Trump’s 100% tariff threat: History of US trade measures against China
In recent history, the US has made moves restricting China's access to semiconductor technology.
Trio win Nobel economics prize for work on innovation, growth and ‘creative destruction’ – Reuters
- Trio win Nobel economics prize for work on innovation, growth and 'creative destruction' Reuters
- Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt Share Nobel in Economics The New York Times
- Joel Mokyr wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Northwestern Now News
- Brown University economics professor Peter Howitt wins Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences Brown University
- Joel Mokyr – Facts – 2025 NobelPrize.org
Albanese urged to ‘secure the future of science’ as CSIRO reckons with ongoing decline in funding
CEO Doug Hilton says the agency’s budget allocation ‘has not kept up with the cost of doing science’
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CSIRO will embark on further cost- cutting to research units in a bid to repair a multimillion-dollar budget shortfall, as Australia’s national science and research agency reckons with an ongoing decline in funding.
The institution’s annual funding level as a percentage of GDP has been falling with few exceptions over recent decades and is now at its lowest since 1978, a parliamentary library analysis commissioned by ACT senator David Pocock showed. Pocock requested data from 1980 in the analysis.
Continue reading...Gaza will be in the shadow of famine as long as we cannot plant our land
Israel destroyed or made inaccessible 98.5 percent of Gaza's agricultural land. My family's olive grove is part of it.
Conflict sends 300,000 people fleeing from South Sudan in 2025: UN
Renewed fighting between rival leaders forces mass exodus across South Sudan's borders as fears of wider war rise.
Superannuation tax changes: new rules have been proposed for your super – here’s what you need to know
Major changes announced by Jim Chalmers include indexing superannuation balances to inflation and addition of a new threshold taxing balances between $3m and $10m
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The Albanese government has dramatically rewritten its major tax policy, caving in to criticism on its controversial superannuation tax plan by raising thresholds and slashing the amount of money it will rake in.
After a long period of sustained attack from politicians and lobby groups, the government has conceded defeat on all major criticisms, with the treasurer, Jim Chalmers, saying the policy rewrites would “better target superannuation concessions”.
Continue reading...Palestinians celebrate return of detainees freed by Israel
Thousands of people gather in Gaza and the West Bank to welcome Palestinian prisoners and detainees freed by Israel.
Trump says Netanyahu asked for weapons ‘I’d never heard of’
Donald Trump told Israel’s parliament that Benjamin Netanyahu had often asked him for weapons during the Gaza war.
Released Palestinian detainees arrive in Gaza
This is the moment Palestinian detainees arrived in Khan Younis after being released from Israeli jails.
First Nations community fights Canadian government over poisoned water
Canada’s Grassy Narrows First Nation is taking on the government over a local employer’s poisoning of their water.
Trump urges pardon for Netanyahu during Gaza address to Knesset – Axios
- Trump urges pardon for Netanyahu during Gaza address to Knesset Axios
- Cigars and Champagne? Pfft! Trump’s call to pardon Netanyahu stuns Israel politico.eu
- Lawmakers ejected from Knesset after disrupting Trump speech The Hill
- Israeli hostages released live updates: Hamas to free prisoners after Trump peace deal, 2 years in captivity New York Post
- Trump calls for Netanyahu pardon after hailing swift removal of left-wing lawmakers by security Fox News
Trump urges pardon for Netanyahu during Gaza address to Knesset – Axios
- Trump urges pardon for Netanyahu during Gaza address to Knesset Axios
- Cigars and Champagne? Pfft! Trump’s call to pardon Netanyahu stuns Israel politico.eu
- Lawmakers ejected from Knesset after disrupting Trump speech The Hill
- Israeli hostages released live updates: Hamas to free prisoners after Trump peace deal, 2 years in captivity New York Post
- Trump calls for Netanyahu pardon after hailing swift removal of left-wing lawmakers by security Fox News
Released Israeli hostages reunite with families – in pictures – The Guardian
- Released Israeli hostages reunite with families – in pictures The Guardian
- Israeli hostages reunited with families in emotional moments Fox News
- Key moments from a momentous day for Israelis and Palestinians CNN
- The End of Israel’s Hostage Ordeal The New Yorker
- These are the living hostages released by Hamas under ceasefire deal PBS
Madagascan president to address nation as protesters call for new rallies
President Rajoelina faces growing pressure to resign as parts of the army side with protesters after weeks of unrest.
Video: Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi killed in Gaza clashes
Palestinian journalist Saleh Aljafarawi has been killed during clashes between armed groups in Gaza City.
Trio to share economics Nobel for work on innovation-driven growth
'False Nobel' recognises work 'explaining innovation-driven economic growth'.
Netanyahu lauds Trump’s decision to bomb Iran as biblical ‘miracle’
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu appeared to lose his place during his speech to parliament.
‘Everybody is a fighter’: Inside a First Nation’s quest for justice
A decades-long fight ramps up in Grassy Narrows as mercury poisoning threatens its water, people and way of life.
Trump hails ‘a new Middle East’ of peace at Israel’s Knesset
US President Donald Trump told members of Israel’s Knesset that the ‘age of terror and death’ was over.
‘Inhumane’: 154 freed Palestinian prisoners forced into exile by Israel
Palestinian families awaiting return of imprisoned relatives are shocked to learn they will be deported.