Week in Politics: Truancy presents delicate problems for the government

Prime Minister Christopher Luxon. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone

• Student fatally shot, suspect detained at Georgia's Kennesaw State University
• Company believes it found sunken barge in Ohio River near Pittsburgh, one of 26 that got loose
• National defense ministry slams 'Taiwan independence' separatists
• Early voting for S. Korea's parliamentary elections kicks off
• French sports minister calls for sanctions after Monaco player tapes over anti
• Xi's article on cultural heritage, fine traditional Chinese culture to be published
• US Pentagon chief speaks with Chinese counterpart for first time since November 2022
• UN Security Council revisits Palestine's UN membership application
• Biden says Brown v. Board of Education ruling was about more than education
• Latest I'm A Celebrity eviction sees campmates at a loss as they struggle to feed themselves
• Supreme Court gives some military veterans more generous educational benefits
• Former UK leader Liz Truss backs Trump and blames others for her ouster after 49 days
• US overdose deaths dropped in 2023, the first time since 2018
• Xi inspects Changsha in central China's Hunan Province