Category: World
How will the outcome of the US election affect Australia, Aukus and our region?
More people have gone to a ballot box in 2024 than in any other year in human history. Billions have cast votes across scores of [more…]
EU launches action against shopping website Temu over illegal products
The EU has launched formal proceedings against the Chinese shopping website Temu amid concerns it is failing to halt the sale of illegal products online. [more…]
UN rules forcible sterilizations of women in Peru ‘crime against humanity’
A UN committee has urged Peru to compensate women who were forcibly sterilised in the 1990s, ruling that the state policy could constitute a “crime [more…]
Scientists discover oldest ever giant tadpole fossil in Argentina
Scientists have discovered the oldest-known fossil of a giant tadpole that wriggled around over 160m years ago. The new fossil, found in Argentina, surpasses the [more…]
Canada alleges Indian minister behind plot to target Sikh separatists
The Canadian government has publicly alleged that India’s home affairs minister, Amit Shah, the prime minister, Narendra Modi’s, closest political ally, was behind a recent [more…]
Mount Fuji snowless for longest time on record after sweltering Japan summer
Japan’s Mount Fuji remained snowless on Tuesday, marking the latest date that its slopes have been bare since records began 130 years ago, the country’s [more…]
Racist jokes about Puerto Rico at rally bring anger and disgust: ‘Truly how the Trump party sees us’
Some Americans, particularly those of Puerto Rican descent, said that the racist remarks aired at Donald Trump’s Sunday night rally at Madison Square Garden in [more…]
Lost Maya city with temple pyramids and plazas discovered in Mexico
After swapping machetes and binoculars for computer screens and laser mapping, a team of researchers have stumbled on a lost Maya city of temple pyramids, [more…]
Puerto Rico Republican chair demands Trump apology for rally’s racist remarks
The president of the Republican party’s branch in Puerto Rico has said he will not vote for Donald Trump unless he apologises for racist remarks [more…]
Trudeau facing ‘iceberg revolt’ as calls grow for embattled PM to step down
Justin Trudeau, who promised “sunny ways” as he won an election on a wave of public fatigue with an incumbent Conservative government, is now facing [more…]
