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A curfew has sealed Rohingya refugees inside camps run by armed criminal gangs. Here’s what Australia and other nations should be doing to help.
Iran’s new government must balance the need to respond forcefully to an attack on its soil with the desire to pursue diplomatic and economic reforms.
The killing of the Hamas leader in Iran may provoke a wider regional war.
But the crisis around army service for ultra-Orthodox youth is more than a political issue. It touches on the essence of the relationship between the Jewish state and its citizens.
Hezbollah is the most powerful, sub-national militant group in the world. A war with Israel could be devastating for the region.
Democracy benefits from constructive, nuanced political discourse. But the lures of extreme, polarising rhetoric are often too great.
Ukrainians have rallied behind the heartwarming stories of refugee cats and dogs, as well as animals ‘soldiers’ on the frontlines.
As the conflict continues, social media users are eschewing mainstream charities in favour of grassroots campaigns. It’s not without issues.
Harris is assertive and confident on the issue, while Trump and his running mate seem to be at odds over strategy.
No cases of paralysis caused by poliovirus have been reported in Gaza. But the detection of the virus in wastewater is still cause for concern.
Had Biden not retreated, and had he been defeated by Trump, he would have been excoriated for being self-centred, hubristic and arrogant. His decision to step aside allows for a different ending.
Now that President Biden has pulled out of the race, let’s look at the numbers we have for a Harris vs Trump contest.
Last year, there were 87 violent incidents against journalists in Indonesia. And late last month, a journalist and his family died in an arson attack at their home.
Now there’s more speculation about US President Joe Biden’s health. But a COVID diagnosis in 2024 is nothing like one back in 2020, even for someone of his age.
The question of Biden’s viability as the Democratic presidential nominee is unsolvable. And he’s arguably made things worse trying to prove otherwise.
Killing a prominent individual rarely brings about the widespread change the act is intended to achieve.
Vance’s foreign policy views could prove influential if Trump is re-elected in November.
Both parties will try to use the shooting for campaign advantage by tapping into voters’ emotions. How they do so could be pivotal.
There have been a series of tipping points in the campaign so far, and this may well be the decisive one. It could turn Trump from a martyr to a saint in the eyes of his supporters.
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