Uncategorized
-
If I could go anywhere: Florence’s San Marco Museum, where mystical faith and classical knowledge meet
I had been totally overwhelmed by the volume and concentration of great art in the nearby Uffizi Gallery. Joanna Mendelssohn…
Read More » -
Indian hospitals turn away patients in coronavirus ‘tsunami’ after record numbers of cases and deaths
Overwhelmed hospitals in India are begging for oxygen supplies as the country’s coronavirus infections soared again overnight in a “tsunami”…
Read More » -
The European Super League may be on hold, but it will be back
That was because under their noses he devised, signed, sealed and delivered a rebel competition called World Series Cricket that…
Read More » -
China’s Hong Kong crackdown was decades in the making
The Iron Lady has been proven right. Stan Grant ABC News Today, the Chinese Communist Party has a stranglehold on…
Read More » -
Politicians need to be held to the highest principles
Two millennia later, they are still a source of ethics and a point of critique in our own day. Philip…
Read More » -
Jock Palfreeman leaves Bulgaria 13 years after being charged with Sofia murder of Andrei Monov
“For my safety I do not want my whereabouts known,” he told the ABC. Belinda Hawkins ABC News Mr Palfreeman’s…
Read More » -
Boris Johnson’s most senior black adviser quits as race report provokes backlash
Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s most senior black adviser has quit, Downing Street said Thursday, a day after a government-commissioned report…
Read More » -
Confused about the massive ship stuck diagonally across the Suez Canal?
It’s not every day Egypt’s Suez Canal makes international headlines. Zena Chamas ABC News In fact, many people may have…
Read More » -
These two children have now been in Australian immigration detention for three years
The girls are the only two children left in Australian immigration detention and still have no pathway to freedom. Kulasegaram…
Read More » -
Dozens of men were suddenly released from hotel detention.
Peter Dutton has claimed the recent release of close to 60 refugees was simply about cutting costs, but lawyers acting…
Read More » -
Upgrade rage: why you may have to buy a new device whether you want to or not
We buy some new smart gadget and when we plug it in for the first time it requires an update…
Read More » -
The Mystery of the World’s Loneliest Penguins
How they got there, and whether they will stay, is unknown. Victoria Turk Wired UK Some years ago, researchers in…
Read More » -
Humans learn from mistakes — so why do we hide our failures?
Cass wrote the best-selling book Nudge, along with his long-time collaborator Richard Thaler. Ben Newell The Conversation Thaler subsequently won…
Read More » -
Kylie Moore-Gilbert has been released.
Australian-British academic Kylie Moore-Gilbert’s release from an Iranian prison after more than two years’ detention is certainly a welcome development.…
Read More » -
Mindfulness changed Brad’s life, but the movement has been ‘hijacked’
For years, Brad Moore couldn’t receive a hug from his children without recoiling. And if he tried to put on…
Read More » -
Lebanese protesters storm ministry buildings as anger over Beirut blast grows
Lebanese protesters stormed several ministries Saturday in apparently planned raids after an explosion blamed on government negligence at Beirut port…
Read More »