While Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is in Beijing encouraging CCP officials to increase trade and tourism with New Zealand, his Foreign Minister Winston Peters appears to have taken Cabinet by surprise by announcing a freezing of aid to the Cook Islands New Zealand Freezes Cook Islands Aid Over Concerns About CCP Links
While Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is in Beijing encouraging CCP officials to increase trade and tourism with New Zealand, his Foreign Minister Winston Peters appears to have taken Cabinet by surprise by announcing a freezing of aid to the Cook Islands 
The United States is reopening visa interviews for foreign students, but this time, all applicants must unlock their social media accounts for government screening. The Pentagon chief is urging Congress to approve a $1 trillion defense budget for 2026, citing
Hong Kong’s leadership has been forced, in recent days, to explain the departure of multiple foreign judges from the city’s top court, the latest being former Australian Chief Justice Robert French. The former British colony appoints both local and overseas