LIVE: India’s PM Modi and Japan’s PM Takaichi deliver joint remarks

Grattan on Friday: Albanese wants Labor’s national conference to ‘showcase’ the party – but not its AUKUS division

The late July conference will be a tightly stage-managed affair, particularly when it comes to discussions about AUKUS and Palestine.

Is there an American Common Good?

Searching for what should be celebrated at our 250th anniversary

The Declaration of Independence: A Radical Document (with Danielle Allen & Mary Bilder)

What is the relevance of the Declaration of Independence today? Danielle Allen is a political philosopher and a professor at Harvard University. Mary Bilder is…

India’s Modi welcomes Japan PM Sanae Takaichi to New Delhi

The world’s oceans are the hottest on record for June – and El Niño is set to turn up the heat even more

More than 90% of the heat trapped by greenhouses goes into the ocean. But what happens in the oceans doesn’t stay there.

LIVE: View of MSG in New York ahead of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding

Opinion: With two major anniversaries on the horizon, let’s take stock of what it means to be a Coloradan

The nation’s semiquincentennial and Colorado’s sesquicentennial are good reminder to reflect on the past and look forward to what we can do for the future

2 Chinese military warships sail into Hong Kong for 5-day visit to mark Handover anniversary

Two People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy warships have sailed into Hong Kong for a five-day visit that will allow residents to board the vessels, a…

‘Redeemed’ IS rocket designer says he’s not a danger

An electrician jailed for designing rockets for terrorists says he should be free to live unsupervised in a rural town after a lengthy deradicalisation journey.

7-2-2026 Thursday News List

Today’s top story: Trump’s $500 MILLION Ballroom BACKFIRES As No-Bid Contract Gets Exposed!! Watch the full playlist on YouTube →

LIVE: View of Khan Younis 1,000 days into the war in Gaza

PFIPC puzzle: Budget allocation, public activities contradict Presidency’s denial

THE Presidency has defended the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, against allegations linking him to the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council…

Newsflash: The mythical ‘monoculture’ has never existed

Australia's multicultural success story stands in stark contrast to the nostalgic myth of a monocultural past that never truly existed. read now...

Japan’s gray-zone resilience runs through civilian industry

This article first appeared on Pacific Forum and is republished with permission. Read the original here. KDDI’s cable-laying and repair capacity, Japan’s intervention in the Makino…

Trump Attacks Come BACK TO HAUNT HIM as Vets SPEAK OUT

The universe isn’t as uniform as we thought

Modern cosmology rests on a simple assumption: if we look on large enough scales, matter should be distributed evenly, with no preferred direction within the…

Trump has made more than $1 billion from crypto in a year. How?

Turns out it can be quite easy – if you are the US president.

Europe’s Gulf drift has run out of road

On June 29, France thought it had found its way back into the Strait of Hormuz. Hours after French President Emmanuel Macron and Oman’s Sultan…

Aussie shares drop, market on track for more losses

The Australian market's main index was down 0.2 per cent at lunchtime and sitting at a three-week low, despite strong gains in banking stocks.