The world's oldest continent that formed 4bn years ago is also the fastest moving
The continent drifts northeast at about 2.7 inches (7cm) per year - a rate so significant that GPS coordinates must be ...
A US ally is reconsidering aid to a strategic Pacific nation. Will China move in?
A rare dispute between New Zealand and Kiribati has renewed focus on the Pacific island nation, highlighting the existential ...
Lesson one from Trump’s global shocks: look after your own backyard
With the rolling global shocks caused by the Trump administration’s dramatic redrawing of US foreign policy this week, it ...
In freezing foreign aid, the US leaves people to die – and allows China to come to the rescue
A$95 billion worth of USAID programs have been brought to a screeching halt. It’s a devastating decision for developing ...
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In freezing foreign aid, the US leaves people to die
US$60 billion worth of USAID programs have been brought to a screeching halt. It’s a devastating decision for developing ...
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US aid freeze: Leaving people to die
One of the executive orders that United States President Donald Trump signed the day he was inaugurated was a 90-day pause in US foreign development assistance. The US Agency for International ...
Why is there so much gold in west Africa?
Militaries that have taken power in Africa's Sahel region—notably Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger—have put pressure on western ...
25 history 'facts' that are completely FALSE
Fast-forward two millennia and the paintwork has long since faded, giving rise to a range of colourless copycats that would ...