The NFL’s regular season is back this week, and these days the game barely leaves. When I was a kid, it was a Sunday religion […]
Donald Trump’s emotional support convention
Along with death and taxes, invitations to celebrations you’d rather avoid are included on the list of adult life’s sad inevitabilities. Everyone has sucked it […]
Kang Kon destroyer flexes North Korea’s blue-water ambitions
North Korea’s commissioning of the Kang Kon signals that its naval modernization is moving beyond fleet renewal toward a broader effort to reshape deterrence and […]
Asia’s Strait of Hormuz oil cushion is running out
Asia’s long resilience to turmoil in the Strait of Hormuz is wearing thin. After months of burning through reserves and shielding consumers from the worst […]
Qualcomm, Amazon to develop AI infrastructure
Qualcomm has partnered with Amazon on a new, multi-generation project aimed at developing technology for AI data centres. Under the partnership, the technology giants will […]
‘Courage and contradictions’: what Gloria Steinem meant to feminist writers from around the world
Our global panel of writers reflect on the great legacy of the American feminist and civil rights activist, who died last week aged 92 Do […]
Terry’s Chocolate Orange x Baileys fuel confectionery’s hottest trend
Terry’s Chocolate Orange and Baileys join forces for a festive collaboration, highlighting the growing role of brand partnerships in driving confectionery sales, consumer excitement and […]
Should the State Pay Stay-at-Home Moms?
Should the state subsidize stay-at-home parents? The Trump administration has drafted a proposal for a plan that would allow state subsidies to go toward parents who […]
Is He a Jihadist? A Communist? Cartoonists Can’t Decide How to Smear El-Sayed
“The fixation on El-Sayed’s faith is part of a growing embrace of open Islamophobia by some Republicans,” The Washington Post reported. Political cartoons commenting on Michigan’s 2026 […]
War Games
In Power Play, video games aren’t just entertainment but a new front in information warfare, exposing liberal democracies to disinformation, mass surveillance, and extremism.
Serbian leader calls snap elections after dissolving country’s parliament
Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić has dissolved his country’s parliament and announced snap elections for the end of October as he seeks to assert control over […]
Le Pen’s National Rally fires security volunteer over racist remarks caught on tape
PARIS — The National Rally, the party of French far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, fired a volunteer security official on Wednesday after body camera […]
Regulate tech, not kids, say 140+ organisations and experts ahead of EU State of the Union
Eurochild joins more than 140 organisations and experts in child rights in calling for a Europe-wide framework for digital safety ahead of the State of […]
Viewers praise MaDlamini for standing up to her ‘bully’ husband
Viewers praised MaDlamini for standing up to her ‘bully’ husband, Somnala, during a recent episode of ‘Umndeni Somnala’ on Moja Love…See More
Mono man charged in head-on collision in Barrie’s south end
Man, 49, charged with careless driving causing bodily harm following April 28 crash that sent 47-year-old local woman to hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries…See […]
Senate inquiry will scrutinse APVMA decision to allow paraquat use
Independent Senator David Pocock has used support from the Greens and the Coalition to launch an inquiry into the regulator’s decision to allow the continued […]
Who is taking the biggest cut of the apple profits?
Growers are welcoming higher prices for apples, but say they want the ACCC to better police the relationship between major supermarkets and farmers…See More
Iran signaling it has incentive to escalate the war
Iran’s threat to target American warships with an enhanced ballistic missile appears to mark a new and potentially more dangerous phase of the Middle East […]
What Iran’s resilience tells China, Russia about US power
When the US-Israeli war against Iran began, few in Beijing or Moscow likely expected Tehran to withstand military pressure from two of the world’s most […]
South Africa renews legal bid to stop US auction of Nelson Mandela memorabilia
Mandela’s eldest daughter, Makaziwe, authorised the sale to raise funds for a memorial garden near her father’s grave in Qunu…See More