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A new report has found 17 threats to human health between now and the year 2100. Many of them can be prevented, according to the findings. Dealing with them, however, will require governments to plan for the long term. The report, discussed in an article by The Conversation, argues New Zealand’s next government should look past current health problems.

Donald Trump has committed to working with Democrats after Tuesday’s US midterm elections delivered what Australian coverage called a “blue tsunami”. Republicans lost their majorities in both the House and the Senate. Democrats also won in a number of states, with Kansas voting for them for the first time in almost a century.