Sep 19, 2023 00:44 am UTC| Politics
This fall, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is slated to lead a bipartisan group of U.S. senators to China. The planned trip, like other recent visits to China by high-ranking U.S. officials, is aimed at improving the...
A year into the protest movement in Iran, this is what’s changed
Sep 18, 2023 05:57 am UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Irans rulers continue to enforce tight public controls as the anniversary of the death of Mahsa Amini in the custody of the morality police approaches. Amini died after being arrested for allegedly breaching hijab...
Russian and North Korea artillery deal paves the way for dangerous cyberwar alliance
Sep 18, 2023 05:54 am UTC| Politics
Russia is currently firing some 14 million shells a year in Ukraine. They are only manufacturing 2 million. The Ukrainians, on the other hand, are firing around 2.5 million shells a year, but are also struggling to source...
Bidenomics: why it's more likely to win the 2024 election than many people think
Sep 18, 2023 05:53 am UTC| Politics
Joe Biden has come out fighting against perceptions that he is handling the US economy badly. During an address in Maryland, the president contrasted Bidenomics with Trumpian MAGAnomics that would involve tax-cutting and...
Why AUKUS is here to stay, despite looming roadblocks
Sep 18, 2023 05:51 am UTC| Politics
AUKUS is a defence agreement among Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States designed to deter Chinese power in the Indo-Pacific region. The agreement both reflects and reinforces larger strategic shifts in...
Sep 18, 2023 05:51 am UTC| Politics Law
The government says replacing Australias retiring fleet of coal-fired power stations with nuclear energy would cost some $387 billion. The costing, put out by the Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen, is a...
No, the Voice to Parliament would not force people to give up their private land
Sep 18, 2023 05:49 am UTC| Politics
In the polarised debate about the Voice to Parliament referendum, some proponents of the no vote have claimed the creation of the new advisory body would lead to the conversion of private land titles in Australia to native...
Canadians are feeling increasingly powerless amid economic struggles and rising inequality
Another election, another round of Nigel Farage hype, with no lessons learned