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The 1987 Constitution created the party list system to fix a basic unfairness in Philippine politics: if you’re poor, landless, or outside powerful families, getting into Congress is nearly ...

In a discussion with INET’s Lynn Parramore, researcher Steven H. Woolf explains how the peculiar features of life, policy, ...

As the country marked Waitangi Day in 2026, Peters framed the occasion as a moment for sober reflection on nationhood, ...

The Salvation Army's latest State of the Nation paints a dire picture of worsening child poverty and unemployment.

Minister for Child Poverty Reduction Louise Upston acknowledged the delays after the coroner released a damning report into ...

Nearly three in every ten Pacific children are living in material hardship. Almost half experience food insecurity. Pacific ...

The State of the Nation report released today by Better Taxes Coalition member, The Salvation Army, shows persistent inequality across most measures, from child poverty and food insecurity, to ...

Nearly three in every ten Pacific children are living in material hardship. Almost half experience food insecurity. Pacific people now face the highest unemployment rate of any ethnic group. And ...

A new cohort of rangatahi changemakers is being called forward as Save the Children New Zealand launches its Generation Hope ...

This is the introduction to Blighty, a weekly, subscriber-only newsletter in which our correspondents turn their gaze on the latest developments in Britain. Good afternoon from London. This week in ...

Malachi was 5 years old when he was tortured and murdered by his caregiver, Michaela Barriball, who is now serving a life sentence with a minimum non-parole period of 17 years.