The sentencing of Cassius Turvey’s killers shows courts still struggle to deal with racism

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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this article contains names and images of deceased people. The brutal homicide of 15-year-old Noongar Yamatji boy, Cassius Turvey, by a group of white men revealed...

Poland, divided between Trump and the EU

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Nawrockis narrow victory (50.89%) over Trzaskowski, the mayor of Warsaw and candidate of the government coalition, illustrates and reinforces the political polarisation of Poland and the rise of the populist Trumpist right...

Scandinavia has its own dark history of assimilating Indigenous people, and churches played a role – but are apologizing

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In May 2025, Tapio Luoma, archbishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Finland, delivered an apology to the Sámi, the only recognized Indigenous people in the European Union. Speaking on behalf of the church to...

Jews were barred from Spain’s New World colonies − but that didn’t stop Jewish and converso writers from describing the Americas

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Every few years, a story about Columbus resurfaces: Was the Genoese navigator who claimed the Americas for Spain secretly Jewish, from a Spanish family fleeing the Inquisition? This tale became widespread around the late...

Cyberattacks shake voters’ trust in elections, regardless of party

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American democracy runs on trust, and that trust is cracking. Nearly half of Americans, both Democrats and Republicans, question whether elections are conducted fairly. Some voters accept election results only when their...

Why energy markets fluctuate during an international crisis

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Global energy markets, such as those for oil, gas and coal, tend to be sensitive to a wide range of world events especially when there is some sort of crisis. Having worked in the energy industry for over 30 years, Ive...

How Zohran Mamdani’s win in the New York City mayoral primary could ripple across the country

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Top Republicans and Democrats alike are talking about the sudden rise of 33-year-old Zohran Mamdani, a state representative who won the Democratic mayoral primary in New York on June 24, 2025, in a surprising victory over...