AI companies increasingly want to move their operations into space. Elon Musk’s SpaceX has applied to launch over a million AI data center satellites and […]
An unwinnable standoff at Hormuz
Five months after Israel and the United States launched strikes that killed Iran’s Supreme Leader and ignited a wider war, the Strait of Hormuz has […]
Unplanned impact: NASA says SpaceX rocket parts could hit Moon
In August, parts of a SpaceX rocket are expected to crash into the Moon. It wasn’t planned, but experts are monitoring it. Will the impact […]
‘We need to talk about how difficult it is’: why one couple are pinning surrogacy hopes on Mexico
Jules Von Hep and Mark Beverlo, who have been trying to become parents since 2020, are now seeking help abroad Rise in overseas surrogates ‘increases […]
‘Being American feels helpless and scary’: actor Ben Platt on nerves, queer songs and why he couldn’t do it without his husband
The star of Dear Evan Hansen plays a 1960s Greenwich Village crooner in hit queer musical Midnight at the Never Get. It’s the perfect outlet […]
Editor’s Notes: How to Amend the Constitution Like the Reconstruction Congress
The Reconstruction Amendments were ratified at the barrel of a gun. Naturally, the northern states ratified them the usual way. But ratification was one of […]
Florida’s Nursing Homes Are Bracing for Life Without Haitian TPS Workers
This week, about 350,000 Haitians in the US will lose their legal status in light of a US Supreme Court decision on June 25 that […]
EU bets fossil fuel lobby is crying wolf over supply shock warnings
BRUSSELS — The European Commission is betting that profit-hungry gas and oil companies will continue exporting into Europe next year, resisting calls by oil and […]
Inquiet des usages de l’IA par les députés, le Parlement européen a une solution
Inquiet des usages de l’IA par les députés, le Parlement européen a une solution L’institution compte ouvrir ses portes aux modèles développés par OpenAI, Meta, […]
Tunisia reels in extreme heat as temperatures near 50°C
An exceptionally intense heat wave swept across Tunisia, pushing temperatures to nearly 50 degrees Celsius and breaking historical records in multiple regions, local media reported […]
Families gather to mark 110 years since Battle of Fromelles tragedy
Experts say the sheer loss of life at Fromelles meant it faded from memory in comparison to Gallipoli or Kokoda…See More
7NEWS Spotlight: Pauline Hanson’s UK tour and meeting with Tommy Robinson exposes One Nation’s creative accounting on immigration numbers
The resurgent senator will have few better chances to get her facts right. In front of our cameras, she failed dismally…See More
Sudan: bringing to justice those who make the war possible
With Sudan’s war now in its fourth year, not a single person has been prosecuted for crimes committed since April 2023. Three recent initiatives are […]
When joy was resistance on the dance floor
When progressive political commentator Keith Edwards recently turned the New York City Pride March into a two-hour livestream of queer joy, he put a name […]
The MAGA-ification of Hollywood is going to be so boring
Donald Trump’s Great American State Fair was widely mocked as a great American flop: overpriced, uncomfortable and, above all, dull. Well, bad news for fans of […]
Russian And Ukraine Exchange Overnight Strikes As Drone Attacks Target Moscow Region
Large plumes of black smoke rose high into the skies of the Moscow region on July 20 after Ukrainian drone strikes hit an oil depot […]
Middle East Countries On High Alert As US Continues Strikes On Iran
Air raid sirens blared in Bahrain and other Gulf states as the struggle for control of the Strait of Hormuz continued after US forces conducted […]
Kenneth Jeyaretnam, 1959 – 2026
Kenneth Jeyaretnam, a trained economist who gave up a career in finance to take over his father’s opposition Reform Party as secretary-general to tilt at […]
China’s mega-oiler could break America’s Pacific base edge
China’s construction of what may be the world’s largest naval replenishment ship signals its growing expeditionary ambitions — and highlights the vulnerability of the US’s […]
China-India Great Game taking shape on the Bay of Bengal
While the focus of global news remains on Iran, the Strait of Hormuz and the Russia-Ukraine war, a significant new arena of contestation has opened […]