‘Not acceptable’: Liberal breaks ranks on immigration
A Liberal senator has taken aim at his leader’s tone and approach to the debate over migration after the coalition promised to slash the number of foreigners entering Australia. South…
Asia shares mixed, oil eases on Trump’s Iran comments
Asian shares wobbled on Tuesday while bonds found their footing following a steep selloff after US President Donald Trump’s decision to pause a planned attack on Iran and his claim…
The Guardian view on India’s Iran shock: Asia’s neoliberal era starts to fracture | Editorial
Narendra Modi’s austerity appeals reveal how war, energy insecurity and dollar pressures expose the fragility of globalisation The Indian prime minister’s call for sacrifice last week marks a fundamental shift.…
Wannabe prime ministers are nakedly ambitious to run the UK, but why? That is the burning question | Stefan Stern
As Starmer, Burnham, Streeting, Rayner, Polanski and Farage line up, I say ambition for power is no bad thing. It’s what they would do with it that counts Ah, Mr…
The Iran war reminds us: we’ll never be energy-independent with fossil fuels | Lloyd Doggett and Michael Shank
Energy security comes from using local, renewable resources to power, heat and cool communities, as Ukraine is doing Donald Trump’s unjustified war on Iran and the resulting global fuel crisis…
Here’s a list of things Zohran Mamdani has done in just four months | First Dog on the Moon
Note to politicians: you can just do stuff regular people actually need and want and it’s OK Sign up here to get an email whenever First Dog cartoons are published…
The return of Westworld is perfect timing for the flattery-oriented age of AI
Now that real life has caught up with science fiction, the imminent danger isn’t malfunctioning cowboys, it’s the robots convincing us that we’re great and everything is totally fine All…
Who is afraid of the tax reforms in the budget? | Fiona Katauskas
There’s certainly a scare campaign going on See more of Fiona Katauskas’s cartoons here Continue reading…
Patrick Radden Keefe on power and greed in London – podcast
In Sydney before his Australian book tour, investigative journalist Patrick Radden Keefe speaks to Reged Ahmad about his Australian roots and his new book, London Falling, which examines the mysterious…
Purple pain: backlash over Mexico City’s ‘axolotlisation’ for World Cup
Mayor’s attempt to beautify the city with murals of mascot and plum paint jobs criticised as waste of resources The giant purple axolotl peered up at Manuel Martínez from the…