
Remember the Blue Dogs From Russia? Now Look at These Green Dogs From Russia
Photo: Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images and Mikhail SoluninTASS via Getty ImagesAnother pack of colourful stray dogs has gone viral in Russia, but this time they’re a rather sickly shade of green instead of vibrant blue.Stray dogs with a distinct green hue…

View from The Hill: Craig Kelly’s defection leaves government with razor thin majority
Craig Kelly’s jump to the crossbench leaves Scott Morrison’s government looking like the man who suddenly finds his jacket feels a little thin in the wind. It still has a majority, but not a comfortable one. The Coalition’s block of…

Janet Yellen Warns Bitcoin Is ‘Extremely Inefficient’ and ‘Highly Speculative’ as BTC Price Plunges
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen has warned about the dangers of bitcoin as the price of the cryptocurrency took a nosedive. She sees bitcoin as a highly speculative asset and is worried about potential losses investors can suffer. Yellen also…

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Meet the Ecosia x Earth Uprising Microgrant Winners
WRITTEN BY Ruby Au Ruby is a former social business founder and current Head of Ecosia North America. Have an idea to fight climate change? Learn more about how you can apply for a youth microgrant from Ecosia & Earth…

Melbourne finally has a Crown royal commission — is this going to stop crime and gambling harm?
The Victorian government has announced a Royal Commission into Crown Melbourne, following the damning findings of the Bergin inquiry into Crown’s Sydney casino licence earlier this month. The inquiry found Crown Sydney Gaming was “not a suitable person” to operate…

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Former MP Kate Ellis on the culture in parliament house
The revelation of the alleged rape of former Liberal staffer Brittany Higgins and subsequent allegations of sexual misconduct have sparked multiple inquiries into the culture of parliament house. It’s a subject on which Kate Ellis is an expert. Ellis was…

Craig Kelly has just put serious pressure on the Coalition after leaving for the crossbench. Can it still govern effectively? – ABC News
When Craig Kelly walked into the Coalition party room on Tuesday morning, he was armed with a piece of paper that would throw up questions about the government's control of the House of Representatives.By submitting his letter of resignation from…

House Democrats quietly push for Shalanda Young to replace Neera Tanden as Biden’s OMB choice
House Democratic leaders are quietly mounting a campaign for Shalanda Young, a longtime congressional aide, to replace Neera Tanden as nominee for director of the Office of Management and Budget, people familiar with the matter tell Axios. Why it matters:…

How did NASA’s Martian rover come to land in a crater named after a tiny Balkan village?
The world was excited by the news last week that NASA’s Perseverance rover had successfully landed in a Martian crater. The rover will now set about collecting samples from what scientists say was an ancient lake fed by a river.…

Why the World Rugby guidelines banning trans athletes from the women’s game are reasonable
In 2020, World Rugby undertook a painstaking policy process to address the issue of transwomen in rugby. This led to guidelines that exclude transwomen from competing in women’s rugby at the World Cup level — the first international sports federation…

Jim Carrey Makes Major Announcement In ‘Truman Show’ Style
Actor and artist Jim Carrey announced he’s stopping his cartoon takedowns of Donald Trump in a Twitter post inspired by his 1998 movie “The Truman Show.”A self-portrait from the film shows the actor as the title character about to walk through a door to the outside…