Energy crisis ‘not over’ as supply shocks persist
More than 170 service stations are still without diesel as Australia braces for ongoing uncertainty and lasting economic pain from the energy crisis. A temporary ceasefire between the US and…
Iran set for peace talks but doubts emerge over Lebanon
The United States and Iran are to hold negotiations in the Pakistani capital Islamabad to end their six-week-old war although Tehran threw the talks into doubt by saying they could…
How ICC prosecutor dumped war crime investigation into Australian command
International Criminal Court correspondence shows prosecutor dropped the war crime probe into Australia’s generals while under investigation for sexual abuse. A Stuart McCarthy exclusive. International Criminal Court correspondence obtained by…
Fuel price gouging. War profiteering and government dissembling
Greedy fuel companies are taking advantage of war, while politicians tell us how they’ll deal with the greedy fuel companies, but don’t. Rex Patrick with the story. On March 4,…
Malcolm in the Middle: Life’s Still Unfair review – the TV magic they’ve created here is absolutely miraculous
This revival does the impossible: it’s effortlessly funny and refreshing, and Bryan Cranston’s performance is unmissable. They have to make more At this point, Bryan Cranston is firmly entrenched as…
Netanyahu-ism has achieved nothing for Israelis – and come at a monstrously high price | Jonathan Freedland
It is the voting public in Israel that will settle their PM’s fate later this year. But all they have heard are promises of ‘total victory’ that prove to be…
New Zealand ‘comfort women’ statue could jeopardise diplomatic relations, Japan says
Planned statue symbolising the women forced by Japan into sexual slavery during the second world war has raised the ire of Tokyo’s embassy Diplomatic relations between Japan and New Zealand…
The Guardian view on Trump’s civilisational threats: the words that fuel war must be condemned | Editorial
Military euphemisms can be deadly. Yet the brutal rhetoric of the US and Israel is proving still more lethal “Metaphors can kill,” the linguist George Lakoff wrote in an influential…
Against Trump’s new world order where war criminals walk free, Australia is proving no one is above the law | Geoffrey Robertson
Irrespective of the verdict, the prosecution of Ben Roberts-Smith demonstrates that the legacy of Nuremberg is not dead Ben Roberts-Smith has been charged with war crimes. Good for Australia, in…
After three years, investigations and now a $4.4m lawsuit, Australia’s most controversial art exhibition finally opens
Ngura Puḻka at the National Gallery of Australia is a landmark exhibition of 30 paintings by Indigenous artists in the APY Arts Centre Collective, which was investigated over claims white…