Clampdown on chip exports is the most consequential US move against China yet

When Nancy Pelosi travelled to Taiwan in August, it made front page news around the world and raised the spectre of all-out war between the US...

Financial adviser ‘reforms’ will undermine yet another royal commission recommendation

If you were facing open-heart surgery you’d want to know your surgeon was qualified. Or, if you were going to court, that your lawyer was specialised...

Budget deficit this financial year to be $36.9 billion

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has said the budget bottom line will be more than $40 billion better over the four-year forward estimates in total than previously forecast....

The midterms will see a number of nonreligious candidates – but why is it so hard for atheists to get voted into Congress?

The midterm elections are likely to return to Congress elected representatives who hold a range of religious beliefs. But while self-identified Christians, Muslims, Jews, Buddhists and...

Using the ocean to fight climate change raises serious environmental justice and technical questions

New order seen in communications, media after pandemic

TEHRAN – Managing Director of the Islamic Republic News Agency (IRNA) Ali Naderi on Monday said a new chapter can begin in the fields of communications and...

Ex-British PM Johnson pulls out of Conservative leadership race

LONDON – Former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson pulled out of the Conservative leadership race on Sunday. In a statement, Johnson said he led the Conservative to...

Former British finance minister throws hat in to replace Truss

ANKARA – Former British Finance Minister Rishi Sunak on Sunday announced that he will seek to replace the departing Liz Truss as prime minister. “The United Kingdom...

Trump says he ‘will probably have to’ run for president in 2024

WASHINGTON – Former US President Donald Trump has suggested that he might have to run for president in 2024. “I ran twice. I won twice. I did...

The protests in Iran are part of a long history of women’s resistance

On Sept. 16, Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman, died in Tehran while in the custody of Iran’s morality police. Her death set off a...