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Do you hear "Laurel" or "Yanny"? An expert says your answer could depend on your level of hearing loss.

MPs have been urged to change a "hideous" law which allows the public to challenge and overturn Māori seats on local councils.

Iraqis have voted in the first parliamentary elections since the government declared victory over so-called Islamic State (IS) last year.

US President Donald Trump has accused foreign governments of extorting "unreasonably low prices" from pharmaceutical firms.

Observers of the Pacific Islands Forum say last weekend's territorial election in French Polynesia was peaceful and the atmosphere at the polling stations was convivial.

Fiji's electoral system should be changed, the leader the opposition Sodelpa Party says.

Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has scored a historic victory in the country's general election.

Five Australian MPs have announced their resignation from Parliament after the High Court ruled a Labor senator ineligible because she did not renounce her British citizenship in time.

Australia's Budget has delivered small tax cuts with the promise of more if its centre-right government is re-elected, with a dramatic shake-up of the tax system beginning in July.

Vladimir Putin has been sworn in for a fourth term as Russian president and pledged to harness the country's talents to "achieve breakthroughs".

French Polynesia's ruling Tapura Huiraatira is projected to win the territorial election.

Voters in French Polynesia have been going to the polls today in the second round of the territorial election.

Voters in French Polynesia go to the polls today in the second round of the territorial election.

The French president Emmanuel Macron says his first visit to New Caledonia is above all dedicated to important moments of a common history.

A former Solomon Islands prime minister Gordon Darcy Lilo is standing for re-election in a by-election to be held later this month.

Basque militant group Eta has formally announced it is disbanding, almost exactly 50 years after claiming its first victim.

Political consultancy Cambridge Analytica, the firm at the centre of the Facebook data-sharing scandal, is shutting down.

Two opinion polls published by media outlets in New Caledonia show that a majority is against independence from France.

A team from the Pacific Islands Forum has arrived in Papeete to observe the second round of voting in French Polynesia's elections.

The looming election in the Cook Islands has reignited calls for parliamentary reform with concerns over the number of politicians representing a shrinking population.