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New Zealand's environmental policies are facing an unprecedented test under its free trade agreement with the European Union, after a Dutch environmental organisation lodged the first climate-related complaint through the EU's trade enforcement mechanism. The Government rejects the allegation, but the dispute raises a wider question for New Zealand: how much control over domestic environmental and energy policy was effectively constrained when…

Nearly a month after a woman and two very young children were killed at a Rotorua home, a man charged with assaulting a person in a family relationship has been released on electronically monitored bail. Police have described the deaths as homicides, but publicly available information does not show that the man has been charged with causing any of the three deaths. Report by eLocal · Three deaths inside a Rotorua home on the night of 7…

With the 2026 election approaching, five political parties have put competing agricultural, environmental and tax policies before around 350 farmers at Mystery Creek in Waikato. Behind the campaign promises lies a larger question for rural New Zealand: which policies protect productive capacity and property rights while dealing credibly with water quality, emissions and long-term economic resilience? Report by eLocal · Representatives from…

Meta could face one of the largest corporate penalties in US history after a New Mexico jury found Facebook repeatedly misled consumers about how their personal information was collected, protected, shared and used. The state is seeking as much as US$40 billion, but the final penalty has yet to be determined and Meta argues the proposed amount is excessive. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE · A privacy case originating in the Cambridge…

Brazilian authorities have opened an investigation into allegations that US government funds were intended to support civil-society organisations campaigning against the country's Supreme Federal Court. The controversy comes immediately before Brazil's presidential election and amid an increasingly bitter dispute between Brasília and Washington over judicial power, censorship, tariffs and political influence. INR Report: Based on reporting by…

BRICS nations collectively possess enormous energy resources, but recent supply disruptions have exposed a fundamental weakness: membership does not guarantee access to another member’s oil when a crisis strikes. An emerging proposal would move cooperation beyond declarations by positioning emergency oil stocks closer to importing countries and agreeing access before shortages begin INR Report: Based on analysis by Manish Vaid for RT HERE ·…

NATO's chief insists the alliance is defensive, even as member states claim they can strike Russian targets. Moscow's OSCE envoy Dmitry Polyansky calls NATO's actions a direct threat. Russian forces intensify strikes on Ukrainian military, energy and logistics infrastructure as Putin says Kiev's hold on Donbass is becoming unsustainable. Meanwhile, the EU rejects Ukraine's request for an additional US$27 billion, calling it "unexpected and…

An attempt by the US state of Tennessee to execute convicted murderer Christa Pike has ended with the 50-year-old alive but critically ill after receiving two injections of the execution drug pentobarbital. The extraordinary failure, Tennessee's second aborted execution this year, has forced the state to suspend executions while questions mount over its lethal-injection procedures INR Report: Based on reporting by Jonathan Allen for Reuters,…

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Explosions have been reported in Ethiopia’s capital following an alleged drone attack by an armed opposition alliance as unrest intensifies. Meanwhile, NATO and some EU officials are blaming Russia for separate developments despite questions over the evidence presented. Moscow also says it is being wrongly blamed for a humanitarian crisis in Alyoshki, Kherson, claiming Ukrainian forces are preventing vital aid from reaching civilians.