UN honors fallen peacekeepers

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations (UN) held ceremonies at its headquarters in New York on Thursday to honor the memory of the peacekeepers who have sacrificed their...

Anti-government protesters are reclaiming the Israeli flag from the far-right

Thousands of people recently took to the streets of the Old City in Jerusalem for the annual far-right Flag March. Every year, on Jerusalem Day, marchers...

Lula’s diplomatic dance is nothing new for Brazil or its leader – what has changed is the world around him

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is a man currently very much in demand in international circles. In April, the leftist leader was being courted...

2023 hurricane forecast: Get ready for a busy Pacific storm season, quieter Atlantic than recent years thanks to El Niño

Americans are increasingly moving to red, Republican-leaning states – where life is cheaper, but people also die younger

The United States is an increasingly polarized country when it comes to politics – but one thing that almost all people want is to live a...

US banking failures: the role of big auditors in another financial crisis

Three recent and very serious US bank failures – Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), Signature and First Republic – have one common denominator: all three businesses were...

Ukraine recap: Moscow’s ‘pyrrhic victory’ in Bakhmut prompts unrest in the Russian military, but it’s all smiles for Zelensky

  After the best part of a year, Russia has claimed victory in the meat-grinder that was the Battle of Bakhmut in Ukraine’s east. But the...

The highly secretive Five Eyes alliance has disrupted a China-backed hacker group – in an unusually public manner

  This week the Five Eyes alliance – an intelligence alliance between Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, New Zealand and the United States – announced its...

What was behind Australia’s potato shortage? Wet weather and hard-to-control diseases

If you’ve been into a fish and chip shop in the last 12 months, you may well have seen a notice tacked to the wall about...

Why is climbing Mount Everest so dangerous?

The recent death of Australian man Jason Kennison after reaching the summit of Mount Everest highlights how dangerous mountain climbing can be. Details of what went...