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New Zealand was recently told we were staring down the barrel of a major diesel shortage with only 11 days of supply remaining... In this episode, Duncan looks at the fallout after MBIE admitted their data was completely wrong. Within just one day, the story changed from a looming economic paralysis to a comfortable 46-day buffer. · Duncan argues that this isn't just a simple rounding error. It is a massive failure of communication and basic…

The New Zealand Government is now considering pausing planned fuel tax increases, as rising global energy prices begin to bite into households and businesses already under pressure. The move signals a growing recognition inside Government that the current fuel shock is not temporary—but part of a broader structural disruption to global energy supply. · Tax Increases Put on Hold · Planned increases to fuel levies—originally intended to support…

26 people are reported killed in a strike on a neighbourhood in the central Iranian city of Isfahan. Meanwhile in Tehran - a search is on for potential survivors from a series of overnight attacks. Iran condemns the US and Israel at the UN accusing them of intentionally striking a school killing 175 people. Still, European powers stopped short of placing blame as they insisted on redirecting attention to alleged rights violations…

Critics say the move politicizes currency and risks blurring the line between national symbols and personal branding · RT composite. ©  Getty Images/Scott Olson;Kativ;Phil Ashley · US President Donald Trump’s signature is set to appear on US paper currency starting this summer, the Treasury Department said on Thursday. · It will mark the first time a sitting US president’s signature has appeared on legal tender. · The …

The critics of the initiative have slammed the facilities as detention centers located in “legal black holes” · FILE PHOTO. Refugees from Afghanistan and Pakistan protest against their deportation at a detention center in Lesbos, Greece. · European lawmakers have endorsed the opening of talks with the EU Council on a new controversial legal framework to establish block-wide mechanisms to expel illegal migrants, including creating the…

Tehran violated none of its international commitments while Kiev trampled on them for years, the foreign minister has said · Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov at a meeting between Russian President Vladimir Putin and Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in Moscow, on January 28, 2026. ©  Sputnik/Yuri Kochetkov · [RT] The US-Israeli war against Iran stands in stark contrast with the Ukraine conflict, Russian Foreign Minister…

The US president has previously made disparaging remarks about Mojtaba Khamenei · US President Donald Trump. © Getty Images / Roberto Schmidt · [RT] US President Donald Trump has said that the CIA told him that Iran’s newly appointed supreme leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, may be gay, quipping to Fox News that it puts the cleric “off to a bad start.” · The claim comes amid failed US-Israeli regime change efforts in Iran, a…

The participants of the US-Israeli war on Iran have offered a rationale for the conflict that goes well beyond geopolitics · Both the US-Israel tandem and Iran have offered religious reasoning for hostilities in the Gulf to go on, painting the conflict as an existential standoff. RT’s Oumaima Ichchar looks into the arguments the warring sides have been providing, which appear to go well beyond geopolitics. · On Wednesday, US…

Tehran has detailed dozens of cases of US fighter jets and drones allegedly conducting missions over the Gulf states during strikes · FILE PHOTO. A general view of Tehran with smoke visible in the distance after explosions were reported in the city, on March 02, 2026 in Tehran, Iran. © Getty Images / Contributor · [RT] Iran has formally accused the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Saudi Arabia of allowing the US military…

The US top diplomat has dismissed Vladimir Zelensky’s claims Washington had pressed Kiev into ceding Donbass · US Secretary of State Marco Rubio. ©  Getty Images / PA / Michael Kappeler · [RT] Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky has lied about Washington pressing Kiev into withdrawing from Donbass, according to US Secretary of State Marko Rubio. · In an interview with Reuters aired earlier this week, Zelensky accused the…