POLITICS & POLICY

There are apparently still "big gaps" to be closed before the deal gets finalised.

Ontario's new auto insurance law has the sweetner of lower premiums but the bitter pill is denying the right to take the insurance firm to court.

New Zealand's anti-terror law has many drastic provisions in cancelling passports of the suspects.

The Australian trade minister found Obama's lecture on climate change "misinformed."

New Zealand surveillance laws should not be misused as arbitrary cancelling of passports will render many citizens stateless.

Prince Charles will be making "heartfelt interventions" in national life when be becomes king, according to his allies.

Erozone recession is becoming a looming threat as Germany and others are showing signs of shrinking economic activity.

Israel and Jordan had cordial bilateral ties beore the Al Aqsa issue started threatening it.

Ontario students have made Canada proud with their exceptional computer literacy compared to their global peers.

New Zealand medicines will have own regulator as the government realised that local interests are hard to manage in join regulation.

New Zealand has been assured by Chinese President Xi Jin Ping that China's deal with Australia will not affect export demand.

New Zealand's agreement with China for TV and film co production will help film makers in both the countries.

The Iranian "blogfather" was released after Iran's Supreme Leader had apparently forgiven him.

Crimea's business enterprises are going bust after Russia started taking over them under the garb of nationalisation.

Senior official at the National Security Agency warns that China and some other nations can hit the US power and water grids offline.

New Zealand wine industry is jubilant that the FTA with South Korea has thrown open a major market.

Australian Deputy Prime Minister Warren Truss is in a Brisbane hospital for gastroenteritis and acute dehydration. He has been in the medical facility for at least one day.

The salaries of CEOs in major American companies are more than what the firms pay to the Federal government by way of corporate taxes.

A human rights group called Yesh Din has put up three amateur videos online that show Israeli forces protecting Jewish settlers rather than villagers.

Sen. Serge Joyal thinks this is the best time to pressurise the government to hold an inquiry on missing and killed aboriginal women and girls.

In a film festival at Lisbon, Julian Assange said that his Wikileaks website will soon make public a new series of classified documents, he said.

Senior Liberal MP Don Harwin came out as gay and said that his personal struggles made him more determined.

The Australian foreign minister criticised the U.S. president for saying that the Great Barrier Reef was threatened.

A U.S. military plane was reportedly flying in Russian airspace on a surveillance mission. Russia is ready to cooperate with U.S. if mutual respect is observed.

New Zealand PM John Key believes New Zealand was settled peacefully by the Crown despite records showing thousands have died in land wars.

Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said that terrorists were more dangerous when young.

The second Frenchman is believed to be Mickael Dos Santos who had surprised his family by converting to Islam all of a sudden.

New Zealand dairy industry's supremacy can be sustained by fine-tuning the existing deal with China.

It is still too early to claim victory over the ISIS, a retired U.S. general said.