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New Zealand faces most challenging security environment in recent time, report shows

By Lucy Craymer WELLINGTON (Reuters) -New Zealand is facing the toughest national security challenges of recent times with increasing threats of foreign interference and espionage, particularly from China, according to an intelligence report released on Thursday. The New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (SIS) report said there was almost certainly undetected espionage activity harming the country’s …

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Hurricane Erin threatens North Carolina’s Outer Banks with storm surge

By Rich McKay (Reuters) -Hurricane Erin, churning north in the Atlantic hundreds of miles offshore, is expected to trigger a dangerous storm surge and tropical storm conditions on Wednesday along North Carolina’s Outer Banks and other stretches of the U.S. East Coast.  The National Hurricane Center warned that roads in the low-lying barrier islands may …

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Brazil’s Bolsonaro drafted Argentina asylum request, police allege

By Ricardo Brito and Luciana Magalhaes BRASILIA (Reuters) -Brazilian ex-President Jair Bolsonaro drafted a letter to Argentine President Javier Milei to request political asylum, federal police said on Wednesday. The letter had been saved on Bolsonaro’s cell phone in February of last year, two days after his passport was seized, according to police. It was …

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New Zealand to spend $1.6 billion for US maritime helicopters, Airbus jets

SYDNEY (Reuters) -New Zealand said on Thursday it would spend NZ$2.7 billion ($1.6 billion) to buy five MH-60R Seahawk helicopters and two Airbus A321XLR aircraft, the first major investment following a decision to replace the country’s aging defence fleet. NZ$2 billion will be used to buy the maritime helicopters, manufactured by Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky unit, …

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Top US spy Gabbard announces staff cut of over 40% from her office

By Jonathan Landay WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard on Wednesday announced the first major overhaul of her office since its creation, slashing personnel by more than 40% by October 1 and saving more than $700 million per year. Among other changes, the restructuring eliminates the Foreign Malign Influence Center, which monitors …

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Australian banking regulator warns geopolitical tensions could lead to more cyber attacks

By Scott Murdoch SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s prudential regulator has cautioned that the country’s banking system is facing increasing risk of cyberattacks as a result of escalating geopolitical tensions. Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) chair John Lonsdale said the regulator would increase its work with the country’s banks in the year ahead to combat the potential …

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US orders amphibious squadron to deploy to southern Caribbean -sources

By Steve Holland WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The United States has ordered an amphibious squadron to the southern Caribbean as part of President Donald Trump’s effort to address threats from Latin American drug cartels, two sources briefed on the deployment said on Wednesday. The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity, said that the USS San Antonio, USS …

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Two Haitian police killed when drone accidentally explodes

PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -Two Haitian police officers were killed and two others seriously wounded when an explosive drone accidentally detonated at a SWAT base near Haiti’s capital, authorities in the Caribbean nation said on Wednesday. Directed by Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aime, a task force has since March been operating explosive-laden “kamikaze” drones to help police …

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Authorities arrest 13 in killing of Mexico City government officials

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Authorities have arrested 13 people for their alleged roles in the May attack which left two high-ranking Mexico City officials dead, Mayor Clara Brugada said on Wednesday. The daytime shooting of two of Brugada’s top aides by gunmen on motorbikes shocked the city, seen as a relative pocket of safety compared to …

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Senior ISIS member killed in US military operation in Syria, official says

By Idrees Ali and Suleiman Al-Khalidi ATMEH, Syria (Reuters) -A pre-dawn U.S. military raid in northwestern Syria early on Wednesday targeted and killed a senior member of the Islamic State group, a U.S. official told Reuters. It was the second known raid in northern Syria by U.S. troops since former President Bashar al-Assad was ousted …

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