N. Korea fired 2 ‘strategic cruise missiles’ from submarine: KCNA

SEOUL – North Korea fired two “strategic cruise missiles” from a submarine in waters off its east coast over the weekend, the country’s state media said Monday....

One-third of childhood sexual abuse is perpetrated by another child. Shannon Molloy tells his story – and urges us not to look away

Journalist Shannon Molloy is used to sharing his story. In his 2020 memoir, Fourteen (now adapted for the stage), he wrote about growing up gay in...

‘Maths anxiety’ is a real thing. Here are 3 ways to help your child cope

From March 15, more than one million young Australians will sit the NAPLAN numeracy test. For most students, this will just be a routine part of...

Why NZ should lower motorway speed limits for SUVs and other high-emission vehicles

By the end of this month, speed limits on more than 2,000 roads across Tāmaki Makaurau/Auckland will have been reduced by between 10 and 60 kilometres...

Post apocalypse: the end of daily letter deliveries is in sight

Australia Post is seeing red. A lot of it. After posting a razor-thin profit of $23.6 million in the last six months of 2022, it anticipates...

UK to ramp up defense budget by $6B in next 2 years: PM’s office

LONDON – The British government will boost its defense spending by 5 billion pounds ($6 billion) during the next two years in light of the conflict in...

Three years into the pandemic, it’s clear COVID won’t fix itself. Here’s what we need to focus on next

On March 11 2020 the World Health Organization classified COVID as a pandemic. Three years on, it remains just that. As much as we don’t want...

The U.S. is playing border politics again — this time with Canada

Concern is reportedly growing among some American legislators about migrants crossing into the United States from Canada. One recent headline intoned: “U.S. Republicans are now warning:...

Fearmongering about people fleeing disasters is a dangerous and faulty narrative

Pope Francis: the first post-colonial papacy to deliver messages that resonate with Africans

When he was presented to a cheering crowd at St Peter’s Square, Vatican City, on 13 March 2013, few people outside Latin America knew much about...