Independent Analysis and Reportage
How the ‘super’ El Niño could trigger a polycrisis: interconnected failures that neither the energy system nor the health-care system can prepare for alone.
The ‘tears of womenfolk’ in Punjab became the biggest hurdle to military recruitment by December 1924, according to colonial officials.
The cost of seeing a psychiatrist, paediatrician or other medical specialist is skyrocketing, and reforms are targeting low-hanging fruit. We need to think bigger.
Getting the SADC region back on track is going to take collective action and strong regional collaboration.
Stroke is no longer just a disease of old age.
Polls were showing the right leading the left before the election, but National, ACT and New Zealand First all did better on the night.
The final election result won’t be known for three weeks and coalition negotiations will take even longer. But it’s not correct to say ‘there’s no government’.
Asia Pacific Report The Free Palestine Party has criticised the NZ Electoral Commission for failing to take any action against what it says has been an NZME ban on key campaign messages from the party. NZME reportedly refused to broadcast any of the Free Palestine Party’s advertisements on its ZB radio network. NZME also refused
ANALYSIS: By Richard Shaw “New Zealand has spoken,” Labour leader Chris Hipkins said to the party faithful on election night, before adding: “It may take us a little bit longer to figure out exactly what it is that you’ve said.” There hasn’t been an MMP election quite (or even anything) like the one that played
This sweeping, time-shifting epic based on an unfinished work of Federico García Lorca looks like Spain’s big contender for the Oscars in 2027.
RNZ News With more than 90 percent of the vote counted in the New Zealand general election, the final result was still up in the air last night, but the lead governing coalition party National has been left bruised, losing some of its most senior and experienced MPs. On current results the right bloc —
With special votes still to come, three possible scenarios could determine who governs NZ – and whether Christopher Luxon or Chris Hipkins becomes prime minister.