The blunt impact of ocean pollution, in one photograph.
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King Charles, Australia’s current head of state (yep, really), has added a visit to Randwick race course to the itinerary, after his side-piece turned partner, Queen Camilla (yep, she’s our Queen), drew the desired barrier 4 for the Everest. ”This... Read More ›
With over 230 UN staff killed and peacekeepers attacked, Israel’s actions in Gaza are fueling widespread condemnation from Europe and beyond.
The post Israel’s War on the UN: Over 230 UN Workers Killed as Tensions Soar appeared first on MintPress News.
Her call for a ceasefire was prescient. Now Rep. Cori Bush says the Biden administration must stop enabling Israel’s violence.
The post A Year Since Their Ceasefire Resolution, Progressives Say Only an Arms Embargo Can Stop Israel appeared first on The Intercept.
The US decision to send troops to Israel has upended the focus of attention for all those, globally, who have attempted to stop both the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and the determination of the current Israeli government to create Eretz Israel: a territory incorporating – at minimum – all Palestinian land now occupied by Israel, Continue reading »
Grassroots anti-AUKUS campaign, Labor Against War, has called on the federal Labor government to reveal the secret political undertakings it has said it has made to the US government as a condition for the continued pursuit of nuclear-powered submarines. Labor Against War national convenor Marcus Strom said: “ALP members are horrified that the Albanese government has made Continue reading »
President José Ramos-Horta had a whirlwind visit to Sydney and Canberra on October 8-9, speaking to over 1,000 people at the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall and to the National Press Club in Canberra, as well as ABC Radio National Breakfast. The Greater Sunrise petroleum project was one of many issues the President addressed. The Continue reading »
The ACT’s prison is run by a clique, with detainee bashings covered up, staff bullied into silence and the library better labelled “a supermarket” where any drug desired was freely available. This is the picture that is being inked in by former detainees and staff who have shown the courage to come forward after recent Continue reading »
Last week the government launched a media campaign to “build awareness, trust, and use” of the system of aged care star ratings. The launch came a week after the Commonwealth Ombudsman told the Senate inquiry into the Aged Care Bill that “I am concerned that the current star ratings system is not sufficiently meaningful to Continue reading »
Where’s the torrent of cash expected to flow from Google, Meta and other overseas behemoths plundering Ozzie journalism? Here’s the latest handwringing. Continue reading »
Dr Geoff Raby AO, Australian Ambassador to China 2007-2011, Chairman, Geoff Raby & Associates, will Address the National Press Club of Australia on “Great Game On: China’s ascendency in Eurasia and the West’s Chussia Anxiety”. China has incrementally, but deliberately, built its influence and dominance over Central Asia and beyond that to Eurasia more broadly. Continue reading »
South Korean novelist Han Kang has won the Nobel Prize for Literature, beating short-listed literary heavyweights like Thomas Pynchon, Haruki Murakami, Salman Rushdie, Gerald Murnane, and the all-odds-favourite, Chinese author Can Xue. Han Kang was as shocked as anyone else after receiving the call notifying her that she had won. When asked what she would Continue reading »
What the West wants from China is not often what China wants for China. They live in a special fairyland where they believe they know what is best for China. Continue reading »
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State courts refused to review Roberson’s case, clearing the way for his execution based on the junk science of shaken baby syndrome.
The post Texas Is About to Execute Robert Roberson for a Crime That Never Happened appeared first on The Intercept.
The referee
This person has been taking their children to the playground since the 1930s and has developed an elaborate game that involves constantly running from one part of the playground to another. You will occasionally hear them yell out instructions like “Red alert!” “Back to home base!” and “Snarl time! SNARL TIME!” but still leave the playground with no understanding whatsoever of what this game is or how it’s played. You will get in the way of whatever it is they’re doing and force them to start over at least three times.
The mom looking at her phone
She will make you feel like such a better parent than her that you will have no choice but to get out your phone and post about it.
An incident in Mississippi provides a window into a dystopian future where postal workers and local cops can block people from accessing reproductive care.
The post Drug-Sniffing Police Dogs Are Intercepting Abortion Pills in the Mail appeared first on The Intercept.
The BBC says Doctor Who Season 3 hasn't been approved yet, and The Graham Norton Show addresses Ncuti Gatwa's comments being edited.
Crypto big shots have spent more than three times on her opponent as small donors.
The post Elizabeth Warren’s Crypto Haters Are Burning Cash in Her Senate Race appeared first on The Intercept.