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Hormuz Traffic Grinds To Near Halt Again As Talks Stall
As the conflict in the Persian Gulf continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL’s Central Newsroom and Iranian service, Radio Farda, deliver […]
Syria and Cyprus sign deal for new 240km subsea cable
UNIFI Communications, the Syrian Telecommunications Establishment (STE) and the Cyprus Telecommunications Authority (CYTA) have partnered to build UGARIT 2, a 240-kilometre submarine cable linking Pentaskhinos […]
Brickbat: Running With a Rough Crowd
In England, former Merseyside police officer Daniel Hughes was sentenced to 12 months in prison, suspended for two years, after being convicted of eight counts of […]
Beware the Iran-Russia Axis of Aggression
The truce declared this week between the US and the Islamic Republic after months of conflict appears likely to reopen the strait of Hormuz for […]
Pakistan has won the diplomacy, now comes the harder test
The Financial Times has run a striking assessment: Pakistan, it argues, has become an emerging “hinge power” – a state whose simultaneous ties to Washington, […]
China’s qualms with long Trumpism
Beijing may believe that Donald Trump’s 2016 election and his return to office eight years later are not accidents but part of a deeper American […]
Musk’s SpaceX booked a 17th-century palace to watch Spain’s eclipse
The aerospace company reserved a 17th-century palace hotel in northern Spain more than a year in advance, fuelling rumours that Musk would attend the eclipse […]
Trump’s Medicaid Rule Threatens Trans Youth Care. States Can Still Fight Back
A critical deadline passed Wednesday in the federal fight to preserve transgender people’s access to health care. States and providers have sixty days to respond […]
Trump’s Head Start Overhaul Could Strip Away Key Protections for Kids
The Trump administration is pushing a total overhaul of Head Start that could fundamentally reshape the 60-year-old program that has provided childcare and key support […]
Resurrecting the Bund
In Here Where We Live Is Our Country, Molly Crabapple elevates an important part of the democratic socialist tradition at a time when many are […]
Burnham exchanged messages with impersonator of top Trump aide
LONDON — U.K. Prime Minister Andy Burnham engaged with messages from somebody impersonating one of Donald Trump’s closest advisers, four officials have told POLITICO. The […]
‘Deliberate negligence’: Russian nuclear power company with EU operations accused of violating safety standards
BRUSSELS — A Russian state-controlled corporation building a nuclear power plant in Hungary is facing allegations of safety, security and engineering failures at another project […]
Senegal hikes fuel prices amid surge in global oil markets
Senegal has raised fuel prices in a move the government says is necessary because of the sharp rise in global oil costs…See More
The bush artisan saving craftmanship one stockwhip at a time
RM Williams once told Bill Webb, “You make better belts than I do”, but few Australians know of the master leather worker or his quest […]
Trump’s “forever” tariffs are kicking in for the long haul – and US consumers are footing the bill
President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements no longer cause the market gyrations that they did in 2025. But their sticker shock for American consumers is becoming […]
Hagitude author Sharon Blackie: ‘At 60 I wasn’t ready to give up, I was just starting’
The writer of cult hit If Women Rose Rooted is on a mission to bring folklore to modern readers. She talks about confronting her fears, […]
Trump Welcomes Saudi, Turkey, Pakistan Defense Pact
As the conflict in the Persian Gulf continues to impact and shape the region, journalists from RFE/RL’s Central Newsroom and Iranian service, Radio Farda, deliver […]
More than 160,000 people to be kicked off NDIS as Labor overhauls eligibility
Health Minister Mark Butler has unveiled the government’s plan to curb the ballooning growth of the NDIS and save the budget a projected $35 billion […]
$50/hour charge for older Australians to shower reversed by government after six months
The decision to scrap the plan to charge older Australians $50/hour for showers was made after months of sustained criticism, including warnings that people were […]