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Election year is ten weeks old and already the donations register at the Electoral Commission tells a familiar but uncomfortable story. Nearly a million dollars in large donations has been declared so far in 2026. The coalition parties have opened the year with a commanding fundraising lead. The opposition parties are barely visible. And the people making the biggest donations are the same sorts of donors who usually dominate this terrain:…

The Free Speech Union is calling on the Government to do the work that the Education and Workforce Committee did not: define the specific harms, identify the gaps in existing law, and develop targeted solutions, rather than reaching for a blanket social media ban that even UK child safety charities say will not work. · On 5 March, the Education and Workforce Committee released its final report after a nine-month inquiry into online harms facing…

Kraft Heinz, which owns the iconic NZ Watties brand, has announced it is closing its local frozen vegetable processing facilities and ceasing its arrangements with local growers. Watties’ coffee processing under the Greggs brand and dips under the Mediterranean, Just Hummus and Good Taste Company brands will also close. At least 350 direct employees will lose their jobs, with many hundreds of contracted growers around the country also affected.…

What started as compliance to protect her dream warehouse job ended in neurological catastrophe, years of medical gaslighting, media smears and bureaucratic battles—culminating in ACC cover approval on August 11, 2025. [Caption - Casey, 23, suffering a painful seizure Before the injection, Casey embodied vitality and joy] · “My health was the best that’s ever been. I was working Monday to Friday doing the job of my dreams. I had it all. I loved…

At least 23 Russian civilians have been killed in Ukrainian strikes, some using Western-supplied Storm Shadow missiles · A view of the hospital in Donetsk People’s Republic struck by Ukrainian drones on March 10, 2026. ©  Administration of the Donetsk People's Republic · [RT] Ukraine has launched a series of deadly attacks on Russian territory, using  Western-supplied weapons and targeting data from its backers while the…

Contacts with the Trump administration come as nationwide blackouts deepen following Washington’s oil restrictions and the Iran war · Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel. © Getty Images / Horacio Villalobos / Contributor · [RT] Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel has confirmed that officials in Havana are holding talks with the administration of US President Donald Trump, as the island grapples with a deepening energy crisis…

The paperwork should reflect the person’s “lived gender” rather than their biological sex, the European Court of Justice has decided · FILE PHOTO: Demonstrators carrying transgender flags. © Getty Images / Vuk Valcic · [RT] EU member states are obliged to amend the data on gender in the identification documents of citizens who have undergone a sex change, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has ruled. · The…

The continued US-Israeli attack on the country with a population of 90 million could lead to a mass exodus, a research study has warned · Civilians stand amid the rubble of residential buildings destroyed by US and Israeli strikes in Tehran, Iran, March 12, 2026. ©  Majid Saeedi / Getty Images · [RT] Most Iranians fleeing the war, should the US and Israel choose to continue their aggression, would likely head for Germany, a…

The Iranian ambassador in New Delhi officially confirms to RT, that India will be granted safe passage through the Strait of Hormuz. This would place the country alongside China as nations officially permitted to transit through the strait. The bombs continue to rain down on Iran, as the US-Israeli war rages on. A large explosion rocks Tehran as masses of people march on Quds Day, led by key figures including the President,…

Frank Bergman · A Canadian lawmaker and former provincial premier is sounding the alarm after reports revealed that an elderly woman was euthanized against her will, warning that the killing amounts to a “cold-blooded murder” carried out under Canada’s so-called “assisted suicide” regime. · In a statement posted Monday on X, Jason Kenney reacted to reports detailing the death of a woman in her 80s identified only as “Mrs. B.” ·…