Merja Myllylahti Auckland University of Technology When Bauer Media announced the closure of its New Zealand magazine operation just a week into level 4 lockdown in early April, things looked ominous for local media. Revenues and newsrooms were already contracting. It was hard to see things improving. However, while the
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righttolife.org.uk An MP has urged the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to call on the Chinese Communist Party to end their population control measures, including forced abortions and sterilisation, of the Uyghur community in China. Conservative MP Fiona Bruce, in a debate in the House of Commons on
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