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AfD - Krah employee allegedly spied for China: The Federal Prosecutor General has an assistant to the AfD lead candidate for the European elections arrested.
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AfD - Krah employee allegedly spied for China
Quick Glance: Investigation of Possible Payments from China and Russia to Maximilian Krah
  • The General Prosecutor's Office in Dresden has officially initiated investigations against Maximilian Krah due to potential financial flows from Russian and Chinese sources.

  • The AfD lead candidate for the European Parliament elections, Maximilian Krah, is the subject of two preliminary investigations at the General Prosecutor's Office in Dresden.

  • Towards the end of last year, Krah was questioned by the FBI about possible payments from Kremlin-related sources, allegedly carrying a four-digit sum of money at that time.

  • On Monday evening, German authorities arrested Jian G., a close associate of Krah, who is suspected of spying for the Chinese intelligence service in Germany.
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These countries have already banned TikTok: TikTok is already banned in a handful of countries and from government-issued devices in a number of others ...
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These countries have already banned TikTok
Quick Glance: ByteDance Would Consider Closing TikTok in US Over Sale, Sources Claim
  • ByteDance would prefer to cease TikTok operations rather than engage in a sale if all legal avenues are exhausted to combat potential legislation banning the platform in US app stores, as per four sources.

  • Despite TikTok's massive popularity with over a billion users, it remains unprofitable, contributing a small fraction to ByteDance's overall revenues and daily active user base.

  • ByteDance stated on Thursday in a release on Toutiao, a media platform it possesses, that there are no intentions to sell TikTok, in response to claims from The Information about ByteDance exploring sale scenarios for TikTok's US operations excluding the recommending algorithm for user videos.

  • As of December, ByteDance's valuation stood at $268 billion when it proposed a buyback of approximately $5 billion in shares from investors.
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Anne Salmond: My open submission on this radical, flawed fast-track bill: Dame Anne Salmond to a select comittee examining the Fast-Track Approvals Bill ...
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Anne Salmond: My open submission on this radical, flawed fast-track bill
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China sees foreign threats ‘everywhere’ as powerful spy agency takes center stage
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China sees foreign threats ‘everywhere’ as powerful spy agency takes ...
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Germany Arrests Three People Suspected of Spying for China: They are alleged to have been involved in transferring research on advanced machine parts for ship ...
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Germany Arrests Three People Suspected of Spying for China
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Germany arrests three people on suspicion of spying for China: Three people in Germany have been arrested under suspicion of spying for China ...
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Germany arrests three people on suspicion of spying for China
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Employee of AfD politician Maximilian Krah allegedly spied for China: Police have arrested a man in Dresden for allegedly spying for China. This was confirmed by ...
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Employee of AfD politician Maximilian Krah allegedly spied for China
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UK lawmakers pass bill seeking to gradually phase out smoking | Africanews: The British government's plan for a landmark smoking ban that aims to stop young ...
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UK lawmakers pass bill seeking to gradually phase out smoking | Africanews
Quick Glance: UK Lawmakers Support Groundbreaking 'Smoke-Free Generation' Bill
  • The British government's plan for a landmark smoking ban to prevent young people from ever smoking passed its first hurdle in Parliament despite opposition from within Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative Party.

  • The bill, announced by Sunak, would make it illegal to sell tobacco products to anyone born after January 1, 2009, creating one of the toughest anti-smoking measures in the world to establish the 'first smoke-free generation' in modern Britain.

  • The bill also includes measures to crack down on youth vaping, such as banning the sale of cheap disposable vapes and restricting their flavors to prevent children from becoming addicted to nicotine.

  • The number of people who smoke in the U.K. has declined by two-thirds since the 1970s, but approximately 6.4 million people in the country still smoke, accounting for about 13% of the population. Smoking remains the number one preventable cause of death, disability, and poor health.
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GCSB refuses to release details of spy deal 'to protect interests': The spy agency is refusing to release a copy of its deal with a foreign agency to run a ...
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GCSB refuses to release details of spy deal 'to protect interests'
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Is NZ bringing in 'Indonesian coal every month to keep the lights on'?: Analysis: The Resource Minister said it, but is it true and why does it matter?
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Is NZ bringing in 'Indonesian coal every month to keep the lights on'?
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Anne Salmond: NZ is a democracy, not a company: Opinion: How the weakening or avoiding of parliamentary and external checks and balances on executive power risks ...
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Anne Salmond: NZ is a democracy, not a company
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The government's 22 trips abroad in April: The government appears committed to overseas visits with 14 miniters and MPs in 18 countries this month.
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The government's 22 trips abroad in April
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AUKUS Pillar 2 a 'fragrant, methane-wrapped bull***' - Bob Carr: The former Australian Foreign Minister has continued to warn New Zealand against joining the ...
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AUKUS Pillar 2 a 'fragrant, methane-wrapped bull***' - Bob Carr
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Who helps with the ‘huge emotional toll’ of being an MP?: MPs have some of the highest pressure jobs in New Zealand, and the stressors aren’t always what you ...
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Who helps with the ‘huge emotional toll’ of being an MP?
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Germany, Britain move in on suspected Chinese spies: ‘tip of the iceberg’: Germany and Britain on Monday both swooped on suspected spies accused of passing on ...
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Germany, Britain move in on suspected Chinese spies: ‘tip of the iceberg’
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Anne Salmond: NZ is a democracy, not a company: Opinion: How the weakening or avoiding of parliamentary and external checks and balances on executive power risks ...
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Anne Salmond: NZ is a democracy, not a company
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AUKUS, Gaza on agenda during Winston Peters-Antony Blinken talks in Washington: The Foreign Affairs Minister got a surprise for this 79th during a diplomatic ...
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AUKUS, Gaza on agenda during Winston Peters-Antony Blinken talks in ...
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Leaders asking us to take the Aukus 2 model for a test drive: Parliament is in recess and the Prime Minister is sunning himself in Asia — which he may be very ...
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Leaders asking us to take the Aukus 2 model for a test drive
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From lobbyist to legislator: Andrew Hoggard's vision for reform: Andrew Hoggard might be new to Parliament, but he's certainly not new to New Zealand's screens ...
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From lobbyist to legislator: Andrew Hoggard's vision for reform
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Defeated bill not the end of fight for right to sustainable environment – Shaw: Legislation that would have added the right to a sustainable environment to the ...
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Defeated bill not the end of fight for right to sustainable environment – ...
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Media Minister had 'more than enough time' to find solutions - opposition: Facing questions over proposals to support the media, the PM and Media Minister only ...
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Media Minister had 'more than enough time' to find solutions - opposition
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Lamb, bungy jumping and crypto: Meat exports and tourism are major foreign exchange earners for New Zealand but is the country missing an opportunity by not ...
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Lamb, bungy jumping and crypto
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China reveals it executed scientist for spying in 2016 in documentary about ‘shocking’ cases
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China reveals it executed scientist for spying in 2016 in documentary ...
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Southern Say: Simmonds dispenses with rights Bill: The James Shaw farewell tour kicked into high gear this week, as Parliament debated - and rejected - his New ...
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Southern Say: Simmonds dispenses with rights Bill
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Political Roundup: Should politicians get big rise? Or 7.5 per cent pay cut? - Bryce Edwards
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Political Roundup: Should politicians get big rise? Or 7.5 per cent pay ...
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How New Zealand’s smoking ban got stubbed out – and what the UK can learn from it
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How New Zealand’s smoking ban got stubbed out – and what the UK can learn ...
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These are the places where Chinese-owned TikTok is already banned: is in the cross hairs of authorities in the
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These are the places where Chinese-owned TikTok is already banned
Quick Glance: TikTok Ban Threat: ByteDance Prefers Closure Over Sale, Insiders Say
  • ByteDance, the owner of TikTok, would prefer to shut down its loss-making app rather than sell it if all legal options to fight legislation to ban the platform from app stores in the US are exhausted, said four sources.

  • TikTok accounts for a small share of ByteDance’s total revenues and daily active users, so the parent would rather have the app shut down in the US in a worst-case scenario than sell it to a potential American buyer, they said.

  • ByteDance would not agree to sell one of its most valuable assets – its “secret source” – to rivals, said the four sources, referring to the TikTok algorithm.

  • After facing challenges regarding bans, the short-form video app has encountered partial and attempted prohibitions in the US and other nations.
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NZ lawyer and mediator is Tonga's new anti-corruption commissioner: New Zealand barrister and mediator James Christopher LaHatte has been appointed as Tonga's ...
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NZ lawyer and mediator is Tonga's new anti-corruption commissioner
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Explainer: The controversial refugee bill that Luxon flip-flopped over: Critics say it paves the way for Australian-style detention policies ...
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Explainer: The controversial refugee bill that Luxon flip-flopped over
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The Xi files: how China spies: Most states spy. In principle there’s nothing to stop them. But China’s demand for intelligence on the rest of the world goes far ...
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The Xi files: how China spies
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‘One of the greatest ever’: Warmington waxes lyrical over retired House clerk Curtis
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‘One of the greatest ever’: Warmington waxes lyrical over retired House ...
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Germany’s delusional China strategy: When Olaf Scholz criticised the European Union during a visit to China earlier this month it seemed like a gaffe ...
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Germany’s delusional China strategy
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Major £217m contract awarded to support Royal Navy: The contract will see 28 companies providing global support to the Royal Navy.
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Major £217m contract awarded to support Royal Navy
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Chinese Communist Party-affiliated institute compiled profiles of Canadian MPs of Chinese descent
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Chinese Communist Party-affiliated institute compiled profiles of Canadian ...
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New Dunedin Green MP’s journey to Parliament: From political refugee to future member of Parliament, Francisco Hernandez has been on a quite a journey ...
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New Dunedin Green MP’s journey to Parliament
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After TikTok, there’s another app we should ban: The American House of Representatives has passed a bill ordering Bytedance, to divest from TikTok or be banned ...
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After TikTok, there’s another app we should ban
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Hong Kong dissident suspects Chinese agents tracked and monitored him in London: Simon Cheng fears pro-Chinese Communist Party activists traced him to the heart ...
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Hong Kong dissident suspects Chinese agents tracked and monitored him in ...
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Bill to phase out smoking advances in UK Parliament: LONDON, United Kingdom (AFP) — A contentious bill that aims to eventually phase out smoking in Britain ...
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Bill to phase out smoking advances in UK Parliament
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China’s New Approach to Data Policy: Here to Stay or Here for Now? : China’s revised regulations leave its fundamental data policy conundrum unresolved: Should ...
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China’s New Approach to Data Policy: Here to Stay or Here for Now? 
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The confused place where Seymour and Ardern converge: Comment: Treating te Tiriti as between individual Māori and Pākehā seeks to absolve the Crown of its duty ...
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The confused place where Seymour and Ardern converge
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U.S., U.K. accuse China over spy campaign that may have hit millions: WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- U.S. and British officials on Monday filed charges ...
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U.S., U.K. accuse China over spy campaign that may have hit millions
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Prime Minister lays out his priority list for next three months: Goodbye 100-day plan - The government has a new list of big promises for the next three months.
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Prime Minister lays out his priority list for next three months
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More Than MOFA: China’s Comprehensive Diplomacy: The overarching goal of comprehensive diplomacy is to mobilize and coordinate various party-state agencies to ...
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More Than MOFA: China’s Comprehensive Diplomacy
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Foreign agency ran spy operation out of GCSB for years: A foreign agency ran a spy operation out of one of New Zealand's spy agencies for years without the ...
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Foreign agency ran spy operation out of GCSB for years
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How petitions get Parliament's attention: Petitions to Parliament don't always result in a change to law or policy as intended, but they can be an effective way ...
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How petitions get Parliament's attention
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Government halts plan for Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary: The sanctuary bill would have created a 620,000sqkm "economic no-go zone", Fisheries Minister Shane Jones ...
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Government halts plan for Kermadec Ocean Sanctuary
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Department of Conservation’s urgent call to rehome Kaimanawa wild horses: The Department of Conservation (DoC) and Kaimanawa Heritage Horses (KHH) are calling ...
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Department of Conservation’s urgent call to rehome Kaimanawa wild horses
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'Very significant' rise in home insurance premiums revealed: House insurance premiums jumped by more than 30 percent in a year in some parts of New ...
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'Very significant' rise in home insurance premiums revealed
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Compulsory microchipping and desexing of pet cats after Lower Hutt council vote: Cats living in Lower Hutt must now be desexed and microchipped under a new bylaw ...
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Compulsory microchipping and desexing of pet cats after Lower Hutt council ...
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New Zealand and EU trade agreement to take effect on May 1: New Zealand said on Monday a free trade agreement with the European Union would come into effect on ...
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New Zealand and EU trade agreement to take effect on May 1
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Councils label Māori wards reversal 'complete overreach' by government: Reversing councils' ability to decide on Māori wards is "complete overreach by central ...
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Councils label Māori wards reversal 'complete overreach' by government
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Behind China’s hack of UK’s Electoral Commission: The UK government has accused China of hacking the UK Electoral Commission, gaining access to information about ...
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Behind China’s hack of UK’s Electoral Commission
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US sanctions Chinese hackers accused of targeting critical infrastructure: The Biden administration sanctioned two Chinese nationals and a Wuhan-based company ...
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US sanctions Chinese hackers accused of targeting critical infrastructure
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Biden administration indicts and sanctions Chinese hackers accused of sweeping espionage campaign against US targets
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Biden administration indicts and sanctions Chinese hackers accused of ...
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China turns to AI in propaganda mocking the ‘American Dream’: Chinese state media’s A Fractured America series shows how AI is beginning to shape Beijing’s ...
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China turns to AI in propaganda mocking the ‘American Dream’
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Microsoft faulted for ‘cascade’ of failures in Chinese hack: The independent Cyber Safety Review Board’s forthcoming report knocks the tech giant for shoddy ...
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Microsoft faulted for ‘cascade’ of failures in Chinese hack
Quick Glance: Microsoft splits up Teams and Office worldwide
  • Microsoft is beginning to sell Teams and the other Microsoft 365 apps as separate products with separate prices for new commercial customers worldwide.

  • The unbundling is a win for other team communication and video conferencing apps like Slack and Zoom, which have not benefited from the huge established user base of the Office apps.

  • The separation follows an EU regulatory investigation that started in July 2023, and Microsoft may yet be fined.

  • Currently, the changes only affect the Microsoft 365 plans for the Business, Enterprise, and Frontline versions of Microsoft 365.
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China cyber attack : NZ govt had to respond, says expert: New Zealand has sent a clear message to China: stop interfering or it will escalate its response ...
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China cyber attack : NZ govt had to respond, says expert
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Recession could lead to brain drain, employment minister Louise Upston says: Social Development and Employment Minister Louise Upston has admitted New Zealand ...
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Recession could lead to brain drain, employment minister Louise Upston ...
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Ghosts, gargoyles and a mystery box: What’s inside our Parliamentary Library?: Join us for a nose around parliament's own library, and the books its patrons ...
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Ghosts, gargoyles and a mystery box: What’s inside our Parliamentary ...