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To expand a stockpile of both the useless and the mindlessly murderous in a military sense would seem to be
Former British Conservative politician and current pundit Rory Stewart thought it might have been a case of artificial intelligence.
Villainous lunacy is abundant these days as the bombing of Iran by Israel and the United States continues. The rationale
The allies of the United States have gone native, feral even, in the jungle of international relations planted by President Donald J. Trump. While we...
The allies of the United States have gone native, feral even, in the jungle of international relations planted by President
Many in the United States would scarcely identify the difference between Iran and Iraq, both countries based on ancient civilisations so...
February 28, 2026. Another attack, another breach of the United Nations Charter. A gross violation of international law. As usual,
Britain’s Labour Prime Minister is an accidental genius. Having won a comprehensive election victory in 2024 for not being a
This time, the appropriately designated shoe had found itself on the other foot. While the Trump administration has been gorily
With much in the way of pomp and false premises, the social media ban in Australia for those under 16-years-old was celebrated as a healthy incentive...
With much in the way of pomp and false premises, the social media ban in Australia for those under 16-years-old
With a sex trafficking, flesh peddling empire of favours, logistics and the good time to be had by the powerful, the gigantic scale of Jeffrey...
In a feat of enterprising delusion and sinister suppression, Australia’s second largest state has decided to deal with what it regards as an...
With a sex trafficking, flesh peddling empire of favours, logistics and the good time to be had by the powerful,
Killing political leaders – metaphorically and actually – often ushers in a silly season where the Mad Hatter presides over an imbecilic party....
For those with a sense of humour, consulting alleged facts compiled by an agency specialising in subterfuge, subversion, deception and plain mendacity...
For those with a sense of humour, consulting alleged facts compiled by an agency specialising in subterfuge, subversion, deception and
There were never the sharpest negotiators in the room, resembling a facsimile of Bertie Wooster in desperate need of the good advice of his manservant...
The eulogies are starting to wear thin. The lamented passing of the rules and law-based order only makes sense to
There were never the sharpest negotiators in the room, resembling a facsimile of Bertie Wooster in desperate need of the
How awful could it get? The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) expired on February 5, terminating an era of arms control and imposed...
How awful could it get? The New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (New START) expired on February 5, terminating an era
Jeffrey Epstein certainly got around. He moved virally, galloping through the cells of the establishment. What was more, he was permitted...
Nominal realities bedevil politics. They usually find form in polling statistics, airings in the land of pundits and those self-appointed
Jeffrey Epstein certainly got around. He moved virally, galloping through the cells of the establishment. What was more, he was
How did he generate so much paperwork, traffic and comment? New York financier, mountebank, all purposes conman and dedicated rake that he was,...
How did he generate so much paperwork, traffic and comment? New York financier, mountebank, all purposes conman and dedicated rake
When remote islands start to interest chatterboxes in think tanks and bureaucrats in foreign ministries, we can only assume that some matters will be...
When remote islands start to interest chatterboxes in think tanks and bureaucrats in foreign ministries, we can only assume that
Australia’s former Prime Minister and faithful Pentecostal Scott Morrison never passes up the chance to express an opinion if it
US President Donald Trump might leave an impression of violent novelty, at least for the leader of a nominal liberal democracy, soiling international...
It’s official. This tormented, heated, traumatised planet is now home to over 3,000 billionaires. (That number was reached last year.) In...
It’s official. This tormented, heated, traumatised planet is now home to over 3,000 billionaires. (That number was reached last year.)
By Mark Nayler Spain’s Socialist prime minister Pedro Sánchez began 2026 by announcing new measures to combat the country’s housing crisis. Speaking
When does the rot start in a politician? For some, it commences the moment election to office is confirmed. Others
Last month’s eulogising of the late Australian “shock jock” John Laws has been revealing on the state of health of
“It seems that every day we’re reminded that we live in an era of great power rivalry – that the
Like all new frontiers touted as necessary and worthwhile, the cashless society is advertised as a supremely convenient way to facilitate financial...
Like all new frontiers touted as necessary and worthwhile, the cashless society is advertised as a supremely convenient way to
What matters peace if it permits killing, maiming and destroying the infrastructure of a society supposedly once at war? This
It usually takes archival digging, the golden gaffe, an ill-considered remark and occasional spells of candour by those in power, to admit that the...
Royal commissions are often held to confirm the obvious and squeak for modest change. They offer no binding remedies, have no compellable powers...
Once done, it remains, by nature and fact, irreversible. The precedent of indicting and abducting a serving head of state
The Trump administration is increasingly resembling a government previously abominated by the current US president as entangling, bumbling, and prone
While the secret signals and surveillance facility at Pine Gap in Northern Australia, officially named the Joint Defence Facility Pine
On the surface, abducting a Head of State is a piratical act eschewed by States. A Head of State enjoys absolute immunity from foreign criminal...
On the surface, abducting a Head of State is a piratical act eschewed by States. A Head of State enjoys
It has been an accusation long levelled at certain US politicians that their brains might have been softened by a lengthy diet of television,...
The efforts to hold the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia accountable for the murder of Saudi dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi in
It’s been one of the strangest cricket series on record. Hurried, frenetic, foolish, haphazard and, at points, unbecomingly immature. The...
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