Canadian historian and commentator Gwynne Dyer is an outstanding political commentator whose articles are published in 45 countries including occasionally here in the NZ Herald.

Kenya’s President William Ruto has called for a National Day of Prayer to end the drought.

When the public learnt Jacinda was (wisely) pulling stumps, I suspect few if any New Zealanders would have picked Chris Hipkins as her successor. Chris subsequently claimed how thick he was with Jacinda to explain his shock elevation.