How are global powers engaging with the Pacific?
Nov 07, 2023 08:55 am UTC| Insights & Views
After years of neglect, theres a reason why Pacific leaders now describe the Pacific Islands geopolitical landscape as crowded and complex. Many democratic powers have recently refocused their attention on the region,...
Grain as a weapon: Russia-Ukraine war reveals how capitalism fuels global hunger
Nov 06, 2023 03:35 am UTC| Politics
International fears about the impact of the Russia-Ukraine war on an existing global food crisis appear to have faded in the seven months since Russia pulled out of a deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain to world...
The UN is calling the Israel-Hamas war a 'graveyard of children'.
Nov 06, 2023 03:31 am UTC| Insights & Views
Too often, its the most vulnerable who suffer most in the throes of war. This remains true, with children accounting for many of the deaths and casualties in the war between Israel and Hamas. Just this week there...
Ukraine and Russia claim to be prepared for extremes of winter warfare – here's what they face
Nov 05, 2023 20:34 pm UTC| Politics
As the bitter cold of winter settles in and temperatures drop to between -4,8 and 2C, both Ukrainian and Russian troops are preparing for a new phase of the war. Freezing temperatures can hamper the performance of...
Nov 05, 2023 19:39 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Fifty years ago this week, Prime Minister Gough Whitlam visited the Peoples Republic of China, establishing a relationship that has become mutually beneficial in terms of economic growth and development to both China and...
Israel-Hamas war puts China's strategy of 'balanced diplomacy' in the Middle East at risk
Nov 04, 2023 03:25 am UTC| Insights & Views
On Oct. 30, 2023, reports began to circulate that Israel was missing from from the mapping services provided by Chinese tech companies Baidu and Alibaba, effectively signaling or so some believed that Beijing was siding...
Nov 01, 2023 07:01 am UTC| Business
Israels prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, describes his countrys war against Hamas as Israels second war of independence. The first was fought in 1948, but the war that gave Israel control of Gaza took place 19 years...
South Africa’s plan to move away from coal: 8 steps to make it succeed
Germany lowers voting age to 16 for the European elections
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects