20-year war in Afghanistan a “strategic failure” and told Congress on Tuesday that he believes the U.S. should have kept several thousand troops in the country to prevent the unexpectedly rapid takeover by the Taliban.
US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell testified before senators Tuesday.
Hague District Court recently ruled that ethnicity can be used to single out passengers for checks at Dutch airports.
Rising energy bills, higher prices and a critical shortage of workers leading to food and fuel supply constraints are threatening to stall Britain's recovery from the pandemic before it gets started.
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BRUSSELS (AP) — The Daily Stormer website advocates for the purity of the white race, posts hate-filled, conspiratorial screeds against Blacks, Jews and women and has helped inspire at least three racially motivated murders.
www.abc.net.au
After months spinning its wheels near the start line, Australia is now roaring towards the vaccination levels that will allow a safer re-entry into the world.
Volunteers working via social media are filling the gaps left by scant international aid and insufficient government support.
www.waikato.ac.nz
New Zealand might not be part of the recently revealed security agreement between the US, Britain and Australia (AUKUS), but it certainly can’t avoid the diplomatic and strategic fallout.
the Guardian
The Aukus deal reveals some still prefer to perpetuate the myth of the Anglo-Saxons as defenders of liberty than face the reality of today’s struggles
Bitcoin and ethereum tumbled Friday, with traders rattled by tough talk out of China.
RNZ
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has urged world leaders to address rising inequality and make international trade "more open and inclusive" in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
AP NEWS
NEW YORK (AP) — Prime Minister Imran Khan sought to cast Pakistan as the victim of American ungratefulness and an international double standard in his address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday.
Stuff
OPINION: A militaristic view of the future is dangerous and repugnant.
Leaders of US, Japan, India and Australia agreed to cooperate on COVID-19 vaccines, clean energy and space.
Newsroom
A shipment of Zespri kiwifruit exported to China has tested positive for Covid-19 according to Chinese officials, in a scare for New Zealand exporters.
France 24
During her first term as German chancellor, Angela Merkel had to deal with the economic and financial crisis of 2008, which helped forge her image as a defender of Germany's interests and her fellow…
Newsroom
The Chinese government's application to join the CPTPP won't be easy. The University of Auckland's Manqing Cheng explains why.
Opinion: There are appeals to Jack Ma to take a leading role among China's fintech giants to work with regulatory agencies to reinvent a more socially responsible microcredit industry, write Xin Chen and Xingang Wang.
The Conversation
Germany’s imminent election may seem far away, but in an inter-connected world threatened by political and climate instability, the outcome will affect New Zealand in significant ways.
Stuff
Commitment made to provide Pfizer vaccines to Cook Islands, Niue and Tokelau.
Newsroom
The eggs in the China basket are piling up, despite the Foreign Minister's warnings.
Mother Jones
Their movement is entangled with that of far-right extremists and white nationalists.
www.abc.net.au
President Joe Biden doubles the United States' vaccine promise to help vaccinate 70 per cent of the world by September next year, as world leaders criticise the slow rollout of vaccines.
Who cares to remember Abu Ghraib?
AP NEWS
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The ruling emir of Qatar, whose nation has played a pivotal role in Afghanistan in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal, urged world leaders gathered at the United Nations on Tuesday against turning their backs on the country's Taliban rulers.
RNZ
The 2021-2022 Pacific cyclone season has started, and officially runs from November 1, 2021 to the end of the cyclone season in 2022.
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