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Why are thousands of people marching for Maori rights?
Tens of thousands of people have gathered in Wellington for the final stretch of a week-long protest that has spanned the length of the country. Here is why.
- by Charlotte Graham-McLay
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Global dance group Shen Yun faces inquiry over underage labour practices
The troupe, operated by the Falun Gong religious movement, requires dancers to train under abusive conditions, former performers say.
- by Michael Rothfeld and Nicole Hong
World leaders issue warning to Trump on trade, but not by name
The APEC summit has made a stand against new barriers, in a signal to the US president-elect to rethink his tariffs plan.
- by David Crowe
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Bro handshakes and bear hugs as Albanese meets Biden and Trudeau
The PM greeted the US and Canadian leaders ahead of the first talks at the APEC summit in Peru, which were skipped by China’s leader Xi Jinping.
- by David Crowe
Haka interrupts NZ parliament, MPs kicked out, as treaty bill arrives
Tempers flared in New Zealand’s parliament during an extraordinary debate on the Treaty Principles Bill.
Prosecutors seek jail sentence for Marine Le Pen over EU jobs scandal
The request puts the French far-right leader’s ability to participate in the 2027 presidential race at stake.
- by Sylvie Corbet
Soccer club ditches Musk’s ‘hate machine’ X ahead of German election
St Pauli encouraged its 250,000 followers to switch to Bluesky, the rival social network championed by former Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey.
Second trial in teacher Samuel Paty’s killing begins in France
Paty was stabbed and decapitated in October 2020 near his school north-west of Paris by an 18-year-old Russian of Chechen descent.
- by Ségolène Le Stradic
The shock return of Ivanka – and which jobs Don Jr and granddaughter Kai might have under Trump
Between five children from three marriages, their partners and their 10 children, the 78-year-old has a dynasty worthy of any Tudor court, with just as much infighting, intrigue and ambition.
- by Ed Cumming
NZ government introduces bill to reinterpret the Treaty of Waitangi
The 1840 agreement between indigenous Māori and the British Crown is considered the nation’s founding document.
- by Tracy Withers
Bureaucracy and delays anger those still searching for the missing in Spain
The official missing count from last week’s floods is 89. But reporting people missing is almost impossible.
- by José Bautista and Amelia Nierenberg
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