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STUFF Minister of Foreign Affairs Nanaia Mahuta speaks on the Russia sanctions bill. The Government is actively considering sanctioning New Zealand-linked Russian oligarch Alexander Abramov, though such a move could have "impacts on New Zealanders". Abramov, who owns a luxury lodge in Northland, and has been developing housing in New Zealand through a local company, was sanctioned by Australia last month under a legal regime comparable to New Zealand’s. Foreign Minister Nanaia Mahuta on Tuesday confirmed the Government was deciding whether to directly sanction Abramov. “We've got to make our own determinations based on Abramov's, I guess, interactions here in New Zealand. And there will be a layered level of interactions that we will have to assess the full impact of sanctions against him, but also the impacts on New Zealanders.” READ MORE: US requests application on Russian superyacht be dealt with in chambers National would support banning export of luxury … [Read more...] about Government considering sanctioning New Zealand-linked Russian oligarch

EXPLAINER: Britain is currently experiencing its biggest ever outbreak of monkeypox, with seven known cases. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) announced on Monday that a cluster of four cases had been reported in England and they were not linked to the three other cases . Six of these are in London, and one is in the North East, with patients either self-isolating at home or being treated in specialist infectious disease wards at Guy’s and St Thomas, St Mary’s Hospital, the Royal Free Hospital or the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle. It is rare for the virus to be seen in Britain and most previous cases in the UK have been linked to travel to other parts of the world where it is more prevalent, particularly West Africa. READ MORE: Sexual health expert calls for accelerated effort to eliminate syphilis and HIV HIV tests to be dispensed through vending machines, in first for NZ China’s new virus: What you need to know Gonorrhea may be transmitted by … [Read more...] about Monkeypox: What is it, how does it spread and what are the symptoms?

Russia expels 34 French, 27 Spanish, and 24 Italian diplomats in a tit-for-tat move Russian soldier pleads guilty at murder trial in Ukraine Ukrainian and Russian officials say peace negotiations have stagnated EU announces funding to help bloc move away from Russian fossil fuels Finland and Sweden submit NATO membership applications This article was last updated at 12:49 UTC/GMT Russian soldier pleads guilty of murder at Kyiv trial Vadim Shishimarin, a 21-year-old Russian tank commander held in Ukraine, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to killing an unarmed civilian. After his convoy was hit, Shishimarin and four other fleeing soldiers are alleged to have stole a car from outside the village of Chupakhivka in the early days of the invasion. He is accused of attacking the 62-year-old, who was riding past them on a bicycle, to prevent him from reporting their presence. "One of the military servicemen ordered the accused to kill a civilian so that he would not report … [Read more...] about Ukraine: Russian soldier pleads guilty of murder at Kyiv trial — live updates

The head of the World Health Organisation said China’s extreme approach to containing the coronavirus is unsustainable because of the highly infectious nature of the Omicron variant, but that it’s up to every country to decide what policy to pursue. At a media briefing on Tuesday (NZT Wednesday), WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus described China’s “zero-Covid” strategy as “not sustainable” after similar remarks last week drew sharp criticism from China . “We know the virus better and we have better tools, including vaccines, so that’s why the handling of the virus should actually be different from what we used to do at the start of the pandemic,” Tedros said. He added that the virus had changed significantly since it was first identified in Wuhan in late 2019, when China largely stopped its spread with lockdowns. Tedros said the WHO had repeatedly advised Chinese officials about their recommended Covid containment strategies, but that “regarding their choice … [Read more...] about Covid-19: WHO says Omicron makes China’s ‘zero-Covid’ policy unsustainable

For months, as 18-year-old Payton Gendron formulated a plan to kill dozens of black people in Buffalo, New York state, he worked to keep his racist plot a secret from his family, according to Gendron's postings online. "I literally can't wait any longer, my parents know something is wrong," he wrote on April 15, musing about when to carry out a planned shooting that took place on Saturday, killing 10 people at a Buffalo supermarket. The writings were uploaded to internet file-sharing sites in two batches in recent weeks after apparently being posted on the messaging platform Discord from November 2021 through early May. They reveal a teenager intent on keeping his parents in the dark not only about preparations for mass murder but also about the quotidian details of his life. They help fill out a portrait of a young man who described himself as isolated from family and as someone who had few friends and found refuge in hate. READ MORE: Alt-right and conspiracy theories … [Read more...] about ‘I lied to them for months’: Buffalo shooting suspect kept plans from family

Australian woman Lynette Dawson told her sister in the weeks before she vanished that her husband Chris was always angry with her and he left a note in their home saying “don’t paint too dark a picture of me to the girls”, a court has heard. Chris Dawson, 73, has pleaded not guilty in the New South Wales Supreme Court to murdering his wife , who vanished from her home at Bayview, on Sydney’s northern beaches, in January 1982. Continuing her evidence on Tuesday, Patricia Jenkins said she spoke to her younger sister Lynette one or two days before Christmas Day 1981, after finding out from their mother that “Chris had left”. It is not disputed by the defence that Dawson and JC, the couple’s babysitter and a former student of the high school teacher, had travelled to Queensland before Christmas “with a view to starting a new life”, but returned a short time later. READ MORE: Teacher's Pet case: Lynette Dawson called husband Chris to say she wasn’t coming home, … [Read more...] about ‘Black eyes flashing’: Lynette Dawson spoke of Chris’ rage, sister says

JOHN BISSET/STUFF Twins James and Richard Koia have now found three shooting medals from 1914 belonging to the late William Joseph Husband. Armed with their trusty metal detectors, Timaru’s treasure-hunting twins spend hours scouring the coastline for lost items – often volunteering their services to reunite people with lost items. Since word of James and Richard Koia’s ability to find things got out, members of the community have been asking them to help find phones, rings and necklaces. “We have had a bit of success finding things for people,” James said. In the two years they have been hunting treasure they have also uncovered a number of historically significant items, spending time to reunite them with their rightful owners. READ MORE: Shooting medal discovered on South Canterbury beach more than 60 years after being lost Medals found in the grass in Whitianga reunited with Wellington man Long lost medal makes its way home to South Canterbury In some … [Read more...] about Treasure-hunting twins strike again, reunite family with long-lost war medals