LONDON — Britain’s top finance minister on Wednesday promised an uplift in defense spending by 2030 to “set the direction” for meeting a crucial NATO […]
Year: 2026
Podcast | How to prevent violence against children
Where can we start in preventing violence against children? By building trust, making time, creating safe spaces, listening to children, understanding their online worlds, using […]
Submer, Aginode expand AI data centre infrastructure across MEA and Turkey
Submer has partnered with Aginode to strengthen AI and data centre infrastructure development across the Middle East, Africa and Turkey. The agreement, signed at Submer’s […]
When does Term 4 end? Department sets record straight on rumours
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Farmers wear cost as starving flying foxes damage banana, berry crops
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Melbourne Market board quits over appointment of former Demons chief Paul Guerra
The Victorian government says Paul Guerra brings significant commercial, governance and stakeholder engagement experience to the role as chair of the Melbourne Market Authority…See More
Satellites the size of drinks cans: Young engineers take on a space challenge in Uzbekistan
From classroom calculations to rocket launches, teams from 15 countries tested their creations under real flight conditions. Equipped with sensors and communication systems, the devices […]
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Oozing panache and bagging awards already, La Bola Negra is an eye-popping war and prejudice epic starring Penélope Cruz in a blond wig and Glenn […]
‘A dog would get treated better than a drag queen in Hollywood’: Alaska on prejudice and leading Oh, Mary!
The RuPaul’s Drag Race alum on queer visibility, politics and starring in Cole Escola’s smash comedy Alaska may be starring in the most subversive comedy […]
Trump Hopeful Of Zelenskyy-Putin Meeting ‘Very Soon’
US President Donald Trump told reporters on October 28 that a meeting between the Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, will […]
Iranian Official Disputes Report Of Qatari Peace Proposal
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 […]
Israel: opposition supporters celebrate narrow lead in exit polls
Supporters of Gadi Eisenkot celebrated in Tel Aviv as exit polls gave Israel’s opposition bloc a narrow lead over Benjamin Netanyahu’s camp, but no outright […]
Iranian president says Middle East can solve its problems without United States
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Seafood industry backs Trump seafood strategy but raises questions on ‘US-Caught’ label
While seafood groups largely support the Trump administration’s domestic seafood agenda, questions remain around imports, trade enforcement and offshore processing…See More
Slop, Ass, Cringe: MAGA Flops Abroad and Flails at Home
With the midterms less than a week away, the closing stretch of the campaign is full of bad omens for MAGA abroad and peak weirdness […]
The Cheesecake Factory aesthetic won’t save MAGA
As soon as former president Barack Obama described Donald Trump’s aesthetic assault on the White House as “looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory,” […]
In newly drawn district Black voters may get representative who undermined their interests for years
Not two weeks after the Tennessee legislature carved Memphis into three congressional districts this spring, in a move designed to eliminate Democratic representation, Republican state […]
The Politics of Equality, the Politics of Autonomy
There is no shortage of agreement that liberalism, in the face of fascist authoritarianism and reactionary backslide, is in crisis. And there has been no […]
How Tehran, Washington and London Are Shutting Out Ordinary Iranians
In August, a contact in Iran sent me a message that I had to read three times before it could sink in. She would be […]
Fox News Ratings Plummet As Midterm Storm Clouds Grow For Republicans
Republicans are doing everything that has worked in the past to rally the base in the Trump era. The president is holding daily rallies, billionaires […]