In July, the Myanmar military enacted the Law on the Protection of Multiparty Democratic General Elections, which criminalizes criticism of the election or election workers. Under this law, acts as ...

For the Democrats to succeed, however, they should not try to tackle all the long-term issues, however critical they may be, including climate change, infrastructure modernization, public transit, ...

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The largest Islamic democracy in the world is Indonesia. It works partly because of the secular doctrine of Pancasila, but there are periodic pressures around blasphemy laws, locally inspired sharia ...

By now most people will be familiar with the discredited but formerly acclaimed "Yuin, Bunurong and Tasmanian Aborigine", Bruce Pascoe. Pascoe's claims to Aboriginality have been publicly refuted by ...

As we reflect on and grieve the Bondi tragedy, it is time to look through any supposed nuanced distinction between anti-Zionism and antisemitism and see it for what it is: a hatred of Jews. It is time ...

As we wind down to the dawn of a new year, it's worth recapping how Labor has delivered "net zero" on some major energy promises.

The UN - abandoning the two-state solution and adopting HKOPS to replace it - remains the clearest path to peace. The author ...

On Sunday night, 16 people were killed and some 50 people wounded by two Islamic terrorists who shot at the Jewish community celebrating the start of Hanukkah at the Chanukah by the Sea festival on ...

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On the political stage under the spotlight of close public attention, the Coalition's performances since the 2025 election have not just been amateurish, but increasingly its members have acted like ...

Shockingly, zero-emissions ideologists have no comprehension that renewables, like wind and solar, only exist to generate occasional electricity. Since these so-called renewables, CANNOT manufacture ...