Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is framing his long-awaited China tour as a diplomatic win, despite criticism from the Opposition that he has failed to achieve any “tangible outcomes” during the six-day visit.... Read more »
A couple were shown on a ‘kiss cam’ at a Coldplay concert in the US this week – and they didn’t seem to be enjoying the moment, with frontman Chris Martin even... Read more »
Mourners carry the body of Palestinian-American Sayfollah Musallet, 20, during his funeral in the West Bank village of Al-Mazraa a-Sharqiya on Sunday, July 13, 2025. Musallet was murdered by Israeli settlers. [AP... Read more »
Russia has repeatedly shattered its own records for aerial assaults on Ukraine this summer, culminating in a peak attack on July 9 with the launch of 728 Shahed-type drones. Throughout the war,... Read more »
Palestinian Christians wait to pray at the midnight Christmas Eve Mass out side the Deir Al Latin Holy Family Catholic Church in Gaza City, 2021. Adel Hana/AP hide caption toggle caption Adel... Read more »
The risk of Russia- and China-backed attacks on undersea cables carrying international internet traffic is likely to rise amid a spate of incidents in the Baltic Sea and around Taiwan, according to... Read more »
In Germany, where the trains were said to never run late, a route is now considered punctual if it is delayed by less than six minutes. Since 2022, only 62% of trains run... Read more »
Risks don’t disappear just because you ignore them. They only become more dangerous.
– Nassim Nicholas Taleb
At its core, economic policy is the art of managing risk. No programme... Read more »
A new peer-reviewed scientific study suggests logging practices in Ontario are unsustainable and out of line with the province’s own strategy for sustainably managing forests. It’s no surprise to David Flood, a... Read more »
It’s likely the Iranian air traffic controller rubbed his eyes in disbelief. One night in March 2025, dozens of Israeli fighter jets appeared on radar screens, flying northeast from Israel. Armed with... Read more »