Australians are paying ‘extreme’ specialist fees. Here’s how the government can rein in costs

The cost of seeing a psychiatrist, paediatrician or other medical specialist is skyrocketing, and reforms are targeting ...

NZ will have a caretaker government for weeks. What that means and how it works

The final election result won’t be known for three weeks and coalition negotiations will take even longer. But it’s not correct to say ‘there’s no government’.

A knife‑edge result, 3 possible outcomes: what comes next after NZ’s election?

With special votes still to come, three possible scenarios could determine who governs NZ – and whether Christopher Luxon or ...

The stroke risk younger adults may be overlooking – and the symptoms that should never be dismissed

The signs of a stroke in younger people can sometimes be different than they are in older people. While most people will look ...

Pre‑election polls understated right in NZ, with overhang skewing preliminary results

Polls were showing the right leading the left before the election, but National, ACT and New Zealand First all did better on ...

La Bola Negra: this deeply moving cinematic homage to Lorca is part of his queer legacy

This sweeping, time-shifting epic based on an unfinished work of Federico García Lorca looks like Spain’s big contender for ...
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Climate change and funding cuts threaten malaria targets: what SADC countries can do

Malaria control and elimination efforts across the Southern African Development Community (SADC) are at a critical point. Over the past two years, case numbers have increased in the region. Several ...

NZ’s next government hangs in the balance: 2026 election results at a glance

As predicted, the 2026 election was all about the maths. With National winning more electorate seats than its party vote ...

Pope Leo’s trip is a homecoming to Peru – where debate over liberation theology roiled the church during his early years as a priest

Pope Leo’s November 2026 trip to Latin America will bring him back to Peru, where he served as a priest and bishop for two ...

Young people turned out in near‑record numbers for the 2026 midterms, with the economy top of their minds

Overall, 27% of young people – meaning people ages 18 to 29 – went to the polls during the midterms, our Nov. 5 analysis ...

10 years after Leonard Cohen’s passing, his grappling with the divine lives on

There’s material in Cohen’s contemporary psalms for every human experience, including lament, complaint, joy, doubt, ...

Flesh‑eating screwworm is spreading in the US, threatening livestock and wildlife – hunters can be the first line of defense

Over 100 screwworm cases have appeared in US animals in 2026, including in elk. How America’s 11.5 million hunters can help ...