Independent Analysis and Reportage
COMMENTARY: By Eugene Doyle Despite advice from wiser heads, US President Donald Trump and his Secretary of War Pete Hegseth swallowed the bait from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and launched a miserably conceived, poorly executed and catastrophic war on Iran earlier this year. Trump is no FDR and Hegseth is no Carl von Clausewitz;
Larger than life, likeable and untroubled by journalistic ethics, Hinch will be remembered for his heartfelt convictions.
Beyond the Tracks is a multidisciplinary work combining dance, movement and song.
The MoU signed by the US and Iranian presidents was never likely to hold.
ANALYSIS: By Lim Tean Former US Vice-President Mike Pence wants Donald Trump to “finish the job” in the Strait of Hormuz. After 130 days of war that failed to reopen it for a single day, a shipping lawyer must explain to the Pence who actually rules the Strait. It isn’t CENTCOM. It is a committee
The US president unleashed grievances against Europe, reopened his bid to claim Greenland and referred to the Iranian leadership as ‘scum’ in wild NATO performance.
One in three people worldwide carry a brain-dwelling parasite. Should that keep us awake at night? And are you at risk if you don’t have a cat?
AI’s risks and harms are already affecting Australians. There are new ones coming.
Australia has long shifted from neglect to anxiety and activity in its relationship with the Pacific. Here’s why, and how, that needs to change.
Three climate-related factors have loaded the dice for a drier and warmer winter this year.
A new study challenges conventional thinking about what drove the extinction of megafauna.
New mathematical modelling shows the first smallpox epidemic among Aboriginal people in the Sydney region may have spread thousands of kilometres and lasted decades.