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Europe is committing unprecedented resources to defence while struggling with industrial competitiveness and the economic consequences of its break with Russian energy supplies. A dispute over Kaja Kallas's proposed defence advisory group reveals that the argument is not simply about Russia, but about who controls Europe's security policy and what its citizens receive in return. INR Report: Based on reporting and commentary by John Gaffney for…

Beneath Antarctica's immense ice sheet may lie the remnants of mountain systems comparable to the Himalayas. New research suggests their erosion helped create the environmental conditions in which complex animal life rapidly diversified more than 500 million years ago INR Report: Based on reporting by Frank Bergman for Slay News and research published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters. · An Ancient World Beneath the Ice · Antarctica is…

Labour's latest West Coast mining royalty proposal has been portrayed as outflanking New Zealand First. Yet the proposal has no published rate, no confirmed revenue forecast and no guarantee of surviving post-election negotiations under MMP. For Westport families and businesses, the real issue is not which party wins the announcement, but whether either policy can deliver lasting economic security Report by eLocal | 11 October 2026 · Westport…

Russia's representative to the OSCE has accused Ukraine's leadership of pursuing attacks on Moscow despite the growing danger to its own infrastructure and civilian population. Behind the accusations lies a more consequential question: how far can the expanding campaign against energy and industrial targets continue before its economic and humanitarian costs become unsustainable? INR Report: Based on reporting by RT published 9 October 2026. · …

New Zealand's election debate is increasingly focused on how wealth should be taxed and redistributed. But behind the competing proposals lies a more fundamental question: can a country maintain its economic sovereignty if it fails to build productive businesses, retain investment and improve the purchasing power of its people? · An examination of Labour's capital gains tax, the Greens' wealth tax and Opportunity's land tax reveals different…