Xi and Trump talk by phone, Chinese state media report
Chinese President Xi Jinping has spoken with US President Donald Trump by phone, state broadcaster CCTV reports, ahead of an expected visit by Trump to China in April. The White…
Arrest Herzog for war crimes, says UN Commissioner Sidoti
“Israel’s President Herzog should be arrested on arrival for the crime of incitement to genocide,” UN Commissioner Chris Sidoti told MWM. Australia invites a president accused by the United Nations…
IDF supplier Bisalloy Steel targeted by Herzog protesters
Wollongong Friends of Palestine are holding a 48-hour community picket at the gates of Bisalloy Steel’s Unanderra plant to protest the visit of Israel’s president, Isaac Herzog. The action aims…
The rate rise that bites. RBA move to cause mortgage stress for many
The Reserve Bank raised the base interest rate by a modest 0.25% yesterday. But even modest moves carry outsized consequences for many. Harry Chemay reports. “The Board judged that inflation…
*Exclusive* UN Commissioner “President Herzog should be arrested” | The West Report
Live on The West Report, Michael West is joined by Chris Sidoti, international human rights lawyer and current member of the UN Independent Commission on the Occupied Palestinian Territory, to…
Spain looking at Aussie ban on social media for kids
Spain plans to ban social media for children under 16, in a bid to shield young people from the harms of online content. Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has chided the…
‘No faith’: funds letting down Aussies on scam risks
The custodians of Australia’s $4.2 trillion in retirement savings must do better to shield their members from fraudsters and scammers, the corporate watchdog says. Superannuation trustees are falling behind other…
Epstein The Real Story | The West Report
The Epstein Files mark the end of the American Empire, the trashing of Western authority and the myth of Western humanity. We examine the money trail, the momentous import of…
Quadruple-chasing Arsenal can dream a micromanaged dream | Barney Ronay
After prevailing in a gristly physical ballet with Chelsea, Arsenal’s season has now reached a point of pre-ignition Zamina mina. Waka, waka, hé-hé. By the end of this gruelling, bruising,…
I confessed a deplorable secret about motherhood to a friend – and it changed my life | Polly Hudson
The ‘mum noir’ film If I Had Legs I’d Kick You brought back the difficulties of those challenging early days of parenthood, and the conversation that freed me up emotionally…