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Reunion Island deploys sterile mosquitoes to stop the spread of disease

Tiger mosquitoes on France's Reunion Island are being driven back by a new method that releases sterilised males into the wild – a technique scientists say could halt epidemics of diseases spread by the insects' bites, including dengue and chikungunya.

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A global tax crackdown is coming for crypto – including NZ trades worth billions

For over a decade, cryptocurrency has been synonymous with a promise of freedom: access to a decentralised digital realm operating beyond the reach of traditional banks and governments.

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Remembering Frederick Forsyth: my encounters with the spy who stayed out in the cold

One of the great British purveyors of the spy and cold-war genres, Frederick Forsyth, who has died at the age of 86, was best known for his novels The Day of the Jackal (1971), The Odessa File (1972) and The Dogs of War (1974).

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Hong Kong authorities trying to disrupt independent press with ‘strange’ tax audits

Inland revenue targets eight outlets, union, 20 journalists and their families with supposed ‘random’ checks

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Eldest daughters often carry the heaviest burdens – insights from Madagascar

In recent years, the term “eldest daughter syndrome” has gained traction on social media, as many firstborn daughters share how they had to grow up faster. They often took on caregiving and supportive roles in their families.

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Unclaimed money doubles to $400m in three months

A law change has led to surge of unclaimed funds held by the government, reports Andrew Bevin

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Social equity needn't be a taxing issue

Yes, we should have a fairer tax system, but I’m more concerned about the aspects of our society that generate increasing inequity than those that fail to ameliorate it, says Rob Campbell

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'Groundbreaking' study poses the big tax question

Revelations the wealthy pay half the tax rate of ordinary Kiwis will pour gasoline on what was already a fiery debate heading into the election, writes political editor Jo Moir

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Construction under stress

Building and construction companies are being liquidated at twice the rate of the also-beleaguered hospitality industry.

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IRD wants visibility of crypto assets

Greater visibility over who in New Zealand owns cryptocurrency would reduce tax avoidance, tax officials told the Revenue Minister.

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Biopiracy: The fight for fairness in the scientific exploitation of natural resources

Countries from the Global South are demanding that wealthy nations share the benefits of the biological resources extracted from their lands that are then used for medical, agricultural or industrial purposes. Known as “biopiracy”, the issue is a major roadblock at the UN’s COP15 talks on biodiversity.

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Revealed: the secret British plan to keep Italy’s communists from power

Newly declassified files expose the Foreign Office’s dirty tricks campaign to influence the knife-edge 1976 election result

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First Thing: Monkeypox fatality confirmed in Los Angeles

The death is the first in the state and possibly in the country, with the individual being immunocompromised and hospitalized. Plus, who won big at the Emmys

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Revealed: how UK targeted American civil rights leader in covert campaign

Secret Foreign Office unit distributed literature from fake sources to discredit Stokely Carmichael

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Tax exemption for employer-funded public transport

The move to incentivise employers to pay for workers' public transport commutes helps to counterbalance existing exemptions for car parks and utes.

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Revealed: UK ran cold war dirty tricks campaign to smear Kenya’s first vice-president

Special unit spread fake news about leftist politician, Oginga Odinga, seen as threat to British interests in 1960s

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'She'll be right' attitude dangerous for struggling construction businesses

Insolvency experts say some operators in financial trouble are burying their heads in the sand when it comes to their business finances

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Secret British ‘black propaganda’ campaign targeted cold war enemies

Britain stirred up tensions, chaos and violence in Africa, the Middle East and Asia, according to declassified papers

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Climate change in Vietnam: impacts and adaptation

This article was co-written by Frédéric Thomas (CNRS, laboratoire MIVEGEC), Thi Phuong Linh Huynh (IRD), Toan Thuy Le (CESBIO), Thi Thu Ha Nguyen (LASTA), Truong Toan Nguyen (University of Queensland), Tu Anh Nguyen (IMHEN), Frédéric Thomas (IRD), Chi Quang Truong (CTU), Quoc Thanh Vo (CTU), and Canh Toan Vu (ISET).

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