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The US could send Australian personal data to third countries under secret ‘partnership’

While the Albanese government stays silent on plans to hand citizens' biometric data to the Trump administration, the Europeans have publicly released a framework that…

Monopoly Round-Up: Paramount-WB Isn’t Just a Loss, It’s a Prelude

The unorthodox development isn’t that politicians caved; it’s that people noticed it. Plus, bond yields go nuts, and Trump and Xi meet to hash out…

🚨Trump’s Big Launch Goes WRONG…

Trump F**&^ tried to do it

U.S. Weapons FALL Into Houthi Hands After Major Defeat

Don’t think Australia couldn’t become an autocracy

Nobody wakes up to sudden authoritarianism. We relinquish ourselves to it by allowing our favoured government to get away with bending norms and rules. Over…

David met with this president, here’s what was said

The Last Word with Lawrence O’Donnell Weekly Highlights | Sept. 21-25

Republicans Are Quietly RUNNING From Trump

Burnham copied Mamdani. Now Albanese should copy Burnham

The UK's new prime minister's urgent brand of retail politics is the antithesis of Anthony Albanese's plodding, cautious centrism. The post Burnham copied Mamdani. Now…

World News Day: Why independent journalism is a lifeline for Hong Kong

HKFP is joining 1,000 news organisations across more than 100 countries to highlight World News Day on September 28. Coinciding with the UN International Day…

What do NZ voters really care about? A global comparison reveals some surprises

Like people everywhere, New Zealanders are worried about living standards, costs and wages. But a global poll reveal some less obvious priorities.

UN General Assembly 2026: A Whole Lot of Sound and Fury Signifying… Nothing

Last week's General Assembly was historically notable for its failure to make progress toward resolving any of the world's wars, trade disputes, climate protection retreats,…

Even the best telescopes have blind spots. This fix can help us build better maps of the universe

Sometimes, mapping the whole universe starts with getting thousands of tiny robots to move in exactly the right way.

Tay Nakamoto Has Filled Her Beaverton Home With Cheerful Colors and Lively Art

“I do not want to see a square or a rectangle.”

Applied for Medicaid? Do This Next (Part 2)

Trump Adviser’s AI Safety Plan Is A Total Disaster

Waleed Aly’s essay on liberalism can’t see the crisis right in front of its face

While it’s instructive and illuminating in parts, Waleed Aly’s Quarterly Essay, Time of Monsters, is ultimately unable to fully interrogate where the threats to liberalism…

Struggle over Hormuz and Bab el‑Mandeb straits is centuries old

Over recent months, the straits of Hormuz and Bab el-Mandeb have become synonymous with geopolitical jostling. Whoever controls these narrow waterways governs the flow of…