In a long line of David-versus-Goliath political victories that includes Trump, Brexit, Orbán, Milei and the recent Voice referendum in Australia, Irish voters have delivered a stunning rebuke to their political betters by voting down two proposed changes to the…
Corregidor is a small island. At just over two square miles, it’s shaped like a thought bubble in the mouth of Manila Bay. It may be a tiny dot in the ocean, but it’s also a well-positioned dot. Nothing gets…
Appropriately, it was an overhead forehand smash at the net that clinched the men’s doubles at the Australian Open for the Anglosphere team of Matthew Ebden and Rohan Bopanna. The big man from Bangalore, at 43 one of the masters…
Seeds are what you expect to see at tournaments’ ends, and the first major of the year, the Australian Open, is true to form, with America’s top star, Coco Gauff, winner at the U.S. Open last September, on track for…
The investigation into a shootout that killed two FBI agents in 2021 led to the discovery of an international pedophile network, with most offenders living in the U.S. and Australia, an official announced Tuesday. A joint operation between the FBI…
Facebook and Instagram may remove news articles from their websites in California if a new bill, the California Journalism Preservation Act, passes into state law. The act would tax the profits social media platforms make from publishing news content, reports…
“I don’t want to offend, and yet I do, in a way.” — Dame Edna, 2004 No, Dame Edna Everage was not drag. When the masterly Australian performer Barry Humphries put on a purple wig, a bedazzled frock, and a…
As China’s President Xi Jinping is about to become his country’s most powerful leader since Mao Zedong during the Chinese Communist Party’s 20th annual party congress, former Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has written an important article in Foreign Affairs…
Nick Kyrgios came out of a week in Washington about $400,000 richer, and every penny was honestly earned, which is more than you can say for the personages down the street from where he was working. Kyrgios labored through heat…
President Joe Biden, U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said Tuesday that they will begin working together through their new security alliance, AUKUS, on the development of hypersonic missiles. The announcement comes just months after…