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Labour leader Chris Hipkins says his party will not be intimidated by people holding what he calls “anti-science” views after protesters confronted health spokesperson Ayesha Verrall in Wellington. But five years after New Zealand's vaccination mandates, the political use of that label now collides with a more complicated scientific and official record than existed at the height of the pandemic. eLocal Report: Based on reporting by RNZ…

Almost 10,000 public servants walked off the job across New Zealand on Wednesday as frustration over pay, staffing and job security spilled into nationwide industrial action. The government says workers have a right to strike but argues the PSA's campaign has become increasingly political. eLocal Report: Based on reporting by Jessica Hopkins for RNZ HERE · Thousands of New Zealand public servants have taken nationwide industrial action, with…

Britain, France and Canada are moving to restrict imports from Israeli settlements in the occupied West Bank as international pressure over settlement expansion and violence intensifies. New Zealand has joined calls for Israel to change course but is stopping short of the trade measures being pursued by several of its traditional partners. eLocal Report: Based on reporting by Lillian Hanly and Peter Hutchison for RNZ, with AFP reporting HERE ·…

Rare Kremlin video: Putin with Witkoff and Kushner, then their first Kyiv trip this term and Zelenskyy's restrained reply. Moscow cites trust and economic projects; Bessent chokes offshore funding. Argentina presses Malvinas as Trump rethinks automatic U.S. backing of Britain. The Kremlin released rare footage of a high-level meeting between Vladimir Putin and Trump envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, followed by their first trip to Kyiv…

A renowned US economist, Columbia University professor Jeffrey Sachs, speaks with RT about salient geopolitical developments, with a particular focus on talks US special envoy Steve Witkoff and President Donald Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner held with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow and Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky in Kiev over the weekend.

As Russia advances on the battlefield, a Ukrainian lawmaker says the terms of the US-proposed peace deal are only getting worse for Kiev, because Zelensky refuses to concede. Kiev's war machine sets its sights on women - as some call them better at operating drones, while Ukrainian lawmakers eye taxing those who work in the adult entertainment industry. We report from the ground as the IDF steps up its assault on southern Lebanon, killing a…

The predictions have become votes. Alternative für Deutschland has secured 43.8% in Saxony-Anhalt — its strongest result ever — leaving Germany's political establishment confronting a question that can no longer be contained by polling: will the largest party be able to govern? INR Report: Based on reporting by ZeroHedge HERE · Germany's political earthquake did not end when the votes were counted. · It may only have begun. · Alternative für…

Germany’s political landscape is being reshaped as the Alternative for Germany challenges the established parties and the political barriers constructed around it. Russian analyst Fyodor Lukyanov argues the upheaval reflects something much larger: a growing European struggle over sovereignty, globalisation and whether electoral victories still translate into political power. INR Report: Based on analysis by Fyodor Lukyanov for RT HERE ·…

Volkswagen’s Osnabrück factory is set for a dramatic change of direction, moving from vehicle manufacturing towards defence production under a preliminary agreement involving the German state of Lower Saxony and private investment. Israeli defence company Rafael is expected to become the first major industrial partner at the site. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE · A Volkswagen factory in Germany could soon become part of Europe’s…

The Alternative für Deutschland has surged to a historic victory in Saxony-Anhalt, dramatically weakening Chancellor Friedrich Merz's CDU and breaking another barrier in post-war German politics. Beyond Germany, the result raises a larger question: are Western electorates entering a period in which political movements previously kept outside the governing establishment can no longer be contained? INR Report: Based on reporting by ZeroHedge HERE…