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Back to SearchHas the CIA lost its way?
Founded in 1947, the CIA was established under the mission 'know thine enemy'. Now, under US President Donald Trump, the agency is being gutted. Pulitzer Prize winning journalist, Tim Weiner, argues …
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Australian war memorial withdraws literary prize awarded to author and journalist Chris Masters
The Australian War Memorial has decided not to award a prestigious literary prize to journalist Chris Masters for a book about alleged war criminal Ben Roberts-Smith, insisting the rules prevent esta…
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The Patagonia story: how to make a fortune and give it all away
Patagonia is an outdoor clothing retailer than has grown into a global giant with a hundred stores around the world and an enormous online business, posting sales of more than a billion dollars a yea…
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Humiliation — the "nasty edge" of politics
Many emotions drive politics and culture: ambition, greed, altruism, anger. But what about humiliation? An Australian anthropologist makes the case that humiliation and its counterpart, dignity, are …
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Anguilla's .ai domain name is an internet jackpot
Every time someone buys a web domain ending in .ai, the tiny island nation of Anguilla gets a fee. In the same way that .au is for Australia and .uk is for the United Kingdom, the .ai country code is…
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UN report finds Israel is committing genocide in Gaza
Israel is committing genocide in Gaza, according to a report by a United Nations Commision of Inquiry. The Commission, established by the UN Human Rights Council, concluded that Israeli authorities "…
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Ian Dunt's UK: Mandelson gone, far right protests and Donald Trump's UK visit
Keir Starmer has sacked Peter Mandelson as ambassador to the US over his association with convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, the far right takes to the streets of the UK, with a cameo from tech bi…
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Why do we use the QWERTY keyboard?
The QWERTY keyboard wasn't designed to be fast or logical. It was created in the 1870s to stop typewriter keys from jamming - and to suit telegraph operators working in morse code. Since then, more e…
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Bruce Shapiro on the fall-out from the Charlie Kirk assassination
US correspondent Bruce Shapiro looks at the fall-out from the assassination of Charlie Kirk, the 31-year-old founder of Turning Point USA, including the targeted campaign against Kirk's critics, what…
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Anna Henderson's Canberra: climate targets, and tackling Islamophobia
As Australia's first climate risk report is released, Anna Henderson looks at the challenge in uniting the Coalition around net zero targets, as Liberal frontbencher Andrew Hastie threatens to quit t…
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