Historical
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Palace letters: Australian high court allows release of Queen’s secret correspondence before Whitlam dismissal
The historian Jenny Hocking has won a landmark high court case in her bid to secure sensitive correspondence between the…
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Rio Tinto blasts 46,000-year-old Aboriginal site to expand iron ore mine
A sacred site in Western Australia that showed 46,000 years of continual occupation and provided a 4,000-year-old genetic link to present-day……
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Trump is refusing to unveil Obama’s portrait at the White House, breaking a 40-year tradition
Obama would also not be interested in attending such an event, according to the report, which cited people familiar with…
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Art historian Alice Procter is on a mission to decolonise museums and galleries in her ‘Uncomfortable Art Tours’
Do you think about how they were acquired? ABC Arts / By Hannah Reich for The Art Show Or, how…
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When Measuring ISIS’s “Resurgence”, Use the Right Standard
In Iraq, the group does pose a danger. Gauging it properly is key to containing it. Sam Heller ICG On…
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The Crisis of a Lifetime
Everything else is up for grabs, including the rise of China, the fate of the United States, and the survival…
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Athens hotel ordered to demolish top floors blocking Acropolis view
A battle over the right to enjoy uninterrupted views of the Acropolis has resulted in a five-star hotel being ordered…
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With Senior Diplomat José Ramos Horta
The Thirteenth Episode of Diplomata Program, With Senior Diplomat José Ramos Horta Video
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Even Churchill Couldn’t Convince Turkey to Join the Allies in World War II
Maybe the Turks were just bad at picking the winning side. In World War I the Central Powers were defeated…
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I share the pain of genocide of my Armenian brothers, says Djemal Pasha’s grandson
YEREVAN, APRIL 23, ARMENPRESS. Hasan Cemal, a Turkish journalist and grandson of Djemal Pasha – one of the organizers of…
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Lenin at 150: what can the great revolutionary’s thinking tell us today?
Today is 150 years since the birth of Lenin, arguably the greatest single figure in the most significant event in…
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The EU Should Issue Perpetual Bonds
Fortunately, there is an easy, fast and low-cost way to finance the proposed €1 trillion European Recovery Fund. George Soros…
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The Myth that Americans Were Poorly Educated before Mass Government Schooling
Parents the world over are dealing with massive adjustments in their children’s education that they could not have anticipated just…
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In 1911, another epidemic swept through China.
In 1911, a deadly epidemic spread through China and threatened to become a pandemic. Paul French CNN Its origins appeared…
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From the Archives, 1985: Melbourne’s Greeks welcome their Marathon man
When Yannis Kouros crossed the finish line to win the 1985 Sydney to Melbourne Ultramarathon, no one would have suspected…
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Luka finds modern meaning in ‘The Odyssey’
That at least is the view of Australian poet Luka Lesson, who’s about to embark on an online workshop as…
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