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The parents on the global stage of power are bickering and now, such entertainingly distracting forums as APEC (the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum) are left without a unifying message. This should hardly matter, but the absence of a final ... Read more...

Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she isn't taking sides in the trade war between the world's two superpowers after tensions ran high at the APEC summit. Read more...

The United States says a visit to Papua New Guinea last week was part of its commitment to a "free and open Indo-Pacific". Read more...

After declining by more than 20 percent from the October peak, oil prices are showing some signs that they have now bottomed out. Read more...

The announcements came on the sidelines of the APEC summit in Papua New Guinea last week. Read more...

Fiji's re-elected Prime Minister has blamed the torrential rain on election day for his significant drop in support. Read more...

A barrage of written questions from the National Party is heaping pressure on ministerial offices, prompting one to restructure and a government agency to hire a new staff member. Read more...

New Zealand Defence Force (NZDF) has almost eight hours of secret American drone footage it says shows there are more than 100 mistakes in a book about a controversial raid in Afghanistan. Read more...

Those with a stake in the hustling racket of empire have little time for the contrariness that comes with exposing classified information. Those who do are submitted to a strict liability regime of assessment and punishment: you had the information (lawfully ... Read more...

The New Zealand cricketers have recorded their closest win in Test history, beating Pakistan by four runs on day four of the first Test in Abu Dhabi. Read more...