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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is set to win re-election after jailing top rivals and criminalising most dissent.

Sydney will further ease social distancing curbs tomorrow, a month after emerging from a coronavirus lockdown that lasted nearly 100 days, as close to 90 percent of people have got both doses of…

The nominations have closed for candidates to contest by-elections in seven electoral constituencies for the Parliament of Samoa.

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said he would make full use of his strong election win as he tackles major policy decisions, including trying to pass an extra budget to accelerate the recovery…

Explainer - More than 20,000 people have converged in Scotland for the massive UN climate meeting, which officially begins today. Hamish Cardwell examines the main issues, who will be there and how…

Greenhouse gas concentrations hit a record last year and the world is "way off track" in capping rising temperatures, the United Nations said on Monday in a stark illustration of the tasks facing UN…

The media marked a quarter of a century of MMP with a lot of mixed reviews on how it has changed our politics - and our country. Mediawatch talks to a documentary-maker who created one of the most…

Secondary school teachers are "dismayed and angry" at the government's announcement that students in Years 11-13 who live in alert level 3 areas will be able to return to classrooms on 26 October, a… Audio

Demonstrations took place across Chile on Monday to mark the second anniversary of the start of months of protests against inequality that triggered a social shift and led to the formation of a…

Date change for Samoa by-elections; Covid-19 death toll increases in PNG as team from Australia arrive to help; Samoa MP fined; NZ boxer maintains unbeaten record in Dubai, and more.

Infections continue to soar as the Kremlin struggles to persuade people to get vaccinated.

Parliament keeps breaking the records for public feedback. Why are New Zealanders getting involved in Parliament’s nitty gritty?

Analysis - Auckland's outlook is bleak as cases surge and the government starts preparing for worst-case scenarios, Peter Wilson writes.

Samoa by-elections set for November 12; Gender and ethnic pay gaps in New Zealand wide; Thousands of students in Fiji will return to classroom next month, and more.

Small businesses in Auckland say Minister of Finance Grant Robertson has failed to read the room when it comes to the dire realities they are facing. Audio

Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz has stepped down, after pressure triggered by a corruption scandal.

Is a Saudi takeover an early Christmas present for Newcastle United?

The Reserve Bank has ignored the Covid-19 outbreak and raised the official cash rate for the first time in seven years to head off growing inflation pressures.