Labor supports legislation in response to Christchurch shooting that threatens jail for executives, despite media companies’ concerns The Australian parliament has passed legislation to crack down on violent videos on social media, despite furious reaction from the tech industry, media companies and legal experts. The Labor opposition combined with the ... Read More »
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan now faces a choice that will have major consequences for both Turkey’s foreign relations and its economy. He can walk back pledges to buy a Russian missile defense system, the S-400, in favor of buying American weapons systems, or reject U.S. demands and forgo partaking ... Read More »
Campaigners say repayments have doubled since 2010, leading to public spending cuts Debt repayments by the world’s poorest countries have doubled since 2010 to reach their highest level since just before the internationally organised write-off in 2005, campaigners have warned. The Jubilee Debt Campaign (JDC) said a borrowing spree when ... Read More »
Restoration of forests and coasts can tackle ‘existential crises’ but is being overlooked The restoration of natural forests and coasts can simultaneously tackle climate change and the annihilation of wildlife but is being worryingly overlooked, an international group of campaigners have said. Animal populations have fallen by 60% since 1970, ... Read More »
Announcement comes hours after army chief of staff demanded action to remove him from office Algeria‘s long-serving president Abdelaziz Bouteflika submitted his resignation late Tuesday, ending two decades of rule following weeks of mass protests that prompted key allies to turn against him. The ailing 82-year-old leader stood down shortly ... Read More »
AKP defeat ends 25 years of dominance and sends shockwaves through country For the first time in his 16 years in office, Turkey’s president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has been punished at the ballot box as his ruling Justice and Development party (AKP) lost control of the capital, Ankara, in fiercely ... Read More »
Name means people ‘beautifully care about each other’, says PM Abe The Japanese government has unveiled “Reiwa” as the name of a new era that will dawn at the start of next month, with the ascension of emperor-in-waiting Naruhito. It comes after the historic abdication of Emperor Akihito, whose “Heisei” ... Read More »
Lebanese President Michel Aoun told Arab leaders on Sunday that the recent US decision to recognize Israeli illegal annexation of the Syrian Golan Heights threatens Lebanon’s sovereignty. “This decision does not only threaten the sovereignty of a brotherly state [Syria], but rather threatens as well the sovereignty of the Lebanese ... Read More »
Arab leaders slammed the US decision to recognise the Golan Heights as Israeli territory at a summit in Tunis on Sunday, but struggled for further unity as Qatar’s emir left the meeting early. In a final declaration the Arab League summit said it “affirmed that the Golan is occupied Syrian ... Read More »
Is New Zealand’s civilised response to the Christchurch massacre just down to good stewardship, or is there something else going on? To the rest of the world, New Zealand’s reaction to the Christchurch massacre has been extraordinary. The killing of 50 people at Friday prayers in two mosques by a ... Read More »
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