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Australia has voted overwhelmingly against including First Nations people in the country’s constitution, rejecting a proposal to set up an Indigenous advisory body to Parliament.

New Zealand’s main opposition National Party has taken a strong lead in early election counting, putting it on track to wrest power from the ruling Labour Party.

Australia has rejected a proposal to write Indigenous Australians into the country’s constitution, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation has projected, ending a bid for an Aboriginal advisory body to the nation’s Parliament.

China’s attempt to grow its influence shouldn’t come at the expense of other countries feeling pressured or it risks a backlash, according to Singapore Deputy Prime Minister Lawrence Wong.

Switzerland’s biggest political party wants to double down on neutrality, just as conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East make a non-aligned stance more difficult to sustain.

Israel warned Gazans to leave ahead of a military offensive to destroy the Hamas militant group.

Leader Jimmie Akesson is pushing for a more hardline approach on unprecedented gang violence that claimed 12 lives last month

With 4.3% unemployment, the UK economy would seem to be holding up well against a barrage of headwinds. But by one reliable measure, the jobless rate may already be telegraphing a recession.

Years of mass migration from Zimbabwe has gained fresh impetus as an economic meltdown continues unabated, further denuding the country of the scarce skills it needs to engineer a turnaround.

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak entered Britain’s political party conference season promising a reset to rejuvenate his governing Conservatives and keep alive distant hopes of winning the next general election.