Collected from New Zealand and elsewhere
the Guardian
President tellls UN that US will give $11bn a year to developing nations to respond to climate emergency
Newsroom
Commitments to more investment in research like this year's infectious diseases funding are critical to sustainably recovering from this month's very sharp economic contraction.
It is exceedingly difficult for victims of gender-based violence to be granted protection in the US asylum system. Could that change soon?
bowalleyroad.blogspot.com
The Sunset Of Anglo-Saxon Imperialism: To join this “Coalition of the Waning”: this AUKUS pact composed of the three military aggressors of ...
Opinion: China's application to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement comes at an awkward political moment, writes Associate Professor Robert Scollay.
Stuff
OPINION: How can we trust institutions when countries can pressure them and face no sanction for having done so? asks Dr Eric Crampton.
While Covid-19's origin story is currently defined by a lack of hard evidence and data, scientists around the world continue their search for answers to how the pandemic began.
NZ Herald
Evergrande, a property developer, has $447b of unpaid debt and is struggling to pay.
the Guardian
As country’s traditional allies take a more confrontational approach to China, it could offset Anglosphere divide with new partnerships
Foreign minister says unprecedented recalling of envoys ‘very symbolic’ act after scrapping of submarines contract.
LGBTQ people in Afghanistan who spoke to CNN say they need help to escape Taliban fighters before they are discovered and forced to face the new regime's brutal laws.
Officials in Georgia have repeatedly informed the president that there was no widespread voter fraud in the state.
Asia Times
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is heading to the United States to participate in the first in-person Quad summit to take place later this month. The Quadrilateral Security Dialogue, comprising…
Newsroom
Absent-mindedly paying tribute to murderous Turkish dictator Mustafa Kemal Atatürk is a stain on this country's integrity. It's time we did something about it, writes Maria Armoudian.
The Aug. 29 strike near the Kabul airport during the U.S. exit from Afghanistan killed ten civilians, including up to seven children, the Pentagon said.
Asia Times
MANILA – Just weeks before candidates file for upcoming Philippine presidential elections, the International Criminal Court (ICC) has announced that it’s formally commencing investigations int…
Mother Jones
Low pay, chemical exposure, and a life of debt.
ISLAMABAD : The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) said on Friday that New Zealand cricket officials had informed them that they were unilaterally suspending all their scheduled One Day International series in Pakistan after receiving a security alert.The series was scheduled to begin on Friday. "PCB is
The Jerusalem Post | JPost.com 
Blinking from all sides over the last few weeks and even days has started to reshape the geopolitics surrounding the issue of the Iran nuclear deal talks.
POLITICO
The Foreign Ministry says the tech-sharing deal fuels the regional arms race.
France 24
Australia finds itself as the common link in a new mesh of global alliances centred on the Indo-Pacific that are all but in name aimed at countering China's rising military power and economic clout.
Paul Gambles, co-founder of investment advisory firm MBMG Group, says investors should consider significantly building up their cash positions.
The Standard
Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom have publicly announced they have formed a new security grouping that will assist Australia in the construction of nuclear powered submarines.
Newsroom
It may not be as revolutionary as hyped, but a new geopolitical grouping could still raise tensions.
The UN says it’s ready to scale up emergency aid in Afghanistan. But some say more negotiations are needed to ensure women’s safety and presence.
RNZ
The 2021-2022 Pacific cyclone season has started, and officially runs from November 1, 2021 to the end of the cyclone season in 2022.
Collected stories and commentary, from New Zealand and elsewhere, on international politics, conflicts, trade, aid and diplomacy. Keep Reading
Know This