POLITICS & POLICY

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.

New York residents have been warned to brace for more snow this weekend.

Obama's Climate change agenda will see a greater push during the next two years of his presidency.

New Zealand PM John Key is expected to welcome Chinese President Xi Jin Ping, the first state visit for a Chinese president to New Zealand after a decade.

Russia's out to break the monopoly of the dollar as it boosts its gold reserves.

Australia has banned the resettlement of asylum seekers who registered with the UN agency in Indonesia.

Air service to New Zealand's regions have been in distress after the national airliner announced its decision to quit the routes.

Canada should not be diverting the security funds at a time it is facing obvious terror threats.

As a leader Andrew Little brings to table lot of dynamism and credibilty with grass roots support.

Walmart Canada will be shedding off jobs, affecting 210 people.

India quietly signed a military agreement with Australia on mutual areas on interest.

Russian President Vladimir Putin declared the U.S. will never succeed in subduing Russia because no one ever has.