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New Zealanders already know their election date - November 7 - when the economy should determine whether Chris Luxon's right-wing coalition gets a second term.

China's top general has been accused of leaking information to the United States and taking bribes for official acts, including promoting an officer to be defense minister, according to a new report.

Exclusive: Almost half of GPs have seen children up to the age of seven who have obesity, research finds

Reform leader’s remarks wrong and lack of formal apology ‘disturbs me’, former Tory chancellor says

Letters: Our health service must be safe for all those who work in it, writes Kate Jarman, while Prof Vivien Lees says NHS workers do not feel safe reporting sexual misconduct

Calls for confrontation with ICE are growing.

A retired Venezuelan general serving a prison sentence in the United States says interim leader Delcy Rodríguez and her brother, Jorge Rodríguez, consolidated power inside Venezuela years before the capture of Nicolás Maduro, acting as what he called "the true architects of the Venezuelan dictatorial regime."

Emotions have run high at competing Australia Day rallies as the prime minister highlighted the role immigrants have played in helping to shape the nation.

Olympic legend Cathy Freeman has received one of the top gongs at the Order of Australia awards but organisers are calling out a gender imbalance.