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As many as 40,000 Hasidic Jews are expected to travel to the Ukrainian city of Uman for Rosh Hashanah, continuing a pilgrimage centred on the grave of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. Prayer, communal singing and dancing remain central features of the gathering, which has continued despite the Ukraine conflict and official warnings about the risks of travelling to the country. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE. · Tens of thousands of Hasidic…

BRICS leaders are gathering in New Delhi with less talk of replacing the US dollar and more attention on something potentially more consequential: building the infrastructure that could allow member economies to trade, settle payments and finance investment through alternative channels. BRICS Pay, digital-currency interoperability, expanding intra-BRICS trade and deepening energy relationships suggest the bloc's evolution is increasingly about…

That's the message from Vladimir Putin ahead of the 18th BRICS summit in India. As the Bloc's member countries have a packed agenda ahead of them. Our team will be on site to provide special coverage throughout the event. The Russian president has already met with Indian PM Narendra Modi. That's as Putin is scheduled to meet with other BRICS leaders whose countries are setting the stage for multipolarity. Houthi forces claim to have seized…

Nearly 3,000 people were killed on September 11, 2001. What followed went far beyond the pursuit of Al-Qaeda, producing wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, expanding the global security state, destabilising parts of the Middle East and leaving political consequences that remain visible a quarter of a century later. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE, with additional New Zealand context from official GCSB and US legislative records. · On the…

Germany's Alternative for Germany has filed a criminal complaint against Chancellor Friedrich Merz after he described the party's remigration policy as effectively advocating ethnic cleansing. The dispute follows the AfD's decisive election victory in Saxony-Anhalt and comes amid an intensifying national debate over immigration, political legitimacy and attempts to restrict the party. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE. · The Alternative…

Dr Oliver Hartwich argues Election 2026 is becoming an auction of other people’s wealth, with parties competing over nationalisation, new taxes, subsidies and taxpayer-backed schemes. He warns that weakening property rights and redistributing existing wealth risks discouraging the investment New Zealand desperately needs. With productivity already trailing Australia, Hartwich says the priority should be growing the economic pie, not fighting…

Educational performance across parts of the developed West has deteriorated substantially over the past 15 years. TrendCompass argues the decline deserves much greater scrutiny, but its provocative suggestion that Western education may be deliberately producing less capable populations goes considerably beyond what the educational data itself establishes. INR Report: Based on analysis published by TrendCompass HERE. · TrendCompass begins with a…

US envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner reportedly left talks in Kiev surprised by the conduct of senior Ukrainian officials, according to Ukrainian MP Anna Skorokhod. Her account comes as Washington intensifies efforts to find a negotiated settlement after the envoys travelled directly from talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE. · US President Donald Trump's envoys Steve Witkoff and…

The Alternative for Germany has won 43.8 percent of the vote in Saxony-Anhalt, but the political consequences could extend far beyond the state parliament. German media reports have raised the possibility that EU funding could be withheld if an AfD-led government comes into conflict with Brussels, reviving a fundamental argument over democracy, sovereignty and the European Union's financial power. INR Report: Based on reporting by RT HERE. ·…

An Auckland couple were found equally culpable for nearly nine years of tax evasion and fraud totalling more than $554,000. But while the husband was sent to prison, the judge reduced his wife’s sentence to home detention on humanitarian grounds, saying imprisoning both parents would be too hard on their children. eLocal Report: Based on reporting by RNZ HERE. · An Auckland woman has avoided imprisonment for tax offending after a judge…