Government And Politics

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Mar 1, 2022

Police move on protesters outside New Zealand's Parliament

Wearing riot gear and using pepper spray, New Zealand police have moved in on the hundreds of protesters who have been camped outside the nation’s Parliament for more than three weeks

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Mar 1, 2022

Australian prime minister diagnosed with COVID-19

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison says he has tested positive for COVID-19 but will continue his official duties while isolating

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Feb 22, 2022

Protester drives at New Zealand police as cordon tightens

Police in New Zealand's capital say a protester drove a car toward a police line, narrowly avoiding officers, and other protesters sprayed officers with a stinging substance

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Feb 14, 2022

New Zealand's PM signals harsher stance on vaccine protest

New Zealand’s prime minister says protesters who oppose coronavirus mandates are using “intimidation and harassment,” as the convoy of demonstrators continues to disrupt the capital of Wellington

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Feb 12, 2022

US aims to counter China by opening Solomon Islands embassy

The U_S_ says it will open an embassy in the Solomon Islands, laying out in unusually blunt terms a plan to increase its influence in the South Pacific nation before China becomes “strongly embedded.”

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Fiji US Blinken

Feb 12, 2022

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Feb 11, 2022

Blinken says Russia could invade Ukraine during Olympics

Secretary of State Antony Blinken says Russia could invade Ukraine during the current Beijing Olympics so Americans should leave Eastern European country immediately