Hipkins meets Xi Jinping: behind the handshakes, NZ walks an increasingly fine line with China
Jun 28, 2023 15:28 pm UTC| Politics
Chris Hipkins anticipated a diplomatic meeting with Xi Jinping. The Chinese leader said he placed great importance on the relationship with New Zealand. Both businesslike, Hipkins made sure to stress his country was open...
Iranian protesters remain defiant in the face of violent and brutal regime oppression
Jun 21, 2023 07:28 am UTC| Politics
The vibrant, brave and unyielding voice of dissent remains strong in Iran despite months of brutal repression by the clerical regime. The women, life, freedom movement is an insistent call for change that is meeting the...
Jun 21, 2023 07:19 am UTC| Politics
In what is more than likely to turn out to be an attempt at escalation in the confrontation between Nato and Russia over the war in Ukraine, former Russian president Dmitry Medvedev argued recently on his Telegram channel...
Jun 19, 2023 06:25 am UTC| Politics
What does the Ukraine war have to do with Brazil? On the face of it, perhaps not much. Yet, in his first six months in office, Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva now in his third nonconsecutive term ...
Referendum bill to pass on Monday while government pulls out stops to try to secure housing fund
Jun 19, 2023 06:22 am UTC| Law Politics
Federal parliament enters its last week before the winter break ready to approve legislation for the Voice referendum but with the governments proposed $10 billion Housing Australia Future Fund still in the...
South Africa's ruling party is performing dismally, but a flawed opposition keeps it in power
Jun 19, 2023 06:22 am UTC| Politics
As power cuts continue, the economy falters, unemployment rises and the currency tumbles, South Africas political commentators tend to agree that support for the governing African National Congress (ANC) will fall under...
Russians are using age-old military tactic of flooding to combat Ukraine’s counteroffensive
Jun 16, 2023 06:04 am UTC| Politics
On the morning of June 6, 2023, thousands of Ukrainians awoke to the sounds of rushing water following an explosion at the Kakhovka dam on the Dnieper River. Initially, there were questions on how the dam collapsed or...
Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality