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The decorative cookie tin that helps New Zealand make new laws

The decorative cookie tin that helps New Zealand make new laws

The quaintly patterned container might seem like a gag, but the ritual selection of bills from it is a serious affair

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EU civil war as 9 members rage at ECHR protecting 'the wrong people' over deportations

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Trump about to deal major blow to 'difficult' EU as he threatens new trade war

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Belgium’s future queen caught up in Trump’s Harvard foreign student ban

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Watch: Chinese coastguard slammed after blasting Philippines research ship with water cannon

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The four ‘high risk’ countries to face new strict checks in EU

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Trump threatens 25% tariff on Apple iPhones and 50% on EU products starting June 1

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Abraham Lincoln’s blood-stained gloves sold as millions raised at controversial auction

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Death toll from Pakistan school bus bombing rises to 8 as Islamabad blames India

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Canada Post workers called on to refuse overtime work as union continues to review latest offers

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Trump team debating how to tackle plan to ease sanctions on Syria

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Trump threatens 50% EU tariffs, 25% for Apple in latest trade war salvo

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Netanyahu says Canada, U.K., France ’emboldening’ Hamas

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Police remain silent as Nova Scotia missing kids investigation hits Week 3

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Canada Post workers will refuse overtime as union starts strike action

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Federal government faces human rights complaint over Indigenous procurement system

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