Why the UK’s 2025 budget has Rachel Reeves facing an ‘impossible trilemma’
The United Kingdom is set to unveil its annual budget on Wednesday against a backdrop of…
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UK announces plan to tighten asylum laws – What’s to change? | DW News
Britain has unveiled plans to introduce stricter asylum measures in a controversial bid to regain control…
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Coalition’s primary vote plunges to record low and One Nation surges to record high in Newspoll
In the United States, Trump’s net approval rating in analyst Nate Silver’s aggregate of US national…
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Are Russians footing the bill for the war in Ukraine? | Counting the Cost
Despite Western sanctions, Russia’s military spending has fuelled its war economy. Three years into the war…
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Australians want to spend more on space – but we don’t really know where we’re going
This week, Sydney hosts the world’s largest space conference, attracting astronauts and heads of space agencies…
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View from The Hill: Albanese’s Trump meeting is in the diary – now it’s a matter of managing it
After the October meeting had been confirmed, Albanese (who later had a word with Trump at…
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US Federal Reserve cuts key rate by 0.25 percent | DW News
The US Federal Reserve cut its key interest for the first time this year and signaled…
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LIVE from Downing Street as Angela Rayner quits and Keir Starmer forced into cabinet reshuffle
Angela Rayner has sensationally quit as Deputy PM today after a sleaze investigation found she breached…
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Uproar over Maharashtra govt move to extend Working hrs maximum limit From 9 To 10
Uproar over Maharashtra govt move to extend Working hrs maximum limit From 9 To 10 Hrs…
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A ‘scathing’ report on RNZ’s performance obscures the good news – and the challenge of serving many audiences
The RNZ report also suggests staff are uncertain about what audiences their programmes are aiming at….
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Marine climate interventions can have unintended consequences – we need to manage the risks
The pace of innovation is now outstripping the capacity to responsibly regulate, monitor and evaluate these…
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Big tech says AI could boost Australia’s economy by $115 billion a year. Does the evidence stack up?
AI is on the agenda in Canberra. In August, the Productivity Commission will release an interim…
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Is the voting system in the UK fair? | Inside Story
The United Kingdom is set to make a historic change to its electoral system. The government…
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WA had the highest rates of Indigenous child removal in the country. At last, the state is finally facing up to it
Of those, 10.8% of Aboriginal households own their home outright, compared with 28.5% for non-Aboriginal owners….
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A warning from the future: the risk if NZ gets climate adaptation policy wrong today
By mid-morning, floodwaters had engulfed entire streets. Power was out. Roads were underwater. Emergency services responded…
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Does AI actually boost productivity? The evidence is murky
There’s been much talk recently – especially among politicians – about productivity. And for good reason:…
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Farage blasts ‘It’s a national EMERGENCY’ as Starmer reveals ‘ridiculous’ migrant deal
Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron today unveiled an “aggressive” one-in-one-out deal to send small boat…
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Welfare U-turn makes spending decisions harder, minister tells BBC
2 hours ago Joshua Nevett Political reporter Spending decisions have been made “harder” by the government’s…
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Starmer says fixing welfare is a ‘moral imperative’
Sir Keir Starmer has said the UK’s benefits system is broken and fixing it is a…
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Keir Starmer in Wales LIVE: UK PM Speaks at Welsh Labour Conference | Wales Elections 2026 | N18G
Keir Starmer in Wales LIVE: UK PM Speaks at Welsh Labour Conference | Wales Elections 2026…
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We’ve got the right balance, says PM after benefits U-turn
5 hours ago Kate Whannel Political reporter Jack Fenwick Political correspondent PA Media Sir Keir Starmer…
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UK government U-turn over planned benefit reforms | BBC News
The UK government has confirmed a U-turn on its cuts to disability benefits in a bid…
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Chris Mason: A hat-trick of U-turns – and this is the most awkward of the lot
Ministers argue their decision on setting up an investigation into the scale of child sexual abuse…
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Starmer set to announce welfare climbdown in deal with Labour rebels
26 minutes ago Reuters Chris Mason Sam Francis Political Reporter The government is expected to announce…
