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Australia’s financial regulators get new orders: Treasurer Jim Chalmers issued fresh directions to Australia’s corporate and banking regulators, telling them to prioritise economic growth alongside…
US Strikes Iran Again as Tehran Warns of “Existential War”
The backdrop to those shifting global attitudes was underlined by live news coverage reporting fresh US military strikes on Iran. Tehran responded by warning of an “existential war,” escalating…
The World Now Prefers China to America
In what the Guardian called “a remarkable shift,” a new Pew Research Center survey of 36 countries and territories found that more people now hold favourable views of China than of the United States…
Vance Claims Epstein Had CIA and Mossad Connections
Away from football, US Vice President JD Vance made headlines with explosive claims that the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein “had connections to the highest levels of US and Israeli…
Beckham: The $36 Million Winner Who Didn’t Play a Minute
Amid the drama on the pitch, one man managed to come out ahead regardless of the result. David Beckham, who hasn’t played professional football for over a decade, has turned the 2026 World Cup into a…
Heartbreak on the Thames: Messi’s Argentina End England’s World Cup Dream
For England’s long-suffering football faithful, the script was painfully familiar. Lionel Messi’s Argentina staged a stunning 2-1 comeback in the World Cup 2026 semi-final, sealing their ticket to…
The New Frontier of Terror: Cyber Extremism
A lengthy analysis published this week revisited the 2024 Crocus City Hall massacre in Moscow — which killed 149 people — as a case study in how terrorism has gone digital. The Islamic State’s…
In the U.S.: ICE Deaths Mount and the AG Seat Heats Up
In the United States, two stories converged to spotlight the country’s fraught immigration and justice landscape. Jesús Manuel Arenas-Silva, a 45-year-old Venezuelan man, became the 22nd person to…
Humanitarian Aid Faces an Existential Crisis
The global humanitarian system is under siege — and not just from the usual suspects. According to Ted Chaiban, deputy executive director of UNICEF, massive funding cuts from the United States,…
France Legalizes Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide
In a landmark vote, France’s National Assembly definitively approved legislation legalizing both euthanasia and assisted suicide. The law, which has been the subject of years of intense national…